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South Korea's ex-Defence chief attempts suicide using 'underwear' after martial law arrest
World | Dec 11, 2024, 12:25 PM ISTFormer South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted suicide after his arrest over a controversial martial law declaration. Know how this political turmoil impacts South Korea’s democracy.
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Budgetary constraints affected Siachen troop clothing procurements: CAG
India | Feb 04, 2020, 11:04 PM ISTBudgetary constraints have been blamed for the failure to procure high-altitude clothing required by soldiers posted in Siachen, according to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Lok Sabha.
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India, Pakistan trade fire on international border in Jammu
India | Jan 23, 2015, 10:34 AM ISTJammu: Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire overnight on the international border in Samba district of Jammu after the BSF reacted to 'suspicious movements on the border'."At 10.55 p.m. yesterday (Thursday) BSF troops at the
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Indian troops not allowed to patrol up to LAC?
India | Sep 05, 2013, 10:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: A committee tasked by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to assess the situation on the China border is understood to have reported that Indian troops are not being allowed to patrol up to the
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Pak troops violate truce again, target Indian positions
India | Sep 02, 2013, 09:42 PM ISTJammu: After a three-day lull, Pakistani troops today violated the ceasefire twice targeting forward Indian posts with small arms fire in two sub-sectors along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.The Pakistani soldiers opened
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Myanmar troops attempt to raise fencing, India takes up issue
India | Aug 28, 2013, 11:05 PM ISTImphal/New Delhi: Myanmarese troops had made an attempt to raise a defence post and fencing close to the undemarcated boundary along Manipur prompting India to take up the issue and push for a joint border
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Pakistani troops violate LoC ceasefire again
India | Aug 24, 2013, 10:29 PM ISTJammu: Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC), opening unprovoked fire on Indian army posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said. Firing was retaliated.Pakistani troops opened
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Chinese troops prevent jawans from patrolling in Ladakh near LAC
India | Aug 05, 2013, 06:32 AM ISTLeh, Aug 5: Amid a spate of incursions by China in Ladakh, its troops are also resorting to tactics like preventing Indian Army from patrolling posts in this sector along the border which was well
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Pak troops fire twice near LoC on Poonch, Kathua, one BSF jawan injured
India | Jul 27, 2013, 11:21 PM ISTJammu, Jul 27: One BSF jawan was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire twice in the space of 10 hours today by targeting Indian posts along the Indo-Pak border in Poonch and Kathua districts of
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Malian troops to open France's Bastille Day parade
World | Jul 14, 2013, 01:23 PM ISTParis, Jul 14: Troops coming from Mali and 12 other African countries will march with the French military in an unusual Bastille Day parade in Paris on Sunday, to honor their efforts against terrorism.Beyond the
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Syrian troops advance in rebel-held parts of Homs
World | Jul 06, 2013, 02:04 PM ISTBeirut, Jul 6: An activist and Syrian state media say regime troops are advancing in parts of the rebel-held city of Homs.Homs-based activist Tarik Badrakhan said Saturday that Syrian troops seized control of buildings in
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No decision on troop levels in Afghanistan: Pentagon
World | Nov 26, 2012, 11:57 PM ISTWashington, Nov 26: The Pentagon today said it was premature to speculate on the US troop numbers in Afghanistan following the scheduled drawdown of 2014, saying no decision had been taken on the issue yet
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India says troops not to be thinned out in border areas
India | May 15, 2012, 09:00 AM ISTNew Delhi, May 15: India yesterday day made it clear that it has no plans to thin out troops from wartime positions in border areas where they were deployed post 26/11.Denying the report published in