India Army
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Armed Forces Veterans Day: Defence chiefs laud country's forces, term them among best in world
India | Jan 14, 2023, 02:45 PM ISTArmed Forces Veterans Day: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari and Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar also shared the dais with the Army chief during the celebrations held at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi.
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Military training of first batch of 'Agniveers' starts in Punjab Regimental Centre I WATCH
India | Jan 10, 2023, 09:15 PM ISTThe PRC, one of the oldest regiments of the Indian Army, prepared a scientifically driven approach to inculcate gradual yet rigorous military training to young 'Agniveers'.
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90 young soldiers join Ladakh scouts regiment
India | Jun 13, 2021, 12:06 AM ISTAs many as 90 well-trained recruits joined the Ladakh Scouts regiment as young soldiers on Saturday.
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Indian Army signs USD 20 million contract with ideaForge to procure SWITCH drones
India | Jan 15, 2021, 08:47 AM ISTThe company said "undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of ideaForge's SWITCH UAV" will be delivered to the Indian Army over a period of one year.
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India-China border tension: Rajnath Singh meets Jaishankar, NSA, armed forces chiefs in Delhi
India | Sep 01, 2020, 11:49 PM ISTFollowing new developments at the South Pangong Tso amid India-China border tension, a high-level meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Foreign Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval and chiefs of Army, Navy and Airforce took place on Tuesday at South Block in New Delhi.
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3rd ODI: MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli plan special 'cap' tribute for armed forces
Cricket | Mar 08, 2019, 01:27 PM ISTThe move has been mooted by none other than Lt. Col. MS Dhoni (he's with the Territorial Army) and current skipper Virat Kohli.
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Video shows Indian army destroying Pak bunkers at PoK
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Soldier's wife joins him in hunger strike demanding justice
India | Jan 14, 2017, 09:34 PM ISTJoing her husband in protest, Richa Singh, wife of Army jawan Yagya Pratap Singh, who had alleged exploitation by his superiors, also sat on hunger strike today, demanding justice for her husband. Richa said her
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2 Army jawans, 5 militants killed in gunfight in Kashmir's Kupwara
India | Feb 13, 2016, 03:00 PM ISTSrinagar: Five militants and two security personnel were today killed in a gunbattle as an operation against ultras continued for the second day in Kupwara district of Kashmir."Two Army personnel and five militants were killed,
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Army issues do's and don'ts for its troops on social media
India | Jan 04, 2016, 07:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the wake of incidents of Pakistan's spy agency ISI allegedly using a 'honeytrap' strategy on social media to target personnel linked to Indian defence establishment, the Indian Army has issues a 10-point
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Indian Army mistakenly flies into Nepal's sensitive China border
World | May 02, 2015, 07:53 AM ISTKathmandu: Nepal's Army Chief said on Friday that the Indian Army made one flight into Nepal's northern region bordering China due to a misunderstanding of Nepal's geography.Addressing his first press conference after the devastating earthquake
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1,474 buildings and 56 bunkers vacated from Army: J&K government
India | Mar 26, 2015, 05:44 PM ISTJ&K: Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said that 1,474 buildings, including 179 schools and 34 hotels besides 56 bunkers, have been vacated from security forces in the state for improving the security situation.Replying to
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Parrikar clears proposal to acquire 814 artillery guns for Rs 15,750 crore
India | Nov 23, 2014, 08:10 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a fresh bid to break the Bofors jinx, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today cleared proposal to acquire 814 artillery guns for Rs 15,750 crore while deferring decision on joint bid by Tata
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Army rehabilitates 3,000 border migrants in Jammu
India | Aug 26, 2014, 10:06 PM ISTJammu: Around 3,000 villagers, who have left their homes close to the International Border in the wake of firing and shelling by Pakistani forces, have been rehabilitated by the Army.“We have provided most of the
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Pakistan violates ceasefire, opens unprovoked firing
India | May 04, 2014, 11:13 AM ISTJammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said Sunday."The Pakistani troops violated the bilateral
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Musharraf claims Kargil was a big success militarily for Pakistan
World | Feb 01, 2013, 09:33 AM ISTIslamabad, Jan 31 : Claiming that his 1999 Kargil operation was a “big success militarily”, former President Pervez Musharraf has said that if the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had not visited the US, the
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11 security personnel killed in attacks in Pakistan
World | Jan 15, 2013, 11:01 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 15: At least 11 Pakistani security personnel were killed in a militant attack on a checkpost and a roadside bomb explosion in restive regions of the country, officials said today.In the first incident,
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Fresh firing by Pak troops ahead of flag meeting
India | Jan 13, 2013, 10:07 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 13 :Ahead of tomorrow's Indo-Pak flag meeting to defuse tension along Line of Control (LoC), Pakistani troops this evening violated the ceasefire again, targeting Indian posts in Poonch sector of Jammu and
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Guns fall silent aftr nightlong firing on LoC
India | Jan 09, 2013, 10:55 AM ISTJammu, Jan 9: The Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir was calm Wednesday morning after overnight clashes between Indian and Pakistan troops, military officials said.Pakistani guns fell silent in Krishnaghati sector in Poonch