Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday recalled the great valour and sacrifices by the Muktijoddhas, Biranganas and the Indian Armed Forces on the occasion of Swarnim Vijay Diwas, which commemorates India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war.
Officials said that one ASI and a Selection Grade Constable were among the jawans who were martyred in the attack.
All five terrorists involved in the attack and eight security personnel besides a gardener had died in the incident which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
Rajouri - One Officer and One Jawan martyred in Mine Blast at Rajouri Sector near LoC. They were patrolling in afternoon at 2 pm .
According to the officials, the blast took place in the Kalal area of the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri when the army team was on patrol duty as part of measures to check infiltration of terrorists from across the border.
Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were martyred in an encounter with terrorists in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Four soldiers and a junior commissioned officer (JCO) were martyred during a counter-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector.
Five army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were martyred in action during a counter-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector in the Pir Panjal ranges.
Five army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were martyred in action during a counter-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector in the Pir Panjal ranges.
The First Committee deals with disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community and seeks out solutions to the challenges in the international security regime.
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The renaming of government schools in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, after security personnel who were killed in action, has begun. Following this, the Government Higher Secondary School Chandwan was renamed Shaheed Sepoy Bua Ditta Singh School.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday termed the government's revamp of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial "very nice". Singh's remark came hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called it an "insult of martyrs".
Security forces had launched a search operation in Thanamandi belt following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said.
Rajya Sabha members paid homage to those who laid down their lives during India's independence struggle on the 79th anniversary of the Quit India Movement on August 09.
Tributes were paid to martyrs on Monday at an event held at the August Kranti Maidan here to mark the 79th anniversary of the Quit India movement.
On the occasion of the 22nd Kargil Vijay Diwas, a solemn wreath laying ceremony was organized at Shaheed Smarak at Colaba in Mumbai to commemorate the victory of the Indian Armed Forces and to pay tribute to the supreme sacrifice of our martyrs.
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In the operation, Nb Sub Sreejith M and Sep Maruprolu Jaswanth Reddy received fatal injuries, police said.
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