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Gangtok, April 11 Senior Army officers visited the landslide-affected Taramchu area in North Sikkim on Saturday, and directed to expedite the restoration work to reopen the section as soon as possible, according to a statement.Road connectivity along the Chungthang-Lachen stretch was disrupted...

Jammu, April 11 The White Knight Corps of the Army joined the 100-day 'Nasha Mukht Abhiyan' led by Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday, which aims to eliminate the problem of addiction from the Union territory. Officials said.The Chief of Staff (COS) of the White Knight Corps...

Bengaluru, April 10 Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday said there was a broad consensus among the three services on the concept of Integrated Theatre Commands (ITCs).Integrated Theatre Commands in India are a major defence reform aimed at integrating the Army, Navy, and Air...

Srinagar, April 10 PDP leader Iltija Mufti visited the residence of Rashid Ahmad Mughal, who was killed in an encounter with security forces in Ganderbal, on Friday, and said her party would support any agitation by the people seeking the return of his body."Mughal was killed in broad daylight...

Jammu, April 9 Security forces on Thursday detained a "suspicious" individual at an Army formation in Jammu, and an investigation into his activities has been launched, official sources said."A suspicious individual has been detained. The matter is under investigation," a source said.The...

Jammu, April 9 The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the White Knight Corps based in Jammu, Lieutenant General P K Mishra, visited the Romeo Force in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday to review operational readiness and the overall security situation.According to the Army, the...

Gangtok, April 9 Over 1,000 stranded tourists were rescued from Lachen in Sikkim's Mangan district, where multiple landslides have cut off road connectivity, officials said on Thursday.The tourists had been stranded in Lachen in North Sikkim since April 5.The officials said that 1,321...

April 09, New Delhi – The second edition of Ran Samwad 2026, a leading Tri-Service seminar, began today at the Air Force Training Command in Bengaluru.The seminar, focused on "Multi-Domain Operations: An Imperative for Addressing Conventional and Irregular Threats," brings together top...

Srinagar, April 8 Northern Army Commander, Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, reviewed the security situation and the operational preparedness of the force in Kashmir on Wednesday."Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, #ArmyCdrNC, visited hinterland formations and units in #NorthKashmir and...

Gangtok, April 8 Rescue operations for around 1,000 stranded tourists in Lachen, Sikkim, began on Wednesday morning after the Army and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) restored connectivity along a damaged stretch near Taramchu, officials said.Tourists are being evacuated in batches along the...

Jammu, April 6 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday refused to engage in a debate about whether a judicial or magisterial inquiry should be ordered into the Ganderbal encounter, and justified the inquiry ordered by the lieutenant governor, stating that a prompt inquiry was...

New Delhi, April 6 The army on Monday unveiled a key "technology roadmap" outlining technical and operational requirements in the domain of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and loitering munitions, a move that comes amid the changing nature of warfare as seen in various conflicts.The nearly...

Srinagar, April 5 An Army soldier died on Sunday after being injured in an accidental discharge of his service weapon at a camp in the Kuwpara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.The soldier, identified as Jagdeep (24), was injured at the Army camp in the Qalamabad area of the...

Jammu, April 5 Security forces launched a search operation in a village in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, following reports of the movement of three suspicious individuals, officials said.A resident of Bedh Khad in the Darui area reported seeing three unidentified persons...

Srinagar, April 4 Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan reviewed the security and operational preparedness along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir on Saturday.General Chauhan visited strategically important areas under the Army's Chinar Corps unit, a defence spokesperson...

Jammu, April 4 The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed uproar on the final day of the Budget Session on Saturday, with members of the National Conference, the Congress, and the PDP demanding a judicial probe into the recent Ganderbal encounter.The army has claimed that the man killed in the...

Jammu, April 3 J&K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary on Saturday said that while militancy must be firmly dealt with, care should be taken that innocent people are not harmed, asserting that any such incidents warrant a proper inquiry.The deputy chief minister was reacting to the...

High Commissioner of Bangladesh, M. Hamidullah, met with Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi in New Delhi. The Indian Army, in a social media post, stated that they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation, including joint training programs. They also explored opportunities for...

Srinagar, April 2 The killing of a 29-year-old man in an alleged encounter with the Army in Ganderbal has raised concerns in several quarters, including from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has called for a transparent and time-bound investigation.A day after the Army...

Srinagar, April 2 National Conference leader and Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi demanded a time-bound investigation into the allegations of a staged encounter in Ganderbal, in which a man was killed.The Army stated on Wednesday that a local militant was killed in an overnight...