'An unconventional war cannot be fought by conventional means,' says Lieutenant General D B Shekatkar (retd).
Commissioned into the 5th Gorkha Rifles regiment, he has had an illustrious military career spanning 36 years during which he held several prestigious command, staff and instructional appointments
There was a ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army on a forward post in Mankote-Balnoie sector.
The Army has appointed Lt Gen NPS Hira as Deputy Chief of Army Staff with effect from March 14.
He said he hoped a day would come when people would move freely across the Line of Control.
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A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of all concerned agencies Monday evening, Regional Passport Officer S L Sriramlu said in Srinagar on Tuesday.
Announces additional aid funds for rescue and relief work.
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd), former general officer in commanding, 15 Corps, explains what may have happened during the Indian Army's anti-terrorist operation in Kashmir in which four soldiers and one policemen, including the commanding officer 21 Rashtriya Rifles, made the supreme sacrifice for the Motherland.
'The BJP has done the Uri surgical strikes, handled the Dokalam crisis and the Balakot strikes.' 'So if there is a de-escalation only at the diplomatic level and not resolving this issue of a colonel being killed, then it translates into public anger.'
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Ahir said there were 110 terror attacks in J&K in 3 months before surgical strikes while there were 87 such attacks in 3 months after the strikes.
Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located across the river Ravi, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.
She also said the Kartarpur corridor initiative was not linked to the dialogue process with Pakistan.
Twenty Indian soldiers posted in border areas of the country, most of them in Jammu and Kashmir, have gone missing from 1996 to 2010, according to an RTI reply.
The Opposition seems to be speaking on lines of the neighbouring country on Article 370, he said.
'India showcased its ability to launch multiple Special Forces strikes simultaneously across a well defended front.' 'Through these strikes Pakistan was given a glimpse of the full range of India's military capabilities,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
After threatening to move World Bank over the Kishenganga project, Pakistan is set to rake up with India the issue of two more hydel power units being constructed in Jammu and Kashmir when Indus water commissioners of the two countries meet in New Delhi on May 31.
Trade across the Line of Control has been hit once again after police and customs officers recovered narcotics hidden in orange crates late on Friday night.
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General Michael Walker will on Friday make his second visit to the LoC, this time from the Indian side.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister designate Omar Abdullah left for New Delhi, on Thursday to join senior leaders of the National Conference, to work out the modalities of the coalition government with their Congress counterparts.
'If the strength of foreign terrorists can be brought to negligible levels there will be few takers for militancy.' 'That is why it is important to neutralise the terrorists at their launch pads,' advises Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
The envoy said India has been successful in articulating its case with the international community including the US.
After terror attack, Mumbai red alert, a large posse of officials to fly down with PM, reports Archis Mohan.
The assessment in the security establishment is that in view of the huge turnout in the first two phase of polling there will be more desperate attacks in the next few weeks before winter intensifies and all possible infiltration routes become inaccessible due to snow, says Nitin A Gokhale.
A squadron leader and a flight liuetanant, injured in the crash, have been rushed to the army hospital, the sources said.
2017 has also seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations at the LoC by Pakistan.
Jadhav was 'arrested' on March 3 last year by Pakistan security officials in Balochistan.
The Pakistani army again violated the ceasefire on Tuesday by firing on forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district, prompting Indian troops to retaliate.
'The simultaneous fire from so many guns rained down on the enemy and pulverised them, a sight I can never forget till my last breath.'
After India carried out a daring surgical strike and took out terrorists in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Uri attack in which 19 soldiers were killed, Border Security Force and army personnel are on full alert all along the 198-kilometre long international border and 744-km long Line of Control, to thwart any 'mischief' by Islamabad.
A constable of Jammu and Kashmir police and two others, arrested for their alleged roles in the narcotics business money derived from which was used to fundbanned terror outfit Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen, were on Monday sent to judicial custody till February 17 by a Delhi court.
A day after terror strikes rocked the Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said terrorists tried to attack Indian democracy but brave jawans sacrificed their lives protecting the country's security.
He blamed policies of the Congress-led governments for the Kashmir issue remaining unresolved.
'In the last 55 years India and Pakistan have gone to wars, but nobody spoke about scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty.'
The cross-LoC surgical strike was carried out by the Indian army after "specific and very definite" inputs about terrorists at launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir planning attacks in this country, the government said on Friday.
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