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India, US start military exercises in Rajasthan

India, US start military exercises in Rajasthan

Rediff.com5 Mar 2012

"The US Army is being represented by troops from 25 Infantry Division while the Indian side has pitched in troops from Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and Mechanised Infantry," an official said.

Jawan gets noose for killing senior officer

Jawan gets noose for killing senior officer

Rediff.com2 Mar 2007

The sentence was subject to confirmation by the chief of army staff and the Central government.

When Preity walked barefoot

When Preity walked barefoot

Rediff.com27 Aug 2007

A reader shares his memories.

'Chinese adventures have misfired'

'Chinese adventures have misfired'

Rediff.com14 Oct 2020

'The Chinese thought India would back off. 'They did not expect such a firm Indian response to their expansionist manoeuvre.'

For the first time, US backs India on Kashmir

For the first time, US backs India on Kashmir

Rediff.com28 Aug 2017

'It is for the first time in 70 years that the US has come out totally in India's favour on the Kashmir issue,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Expect a Chinese attack by June/July

Expect a Chinese attack by June/July

Rediff.com9 Jan 2012

'One is not talking of an all-out war,' says Colonel Anil A A Athale (retd). 'What we must accept is a short, sharp, attack by the Chinese, more in the nature of a slap!'

US soldier swapped with Taliban militants faces jail for 'desertion'

US soldier swapped with Taliban militants faces jail for 'desertion'

Rediff.com15 Dec 2015

Bergdahl is charged with abandoning his post in Afghanistan in June 2009 before he was captured by Taliban insurgents, who held him for nearly five years.

Have you heard about this Indian Hero?

Have you heard about this Indian Hero?

Rediff.com22 Dec 2011

Major Chewang Rinchen became the youngest recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra. He not only seized the highest post ever captured, but also liberated an area of 800 sq km from Pak occupied Kashmir, the largest area captured in the 1971 war with hardly any supplies and no artillery support. Claude Arpi salutes this brave Indian soldier.

2009 mutiny: B'desh court sentences 46 BDR rebels

2009 mutiny: B'desh court sentences 46 BDR rebels

Rediff.com14 Jan 2011

A special court in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced 46 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers to prison terms up to seven years for staging a revolt at their unit in the southeastern Khagrachhari hills in February 2009 when border guards in Dhaka had killed 57 army officers in a bloody massacre.

Surgical strikes changed the game for India

Surgical strikes changed the game for India

Rediff.com27 Sep 2017

'The Pakistani denial was the greatest triumph of this strategy.' 'From now onwards Pakistan will always have to factor in the Indian reaction when it decides to back non-State actors like LeT,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

2019 election and the brown man's burden

2019 election and the brown man's burden

Rediff.com28 May 2019

'The anti-India biases of the Western elite can be attributed to the unease these privileged nations feel at the rise of Asian nations like India and China.' 'But what ought to shock all right-thinking Indians is that many of our own countrymen/women have joined this chorus,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

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