Tag: Jammu and Kashmir

Video: Indian Army DGMO statement on LoC strikes

by Saurabh Joshi • September 29, 2016

Watch Indian Army DGMO Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh announce surgical strikes on terrorist launch-pads along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

Intelligence alert on LeT intrusion in J&K

by Saurabh Joshi • January 7, 2016

A recent intelligence alert has warned of terror attacks by Laskhar e Toiba in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming days, putting the sputtering dialogue between India and Pakistan under pressure.

by Saurabh Joshi • March 9, 2015

Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar informed Parliament that the defense ministry has not accorded sanction for prosecution under AFSPA since 1991.

by Saurabh Joshi • January 19, 2015

Senior officers of the armed forces now need to check their public behavior to avoid being featured as the latest subject of gossip on social media among their own officers.

by Saurabh Joshi • August 14, 2014

The armed forces personnel to be awarded for gallantry this Independence Day include Major Mukund Varadarajan, who is being awarded the Ashok Chakra, posthumously.

by Archis Mohan • September 19, 2013

Notwithstanding naysayers, the long and short of it is that Mian Nawaz Sharif and Sardar Manmohan Singh will have a bilateral meeting in New York likely to be held on September 29th.

by Archis Mohan • September 18, 2013

The foreign office consultation was significant not only as it comes a bit over a week before the UN General Assembly session but at a time when US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is on a visit to the region.

by Saurabh Joshi • August 16, 2013

This Independence Day, the following personnel from the armed forces were conferred gallantry awards. This is who they are and why they were cited.

by Saurabh Joshi • April 30, 2013

The Flag Meeting took place on a day when Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurien Antony had some tough words for the intruders at the Unified Commanders Conference of the Indian armed forces.

by Saurabh Joshi • January 26, 2012

The complete list of gallantry awardees, this Republic Day.

by Saurabh Joshi • January 26, 2012

Some of the stories of the courage displayed by India’s armed forces, awarded for conspicuous gallantry this Republic Day.

by Saurabh Joshi • January 15, 2012

Your correspondent was invited to visit an army aviation squadron in Jammu and Kashmir, to get a first hand feel of their functioning. Take a look at the operating routine of the 202 Army Aviation Squadron (UH), which operates the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH).

by Indo-Asian News Service • January 13, 2012

“What happened at that time, we have a report of that. It has been made available to authorities. I don’t think there was an inquiry carried out at that time. Because in all such encounters, it is left to the civil police to investigate,” Singh said when asked about the controversy involving Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, present Eastern Army Commander.

by Indo-Asian News Service • December 10, 2011

The fourth round of ADD, held after nearly two years, was led by India’s Defense Secretary Shashikant Sharma and Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Deputy Chief of General Staff General Ma Xiaotian. The two sides also discussed defense exchanges for 2012 and agreed to “gradually enhance” the range and scope of their interaction, according to Indian defense ministry officials.

by Indo-Asian News Service • November 2, 2011

Lieutenant General Shri Krishna Singh, the Indian Army’s second senior-most officer, Tuesday took over as the new vice chief, heralding a generational change in the top brass. He is the first officer commissioned after India’s 1971 war with Pakistan to rise to the post.