Kargil War
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UP Police finally bids adieu to 303 rifles
India | Dec 02, 2019, 01:39 PM ISTThe state's Director General of Police O.P. Singh said that the Lee-Enfield rifles were prone to failure and required a lot of maintenance.
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Indian Army has forgotten Kargil war: Musharraf
World | Oct 08, 2019, 06:59 AM ISTKashmir is in the blood of the Pakistani nation and the country and the army will stand by the Kashmiri people "no matter what," the ailing former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has asserted, as he returned to active politics.
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To fly Amit Shah, Kargil war pilot fakes emails, probe ordered
India | Aug 27, 2019, 06:11 PM ISTAccording to informed sources, Sangwan is a decorated officer who also participated in the Kargil war. He was earlier a pilot with the BSF.
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PM Narendra Modi pays tributes to soldiers on 20th anniversary of Kargil war
India | Jul 26, 2019, 01:40 PM ISTIndia's victory in the war is observed as Kargil Vijay Divas. In another tweet, Modi shared pictures of his visit to the area during the conflict and his interaction with soldiers. The prime minister said that in 1999, he was working for the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
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Ye Dil Mange More: Walking down the hall of fame as India remembers martyrs on Vijay Diwas
India | Jul 26, 2019, 04:18 PM ISTIt's been 20 years to the Kargil war and India is remembering its martyrs. The ones who laid down their lives for the greater good. The brave officers and men of the Indian Army who faced the enemy in the eye, unmoved by the overwhelming odds. Let's go back memory lane and relive a story of great valour, a story of great sacrifice, a story of great triumph- The Kargil War.
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After 20 years of Kargil, India awaits defence reforms
India | Jul 15, 2019, 10:19 AM ISTOn the 20th anniversary of the Kargil conflict, several defence experts told IANS that they were looking up to the Narendra Modi-led government to implement the national security plan proposed by the Kargil Review Committee which was reviewed again in 2011.
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IAF broke will of Pakistan Army during Kargil war: ex-officers
India | Jul 14, 2019, 04:03 PM ISTThe Indian Army was bringing results but the Indian Air Force (IAF) broke the Pakistani Army's morale and will to continue holding the heights it had captured in Kargil, former IAF officers said while talking about the 1999 war.
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Remembering the Braves: Army to recreate victory scenes to mark 20th anniversary of Kargil war
News | Jul 07, 2019, 10:17 AM ISTRemembering the Braves: Army to recreate victory scenes to mark 20th anniversary of Kargil war
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'India handed over body of Pak soldier killed in Kargil on grandfather's request'
India | Jun 27, 2019, 08:55 PM ISTAs the country commemorates 20 years of the Kargil War, former Army Chief General (Retd) V.P. Malik shared how the grandfather of a slain Pakistani soldier had approached India to get back the body of his grandson.
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'Kargil Vijay Diwas' 20th anniv celebrations: 'Victory Flame' to be taken from Delhi to Dras
India | Jun 14, 2019, 06:19 PM ISTThe anniversary celebrations for this year will be spread over three days from July 25-27.
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Kargil war veteran case: Three FIRs lodged against retired cop
India | Jun 03, 2019, 10:58 PM ISTThree separate FIRs have been lodged against a retired policeman, who had verified the documents and recorded the statement of Mohammad Sanaullah, a former Army officer, declared a "foreigner" and lodged in a detention centre in Assam, officials said on Monday.
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Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa pays respect to the martyrs of Kargil war
India | May 28, 2019, 11:31 PM ISTThe Chief of the Air Staff took part in a ‘Missing Man Formation’ flypast in Mi-17 helicopter to pay respect to the Air Force personnel who laid down their lives during the ‘Operation Safed Sagar’ conducted by the Airforce during the Kargil war.
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Afraid of being divided into 3 parts, Pakistan pleaded America for help: CM Yogi on Kargil war
National | Jul 26, 2017, 01:27 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that during the 1999 Kargil war, Pakistan “went pleading to America for help” as it was “afraid that it would end up being divided into three parts”
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Defence Minister Arun Jaitley pays tribute to martyrs of Kargil War at Amar Jawan Jyoti
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In Kargil war, IAF pilot aimed at Pak base with Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf
India | Jul 25, 2017, 10:14 PM ISTThe Pakistani media had reported on June 25, 1999, that Nawaz Sharif was in Gulteri where in an address to the troops he had called for a dialogue with India to defuse the war-like situation along the Line of Control.
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IAF almost dropped a bomb on Nawaz Sharif, Musharraf during Kargil war: Report
India | Jul 25, 2017, 12:08 AM ISTDuring the Kargil war in 1999, the IAF narrowly missed bombing a Pakistani army forward base that was hosting the current and Nawaz Sharif and General Pervez Musharraf.
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Gurmehar Kaur’s father was martyred in militant attack, 10 days after end to Kargil War
India | Feb 28, 2017, 12:07 PM ISTReports suggest that her father Captain Madeep Mandeep Singh died defending a militant attack on a Rashtriya Rifles camp in August 1999, days after the Kargil war had ended.
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Goosebumps! Kargil War Hero Captain Vijayant Thapar's father climbs 16000 ft to visit the place where his son achieved martyrdom
India | Aug 11, 2016, 02:48 PM ISTColonel (retired) Vijendra Thapar, father of Kargil war hero captain Vijayant Thapar fulfilled his 17 year old emotional wish to visit the place where his valiant son sacrificed his life fighting Pakistan backed infiltrators. The
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IAF was minutes away from bombing Pakistan during Kargil War
India | Jul 20, 2016, 10:02 AM ISTThe Indian Air Force (IAF) had chalked out plans to bomb tactical as well as strategic locations deep inside Pakistan during the 1999 Kargil War. But the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee at that time never gave orders to execute the plans a
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Watch: Kargil Martyr’s ‘silent’ daughter voices for peace between India & Pakistan in a powerful
Life | Feb 21, 2023, 04:09 PM ISTGurmehar Kaur, the 19-year-old daughter of Kargil martyr, has conveyed a strong message of peace between India and Pakistan in a powerful video posted on Facebook.