Neena Sharma, sister of Major Subhash Chandra Guleri, who went missing during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, is 'disappointed' over not being part of a 12-member delegation from India that went to Pakistan.
After his failed misadventure in Kargil, Musharraf deposed the then Prime Minister Sharif in a bloodless coup in 1999 and ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008 in various positions.
A soldier's General, Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw crafted India's greatest military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war that created just not history, but also a new nation.
Navy Day is celebrated every December 4, as on this day in 1971 during the Indo-Pak war Indian Navy undertook Operation Trident in which its missile boats carried out an audacious attack to sink enemy ships.
There are 54 PoWs of Jammu region in Pakistan and most of them were being held in Lahore, Peshawar and Kot Lakhpat jails in Pakistan.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hosted a high tea for 1965 war veterans in the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex as the country celebrated the golden jubilee of the war with Pakistan.
Ninety four-year-old Manekshaw, who had led India to victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, has developed 'acute broncho pneumonia' with associated complications and his condition has been serious for the past four days, the sources told PTI.
'Both Abdul Hamid and the enemy tank place each other in their sights and shoot. Both shells hit their targets. There is a loud blast, fire and smoke.' 'Hamid doesn't get time to jump off. A deafening blast follows and then there is complete silence.' 'Abdul Hamid is dead. He has destroyed a total of seven enemy tanks, many more than what an armoured formation could take on.'
Hailing from the Nilambur royal family, Muraleedharan was just 21 when his aircraft was gunned down while flying over Peshawar
The sources said Misri reiterated the government's stand that the decision to stop military actions was taken at a bilateral level, as some opposition members questioned US President Donald Trump's repeated assertions about his administration's role in stopping the conflict.
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw died at Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.
Justice Kailash Gambhir granted three weeks interim bail to Nanda so that he could meet his ailing grandfather, former Naval Chief S M Nanda, who had a distinguished career in the Navy and played a significant role in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
'Ex-Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra. Kapoor was indicted in the Adarsh scam along with other senior Army officers'
The body of one of India's greatest soldiers will kept at the MRC grounds in Wellington between 1100 hours and 1300 hours on Friday for the public to pay homage. From Wellington his body will taken in a gun carriage to Ooty where his funeral will be held. According to Manekshaw's family members, the body will be taken to a cemetery in Ooty, where his wife was buried.
The memorial pays tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives defending the nation.
In the first-ever auction of 'enemy property' that the Indian government has held since the 1971 Indo-Pak war, rights shares of Tata Steel were sold to an Indian investment firm for Rs 485 per share against the rights issue price of Rs 300 per share.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India was committed to respond to any act of terrorism perpetrated from across the borders, and asserted that since terrorists do not play by rules, there cannot be any rules in the country's answer to them.
A call from Pakistan through the Indian Defence Ministry recently to visit Pakistan to identify Major S C Guleri has rekindled hope in his sister Neena Sharma to see her brother.
The army held a special ceremony at the grave of Captain Karnail Sher Khan, of the Northern Light Infantry regiment, at his native town Karnail Sher Khan Kili in NWFP on Monday.
Aarohi Pandit, the world's first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean solo in a light sport aircraft (LSA), is all set to re-enact on 15th of this month India's first commercial flight flown by the legendry J R D Tata in 1932.
He was appointed military governor of Goa following the surrender of Portuguese forces on December 19, 1961.
The incident occurred in Takkarpura village of Patti town on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, they said.
'I believe they (India) can definitely finish on the podium in Odisha this time'
Asking India to play its role in rebuilding Afghanistan, a senior leader of Pakistan's Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal on Tuesday said this could help in improving Indo-Pak ties and bring peace to the region.
Referring to his grandmother and the former PM, he said she took '32 bullets for the country' but her name was not even mentioned at a government event in New Delhi on the anniversary of the victory over Pakistan.
Not known to share the best of equations with his former deputy, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday came out in support of Sachin Pilot amid allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party that his father, former Union minister Rajesh Pilot, was involved in the bombings over Mizoram in 1966.
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
Colonel Sofiya Qureshi revealed that 300 to 400 drones were deployed across 36 locations, with several being shot down by Indian forces using both kinetic and non-kinetic methods.
'But there is more work to be done, and we have offered our good offices to the Indians and the Pakistanis over the last couple of days,' Powell said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Shauryanjali, a military exhibition to mark the golden jubilee of Indo-Pak War of 1965, and said that the valour and sacrifice of the armed forces during the war would remain etched in every Indian's memory.
The study also said that the war would plunge the world into a "nuclear winter" that could lead to global climate catastrophe.
The 79-year-old widely respected and popular leader steered the Congress in 2017 to a landslide victory in the 117-member assembly to occupy the chief minister's post for the second time.
In an interview to New York Times, he said the "Indo-Pakistan and the whole subcontinent problem" was part of the "broader agenda" that the US plans to go back to after Iraq.
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Speaking at a tri-service seminar on the 1965 India-Pakistan war in New Delhi, Indian Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag said, "The military needs to be ready for short wars, as the borders are live with frequent ceasefire violations and infiltration bids by Pakistan."
The current Indo-Pak crisis over Kashmir is a godsend for the US. With tensions running high, Pakistan is in no position to militarily help the Taliban. Once this realisation dawns on the Taliban, they are likely to be more amenable to a compromise on American terms, says Colonel Anil Athale (retired).
Pakistan wants to unsettle those living in hamlets along the International Border in Jammu and Punjab, say security personnel.
'A great General who had become a legend in his lifetime.' 'India will not see the likes of Sagat Singh again.'
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