Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday levelled a serious allegation that UPA government under former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted to hand over the strategic region of Siachen glacier to Pakistan. India TV spoke exclusively with then Army Chief General JJ Singh about the developments.
The ruling BJP today claimed that Congress had proposed a deal to hand over the Siachen Glacier to Pakistan in 2006 and that the deal was scrapped after the Army's intervention.
Swami Ramdev on a special segment on IndiaTV reveals that the soldiers of India can keep themselves physically and mentally fit through yoga.
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.
Siachen Warriors will be directed by Sanjay Shekhar Shetty. Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari are co-producing the project along with Mahaveer Jain.
Newly appointed Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane visited the war memorial at Siachen base camp on Jan 09.
Two Indian Army personnel were killed when an avalanche hit an army patrol in the southern Siachen glacier sector in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Saturday.
Two Indian Army personnel were killed when an avalanche hit an army patrol in the southern Siachen glacier sector in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Saturday. A Srinagar-based defence spokesperson said the Army patrol was operating at an altitude of approximately 18,000 feet in Southern Siachen Glacier when it was hit by the avalanche during the early hours of Saturday.
Pakistan is baffled by India's decision to open Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, for tourists and said that Pakistan can't expect anything good or positive from India, as per media reports.
The avalanche had hit the Northern Glacier at around 3.30 pm where the altitude is around 18,000 feet and above.
Eight Army jawans are stuck under snow after an avalanche hits Army positions in the Siachen Glacier on Monday. The rescue and recovery operations are on by the troops at the spot.
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