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  South Korea's ex-Defence chief attempts suicide using 'underwear' after martial law arrest

  World | December 11, 2024 12:25 IST

  Former 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 | February 04, 2020 23:04 IST

  Budgetary 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 | January 23, 2015 10:34 IST

  Jammu:  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 | September 05, 2013 22:41 IST

  New 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 | September 02, 2013 21:42 IST

  Jammu: 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 | August 28, 2013 23:05 IST

  Imphal/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 | August 24, 2013 22:29 IST

  Jammu: 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 | August 05, 2013 6:32 IST

  Leh,  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 | July 27, 2013 23:21 IST

  Jammu, 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 | July 14, 2013 13:23 IST

  Paris, 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 | July 06, 2013 14:04 IST

  Beirut, 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 | November 26, 2012 23:57 IST

  Washington, 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 9:00 IST

  New 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