BJP leader in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh described the Kargil War as a 'glorious chapter in India's military history'.
The 'Rawalpindi Express', considered the fastest bowler in history said he does not understand why the civilian sector cannot work in collaboration with the Armed forces.
Deepa Malik believes the country's medal count will be in double digits at the Tokyo Games next year.
Dr N K Kalia, father of Captain Saurabh Kalia who laid down his life for the country during the 1999 Kargil war, has welcomed the words of appreciation spoken by Army Chief General Bikram Singh on the Army Day.
Cricketers, shaped by diverse journeys from unexpected corners of the country, serve as a testament to the power of unwavering belief.
'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...' 'But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.'
Pakistan-India bilateral relations remained frozen for the fourth year over the vexed Kashmir issue but analysts hope the strained ties could be repaired if Nawaz Sharif becomes the prime minister for a record fourth time in the general elections in February in the absence of his main challenger Imran Khan who is in jail in multiple cases.
Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, loved his cricket.
'China is unwilling to restore the status quo ante of April 2020.' 'India will have to weigh its options based on this premise.'
The Russian origin aircraft, now capable of effecting mid-air refuelling, is compatible with latest missiles and can launch multi-dimensional attacks.
Acting on the Supreme Court's order, the Army has begun the process of taking over the possession of the scam-tainted Adarsh building at Colaba in South Mumbai.
In a separate incident, a tribal woman had lodged a complaint at Saikul police station, stating that her 21-year-old daughter and her 24-year-old friend were allegedly raped by a mob at their rented house near Konung Mamang before brutally murdering them on May 4.
'Our soldiers fought so bravely. It actually made me get up and start thinking about things I would never think of.'
'Vajpayee was the first prime minister to visit the battlefield at the height of conflict,' recalls Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The Congress alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party was shying from debate on 2G issue as its top leadership was involved in taking "wrong" decisions on spectrum allocation when NDA was in power which led to huge revenue losses to the country.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the patriotic movies coming up in 2022.
Ahead of Indo-Pak talks, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said that despite problems with its neighbours, India will continue to engage them in dialogue to find a solution in the long run.
In a candid admission, the Indian Air Force on Thursday said that given its depleting strength, it does not have the adequate numbers to "fully execute" an air campaign in case of a two-front war involving Pakistan and China simultaneously.
A major chunk of agriculture land along the Line of Control, which was left abandoned following mine laying activity during the Kargil war and Operation Parakram, has been de-mined by the army, bringing cheers to farmers in border areas near Jammu.
The 1998 nuclear tests by India and Pakistan marked a watershed in the nuclear history and deterred India from 'punishing' Pakistan for Kargil and the 2001 Parliament attack.
Discussion on the two bills could not take place as Opposition members continued to stage protests demanding a discussion on the Pegasus snooping allegations and the farmers' demand of repealing the three new agri laws.
The Pakistan army once again violated the bilateral ceasefire in the Pallanwala sector near Jammu on Friday night.
They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your audience or appease the powers that be, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to the fallen soldiers at the newly-built National War Memorial in the nation's capital on the Republic Day for the first time instead of the Amar Jawan Jyoti beneath the India Gate arch.
States like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh had on Friday announced similar incentives.
After news about the demise of Pakistan's former president General Pervez Musharraf was confirmed, the country's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday changed his Twitter profile picture to a photograph of his mother Benazir Bhutto and the late Nawab Akbar Bugti, in whose murder the former military ruler was named.
SC tells the Centre that any deviation from its stand that the issue of Indian Prisoners of War languishing in Pakistani prisons cannot be taken to the International Court of Justice, will have its own ramifications.
Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday claimed he was 'insulted' as his mic was turned off while he was speaking in the House the previous day.
Raminder Singh Jassal, India's deputy chief of mission in Washington, DC, has been appointed the Ambassador to Turkey. Jassal succeeds Chitra Narayanan, daughter of former President the late K R Narayanan, who moves as India's envoy to Switzerland
Will Laal Singh Chaddha do justice to its Hollywood original's cult status, wonders Namrata Thakker.
'Musharraf presented me with a plan about how mujahideen would infiltrate an area like Kargil.' Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto tells Shyam Bhatia.
Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress on Tuesday accused it of playing "cheap politics" ahead of Lok Sabha polls on the issue of 1962 India-China war in the wake of a classified report on it being made public, saying it only showed the principal opposition party's mindset.
The bloody stand-off between security forces and the militants, headed by Gazi, entered the fourth day on Friday as government spurned all kinds of demands by Ghazi.
'When do you seek peace, if not now? Once both nations destruct?' 'Pakistanis are telling me how their perception changed about Indians after watching the video.'
The man had a copy of the committee report on the Kargil War.
Debunking Pakistan's claims about the Kargil conflict, Lieutenant General (Retired) Shahid Aziz, then head of the Inter Services Intelligence's Analysis Wing, has said regular soldiers, not rebels fighting for Kashmir's independence, took part in the "meaningless" 1999 war. The former officer also accused the then Pakistan Army chief General Pervez Musharraf of a "cover-up".
Sukanya Verma lists the girls to have rocked the military and khaki look in recent times.
Deployed at 15,632 feet, Captain Shiva Chauhan, 25, highlights the calibre of the Indian Army's women officers.
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