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Army foils infiltration bid on LoC; one soldier killed
India | Aug 30, 2016, 10:19 PM ISTAs the army foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC), a soldier was killed and another injured today in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu district, defence sources said. A defence sources told
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Indian Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir; soldier killed by militants
India | Jul 23, 2016, 06:26 PM ISTSrinagar: After the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, a soldier was killed by militants, an Army official said today. "Terrorists attempting to
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1 soldier dies every month in Siachen
India | Feb 13, 2016, 09:13 AM ISTWith the death of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad and nine of his comrades, India has lost nearly one soldier every month due to avalanches or extreme climatic conditions in the Siachen Glacier, since first sending
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Nation pays tribute to Siachen braveheart Hanumanthappa
India | Feb 11, 2016, 05:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who was battling for life after miraculously surviving the avalanche in the Siachen glacier, passed away at RR Hospital today.Doctors in the morning said that the soldier continued to remain
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Five civilians, one soldier killed in Afghanistan attack
World | Sep 15, 2015, 12:55 PM ISTKabul: At least five civilians and an army soldier were killed when militants attacked a vehicle in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Tuesday, the provincial government spokesman said.A civilian car which had given a lift to
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Israel hunts for missing soldier as troops leave northern Gaza
World | Aug 02, 2014, 09:08 PM ISTGaza/Jerusalem: Israel today continued its attacks in southern Gaza while it searched for one of its missing soldiers believed to have been captured by Hamas even as Israeli troops were seen withdrawing from a northern
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Soldier killed in Philippines clash
World | Sep 09, 2013, 12:10 PM ISTManila: A soldier was killed and six were wounded Monday in a clash with rebels in Zamboanga city in the Philippines, the military said.The skirmish broke out when around 100 rebels of the Moro National
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8 Bhutanese soldiers killed in explosion
World | Sep 02, 2013, 04:44 PM ISTThimphu: At least eight Bhutanese soldiers were reportedly killed and about 10 more injured today in an explosion while they were disposing of old ammunition. The incident occurred this morning near the Indian Military Training
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LoC attacks: Fresh firing by Pakistan, 3 soldiers injured
India | Aug 15, 2013, 11:26 PM ISTJammu: Three Indian soldiers and a civilian were injured in a fresh incident of unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on the Line of Control (LOC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, a
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LoC attack: Bihar regiment soldier cremated with full state honours
India | Aug 08, 2013, 10:31 AM ISTPatna, Aug 8: The body of Prem Nath Singh, one of the five soldiers killed in Kashmir by attackers including men in Pakistani military uniform, was cremated on Thursday with full state honours at his
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Soldier, militant killed in Kashmir gunfight
India | Aug 03, 2013, 09:41 PM ISTSrinagar, Aug 3: A soldier and a militant were killed Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district as the army kept up its operation against a group of guerrillas that had infiltrated across the Line
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17 soldiers killed, 35 injured in Egypt accident
World | Jul 22, 2013, 08:01 AM ISTCairo, July 22: As many as 17 soldiers were killed and 35 others injured in a bus-truck collision in Egypt's Beheira governorate, north of the capital Cairo, state media reported.The accident took place on the
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A Sikh American soldier's battle for the turban
World | Jul 21, 2013, 02:27 PM ISTWashington, July 21: "If the militaries in Canada, England, India and progressive nations allow Sikhs to serve in turbans and beards, then why can't the US?"That was the question that Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the
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Body of soldier killed in Kashmir flown to Hyderabad
India | Jun 27, 2013, 12:14 PM ISTHyderabad,June 27: The body of a soldier killed in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir was flown in here Thursday.Senior army officials paid their tributes to M. Yadaiah at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
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Soldier shot dead in Bihar
India | May 16, 2013, 12:16 PM ISTPatna, May 16: An Indian Army soldier was shot dead early Thursday by unidentified assailants in Bihar, police said.Upendra Kumar Pandey, a native of Buxar town who was posted in Rajasthan, was killed near Simri
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Dench supports statue for World War 1 soldier
Hollywood | Jan 29, 2013, 11:41 AM ISTLondon, Jan 29: Veteran actress Judi Dench is backing a campaign to immortalise a World War I hero in his hometown.She is supporting the plan to erect a statue in Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, England in
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One soldier killed in 'unprovoked firing': Pakistan army
World | Jan 16, 2013, 08:43 AM ISTIslamabad, Jan 16: The Pakistani army yesterday said one of its soldiers was killed in "unprovoked firing" along the Line of Control.A statement from the army's media arm alleged that Indian troops violated the ceasefire