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Manipur insurgents kill 2

Manipur insurgents kill 2

Rediff.com17 Mar 2008

Delayed official reports on Monday said the MPA attacked the post of 24th Assam Rifles battalion at T Minou village on Saturday in which a rifleman and a civilian were killed. Security posts in the border village have been put on maximum alert following the assault.

Armyman says he participated in fake encounters

Armyman says he participated in fake encounters

Rediff.com7 Jun 2004

An armyman on Monday told a military court hearing the fake Siachen killings case that he in August last year demolished a fake "enemy target" at the behest of Major Surinder Singh and later posed as an enemy casualty.

Siachen avalanche: Body of second jawan recovered

Siachen avalanche: Body of second jawan recovered

Rediff.com26 Mar 2016

The body of an army jawan, who had gone missing after an avalanche hit a patrol in Siachen's Turtuk sector in Ladakh region, was recovered from under the snow on Saturday.

Army soldier commits suicide

Army soldier commits suicide

Rediff.com3 Jul 2007

Singh's suicide is the second incident in two days in the state.

PHOTOS: Britain's Prince Harry sees red during Holi in Nepal

PHOTOS: Britain's Prince Harry sees red during Holi in Nepal

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

Prince Harry on Tuesday played Holi with Nepalese villagers and had his face smeared with red powder paint by them to celebrate the arrival of spring.

Another armyman admits playing dead

Another armyman admits playing dead

Rediff.com8 Jun 2004

Several armymen are facing allegations of staging fake encounters at the Line of Control in Siachen glacier.

Armyman admits faking encounters

Armyman admits faking encounters

Rediff.com5 Jun 2004

Nayak Bhuwan Bahadur Thapa said he, along with riflemen Yamraj Guru and R B Thapa, helped construct bunkers which were demolished in the fake encounters filmed by Major Singh.

Six army men get life sentences in Machil fake encounter case

Six army men get life sentences in Machil fake encounter case

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

This is the first case in the Valley in which Indian Army personnel have been awarded life terms on these charges.

Soldier, woman killed in Pakistani aggression along LoC

Soldier, woman killed in Pakistani aggression along LoC

Rediff.com31 Oct 2016

There have been more than 60 ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC and IB in the state since surgical strikes against terror launch pads by the Indian Army in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Manu strikes gold; Deepak claims bronze at Asian Championship

Manu strikes gold; Deepak claims bronze at Asian Championship

Rediff.com5 Nov 2019

Manu Bhaker claimed the gold medal in the women's 10am air pistol, while birthday boy Deepak Kumar gifted himself a bronze medal in men's 10m air rifle at the 14th Asian Championship.

This is no Doklam!

This is no Doklam!

Rediff.com17 Feb 2018

What I found at the Bumla Pass Indo-China border.

I am innocent, says rape-accused Olympian Rajput

I am innocent, says rape-accused Olympian Rajput

Rediff.com21 Feb 2017

India's ace rifle shooter Sanjeev Rajput has finally broken his silence on an allegation of rape against him and said he has been falsely implicated in a case which has shaken his world.

At 19, he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra

At 19, he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra

Rediff.com24 Jan 2020

'It is my duty to tell them about the brave soldiers who gave their lives for our land.' 'The free air of freedom that we breathe is because of men like them.'

The courage of Captain Haneef, Vir Chakra, martyr at 25

The courage of Captain Haneef, Vir Chakra, martyr at 25

Rediff.com23 Jul 2019

'Captain Haneef-ud-din, pulling his sinewy body forward, crawled, rifle in hand, in the snow on 6 June 1999. He died on this craggy mountainside exactly two years after he had passed out of the IMA...'

Attack on Assam Rifles post, 4 blasts rock Manipur on R-Day

Attack on Assam Rifles post, 4 blasts rock Manipur on R-Day

Rediff.com26 Jan 2014

Two bombs went of in Imphal on Sunday ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.

'We had to throw the Pakistanis out'

'We had to throw the Pakistanis out'

Rediff.com22 Jul 2019

Brigadier M P Bajwa (retd), commander of the troops that captured Tiger Hill, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih how a band of young soldiers won the Kargil War's most famous battle with their blood and grit.

Revealed: How the ISI-backed spy ring collapsed

Revealed: How the ISI-backed spy ring collapsed

Rediff.com8 Dec 2015

Interrogation of the last three accused arrested in the suspected ISI-linked espionage racket by Delhi Police brought to fore a conflict within the spying ring which might have led to its busting.

How I was awarded the Param Vir Chakra

How I was awarded the Param Vir Chakra

Rediff.com29 Jan 2020

'War is won by team work. War is won by sacrifices,' says Subedar Sanjay Kumar, Param Vir Chakra.

2 army men, among 5, selected for Kirti Chakra

2 army men, among 5, selected for Kirti Chakra

Rediff.com15 Aug 2017

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday approved a total of 112 gallantry awards for defence and paramilitary personnel for their sacrifices to the nation, the defence ministry said.

Italy says UN court ordered marine's release, India denies

Italy says UN court ordered marine's release, India denies

Rediff.com3 May 2016

Italy in March had asked the PCA judges to order India to release its detained marine Girone, saying otherwise he risks four more years in India without any charges being made which would amount to 'grave violation of his human rights'.

Soul of the army and spirit of the nation

Soul of the army and spirit of the nation

Rediff.com21 Mar 2017

'The vocal pacifists who monopolise the media in India need to answer a simple question: Would they have the Taliban or ISIS take over Kashmir or the rest of the country or let the army do its duty so that we are safe in our beds and free to demonise the soldiers in our cozy drawing rooms and television studios,' asks Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

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