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J&K: Man poses as Army official, held for bid to rape minor girl
Jammu: A man has been arrested for allegedly posing as an army colonel and attempting to rape a class 12 girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. According to police,…
- India
Sikkim Floods: Army undertakes massive operation to reconnect isolated villages
New Delhi: In Sikkim, troops of Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army are undertaking operations at a massive scale to reconnect villages cut off post the flash floods on the night of…
- India
Sikkim flash flood death toll rises to 27, search operations continue for 141 people missing
Gangtok: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 27 on Saturday even as search operations continued for the 141 people who are still missing, an official report said. Twenty-seven…
- India
Toll in Sikkim flash flood rises to 26, search on for 142 people still missing
Gangtok: Twenty-six bodies, including those of seven Armymen, have been recovered so far from the slush and debris of the flash flood in the Teesta river that devastated Sikkim, while the search…
- India
Army launches ‘Project Naman’ for welfare of veterans, relatives of deceased personnel
New Delhi: The Army on Tuesday launched ‘Project Naman’ that will entail establishing facilitation and grievance redressal centres for veterans and the next of kin of personnel who have lost their lives,…
- India
9 soldiers killed as Army vehicle plunges into gorge in Ladakh
Leh: Nine soldiers were killed and another was critically injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in the Leh district of Ladakh on Saturday, officials…
- India
Punjab: Army, NDRF teams rescue 300 people from flood-hit villages
Kapurthala: Army and NDRF teams on Thursday rescued nearly 300 people from marooned villages in Punjab’s Kapurthala as relief and rescue work continued in some of the flood affected districts in the…
- India
Army, NDRF teams rescue 300 people from flood-hit villages in Kapurthala
Kapurthala: Army and NDRF teams on Thursday rescued nearly 300 people from marooned villages in Punjab’s Kapurthala district. Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Karnail Singh said six teams of the National Disaster Response Force…
- Kashmir
Army foils infiltration bid in J&K’s Poonch
Jammu: On Monday, officials said the Army has foiled an infiltration bid at the LoC in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The Army said that contact with infiltrating terrorists was…
- India
38-yr-old fraud case: Army, Air Force officials awarded 3-yr rigorous imprisonment
New Delhi: Thirty eight years after a fraud of Rs 3.82 crore was committed by some senior Army and Air Force officials in the name of local purchases, a Special CBI judge…
- India
Shortage of officers at major, captain levels in army: Govt
New Delhi: There is a shortage of officers at the major and captain levels in the army with over 6,800 vacancies, but the available strength is “sufficient” to meet the current operational…
- India
Army deployed in Punjab’s Ropar, Patiala as flood situation worsens
Chandigarh: With the flood situation in Punjab’s Ropar and Patiala districts worsening owing to incessant rain and heavy flow of water in rivers on the third consecutive day, the Army was deployed…
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Blackwater type private armies is big business; they might emerge in any country
Nowadays the media is full of the news of the private army known as the Wagner Group which almost pulled off a coup in Russia. But in India we are no strangers…
- Kashmir
Kashmir: Mehbooba seeks probe after residents claim soldier entered mosque
Residents of the Zadoora village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district alleged that Army personnel entered a local mosque and compelled them to shout ‘Jai Shri Ram’ during pre-dawn prayers on Saturday. Former…
- India
Manipur: Stand-off in Imphal ends as Army leave with seized weapons
Imphal: After a stand-off between a mob led by women and security forces that had cordoned off Itham village in Imphal East where a dozen members of militant group KYKL were hiding,…
