Over 300 runners participate in Kargil Vijay Diwas Run in Drass

Kargil Vijay Diwas RunKargil: In remembrance of 1999 Kargil war heroes, over 300 runners participated in Kargil Vijay Diwas run at Drass in Ladakh on Sunday.The participants were from different walk of life, including security and armed forces, veter...

Konark Corps flags-off 1971 Kms cyclothon to mark 50 years of 1971 Indo-Pak war

New Delhi: Jodhpur-headquartered Indian Army’s Konark Corps has commenced a 1971 Kms ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh Cyclothon’ to commemorate the Golden Jubilee Victory Celebrations and to pay homage to the sacrifices made by the soldiers dur...

War veteran Maj Gen RN Chibber dies at 87

New Delhi: Maj Gen RN Chibber died on Saturday. He was 87.Gen Chibber was born on September 23, 1934 and was commissioned into the Indian Army on June 2, 1955.An outstanding officer, Gen Chibber  participated in the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars, and...

‘Age is just a number’: 98-year-old war veteran defeats Covid-19 in Mumbai

Sepoy Ramu Laxman Sakpal (retired), seated in wheelchair.New Delhi: Defying the given perception that Covid-19 is deadly for elderly people, an 98-year-old war veteran from Mumbai has completely recovered from novel coronavirus.Sepoy Ramu Laxman Sakp...