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Republic Day 2024: President Droupadi Murmu approves gallantry awards to service personnel, Captain Anshuman Singh gets Kirti Chakra posthumously
Captain Anshuman Singh, who was killed while trying to save his comrades during a fire incident in Siachen, received the Kirti Chakra (Posthumous).New Delhi: On the eve of the 75th Republic Day, the president and supreme commander of the armed forces...
Army Day 2024: At ‘Shaurya Sandhya’ event, Rajnath Singh lauds valour, patriotism of Indian soldiers
Rajnath Singh during his address at the “Shaurya Sandhya” event at Lucknow. (India Sentinels photo) Lucknow: In a grand display of military prowess and cultural heritage, the Indian Army celebrated its 76th Army Day with a breathtaki...
Army Day 2024: COAS General Manoj Pande says ‘troops ready for any challenge’
Gen Manoj Pande during his Army Day speech in Lucknow, on January 15, 2024. (India Sentinels photo) Lucknow: India observed the 76th Army Day, on Friday. The main Army Day parade this year was held here, in the capital of Uttar Pradesh, for...
1962 war hero Major Shaitan Singh’s Rezang-la ‘memorial’ razed in buffer-zone concession to China
The “memorial” erected by 8 Kumaon troops at the spot, in October 2020, where Maj Shaitan Singh’s body was found, in February 1963. (Photo: X/@kstanzinladakh) New Delhi: A memorial erected by Indian soldiers a few years ago on ...
Lieutenant General Ram Chandra Tiwari to be next Eastern Army commander
Lt Gen Ram Chandra Tiwari. (Photo: Rashtrapati Bhavan)New Delhi: Lieutenant General Ram Chandra Tiwari has been appointed the next general officer commanding in chief of the key Eastern Army Command. He will replace the incumbent Eastern Army GO...
What is the Battle of Saragarhi that India commemorates on September 12?
New Delhi: India commemorates 126th anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi on September 12, considered as one of the finest last stands in the military history of the world.What is the Battle of Saragarhi?In 1897, a total of 21 Sikh soldiers were pit...
Bastille Day parade 2023: Indian triservices contingent leaves for French capital
Indian Army soldiers rehearsing in New Delhi before leaving for Paris to take part in France’s Bastille Day parade. (Photo by special arrangement.) New Delhi: An Indian contingent comprising 269 personnel from the triservices left for Pari...
Government approves OROP revision for armed forces’ pensioners
Veterans at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding for implementation of one rank, one pension. (File photo)New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has approved the revision of pension armed forces’ pensione...
Indian Army’s Mahar Regiment and Indian Air Force’s 8 Squadron sign ‘Charter of Affiliation’
Mahar Regiment’s Lt Gen C Bansi Ponnappa (2nd from left) shakes hands with 8 Squadron’s AVM MS Deswal after signing the “Charter of Affiliation”. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The Indian Army’s Mahar Regiment and the In...
‘Fire Till Eternity’: The story of Major Shyamal Dev Goswami
Second Lieutenant Shyamal Dev Goswami. Shyamal Dev Goswami was born on November 6, 1938, in a Bengali family from Meerut, in – what is now – Uttar Pradesh. He was a shy but friendly child who used to write rhymes and loved music in h...Results
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