Indian Army

SRINAGAR: With the number of local terrorists coming down, the foreign terrorists are now getting exposed in Kashmir, Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey, General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army’s 15 Corps said on Monday. Talking to the media persons on the sidelines of an event in Srinagar, Lt Gen Pandey explained the reason behind […]

NEW DELHI: A distinguished soldier and a prominent member of the Kashmiri pandit community General (retd.) Tej Kaul, PVSM, AVSM, VSM was awarded the prestigious Dr Nirmala Deshpande Memorial Global Peace Award on Sunday. The awards committee of Akhil Bharat Rachanatmak Samaj (ABRS), under the chairmanship of its vice-president and former Member of Legislative Council, […]

SRINAGAR: The management of Dagger Parivaar School Baramulla, a school for specially-abled kids in Kashmir, has instructed its staff not to wear Hijab during school hours. The school in North Kashmir that caters specifically to physically challenged children is run by the Army in collaboration with a Pune based NGO. “Parivaar School is a place […]

Srinagar: A day after Union Home Minister, Amit Shah announced that Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held within six to eight months after completion of the Delimitation Commission exercise, central government gave two month extension to panel on Tuesday. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Delimitation Act, […]

Shimla: Two soldiers from Himachal Pradesh — Ankesh Bhardwaj (21) of Seu village in Bilaspur district and Rakesh Kumar of Maheshgarh (Kandral) village in Baijnath — were among the seven Army personnel martyred in an avalanche in Arunachal Pradesh, adjacent to the eastern border of the country. Other martyrs include Havildar Jugal Kishore, Rifleman Arun […]

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested Fahad Shah, editor of Kashmir Walla, for anti-national activities and he has been remanded to police custody. Fahad Shah is the editor of Kashmir Walla and has been very vocal against the security forces. Recently his portal reported that in Pulwama encounter in which four terrorists were […]

SRINAGAR: After over three decades, the people of Kashmir valley want an end to terrorism and this is evident from the anti-terror operations carried out since 1 January 2022. Eight out of 12 anti terror operations conducted last month were based on human intelligence and not on technical basis. Senior security officials in valley say […]

NEW DELHI: In a throwback to deadly Pulwama terror attack, at least two personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police were left dead and at least 12 personnel of grievously injured on Monday after terrorists opened fire on their bus in Zewan area on the outskirts of Srinagar city, according to Kashmir administration. At the time of […]

NEW DELHI: Adding yet another feather in its cap, India successfully test-fired a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) on Monday.  Designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), SMART was test fired off the coast of Balasore in Odisha. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the teams involved in the successful test […]

New Delhi: The Russian made chopper, MI-17-V5 which crashed on Wednesday near Sulur airbase in Tamil Nadu, killing Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 12 other men and officers of the Indian armed forces, is considered to be one of the safest aircraft with hardly any vulnerabilities. The MI-17-V5 helicopter that carried […]