The Comptroller and Auditor General in 2012-13 had made certain observation in a report and 'we are improving it', he said.
The meeting took place at the Raj Bhawan after Dr Singh expressed his desire to meet the women, official sources said.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence of Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Mohd Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three people, including two army jawans, were killed.
Pakistani troops on Tuesday opened fire and pounded several Indian posts with mortar shells in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
From moments that felt long time in the coming to swashbuckling statements that could be interpreted in more ways than one, there are some that fanned our nostalgia, some made our jaws drop (or stomachs churn), some hit too close home, still others left us with a lingering sense of guilt. Sukanya Verma picks cinematic imagery that stood out in 2023.
Security forces sieved through the dense forests of Gadole in Kashmir Valley's Anantnag district for the seventh day on Tuesday, one of Jammu and Kashmir's longest anti-militancy operations that has claimed the lives of three officers and a soldier.
Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh was on Wednesday briefed about the security situation in the wake of the killing of five Indian jawans along the Line of Control in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.
Col Sharma, who was among five security forces personnel killed during an encounter with terrorists in north Kashmir late on Saturday night, is the second commanding officer of the 21 Rashtriya Rifles who lost his life in anti-terror operation.
An army jawan, identified as Happy Singh of 19 Rashtriya Rifles was killed in the encounter,
Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Ashish Dhonack, and Deputy Superintendent Humayun Bhat were killed in the gunfight with terrorists that ensued in Garol area of Anantnag district early Wednesday.
The assault took place when the woman, aged around 35, was leaving the Siri Fort Auditorium after watching a movie at the International Film Festival of India.
The brother of the martyr, Jai Kishore Singh, who himself is in the armed forces, accused the police of thrashing his father and abusing him.
The defence minister said she will definitely come out with a solution.
Three weapons and other war-like stores have been recovered from the scene of the gunbattle
One person has been killed and seven injured after Pakistani troops pounded forward posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Saujian sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir with heavy shelling and firing, forcing the Army to retaliate.
Fourteen people were detained for questioning, officials said, adding that some of them have been let off.
Chants of "Neelam Singh Amar Rahe" echoed through the village as Vandana saluted her husband one last time.
Hard men with guns cannot manage the state forever.
Meanwhile in Poonch, the body of one intruder was recovered as the Army foiled another infiltration attempt.
A staff court of inquiry found that Tej Bahadur Yadav guilty of making false charges.
The incident comes two days after Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists attacked an army camp in Sunjuwan area of Jammu, killing six people including five soldiers.
Security forces found two bodies from the Gadole forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on the sixth day of an anti-terror operation on Monday even as Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha vowed to avenge the death of three officers and a soldier, who were killed by terrorists in an encounter.
Indian army sources say units deployed along the LoC have been instructed to retaliate strongly whenever Pakistani forces open fire and violates the ceasefire. There have been 28 violations along the LoC starting from Poonch right up to Kargil since August 6
A total of 26 Army personnel, including three officers and five paratroopers, and seven civilians have been killed in eight terror attacks since October 11, 2021 in the twin districts.
"The snow track leading to an army post caved in at Macchil this morning, resulting in five soldiers getting trapped under the snow," officials said.
Mukherjee's family and relatives paid their last respects clad in PPE kits while conforming to COVID-19 safeguards.
Rawat conveyed to the family that forces stood with them in their hour of grief.
President Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 gallantry awards, including four Kirti Chakras posthumously and 11 Shaurya Chakras to personnel of the security forces, on the eve of the 77th Independence Day, officials said.
There is no casualty on Indian side.
Israel's Army Chief Major General Avi Mizrahi is on a three-day visit to India beginning Tuesday to enhance the already-growing defence ties between the two countries. General Mizrahi, the Ground Forces Chief of the Israeli Defence Forces who flew in to New Delhi is scheduled to meet Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor later in the day, defence ministry sources said.
An Army official said the JCO and two other rank soldiers were on a routine patrol in Macchil sector when the trio slipped into the gorge on Tuesday.
Referring to the border with China, he said the armies of both India and China have issued new guidelines to their respective forces.
From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna Apna?), there are numerous instances of its presence.
Defying the COVID-19 social distancing norms, huge crowds gathered to pay respects to the soldiers amid emotional moments.
Four suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and two soldiers were on Sunday killed in two separate operations close to Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Three army troopers and a militant were killed and a trooper wounded when security forces foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control in the Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir Kupwara district.
Rachpal Singh, the minister for planning and development in the Mamata Banerjee government invited flak for his actions.
India captain Virat Kohli has postponed the RP-SG Indian Sports Honours, which was to take place on Saturday, as a 'mark of respect' to the Central Reserve Police Force personnel martyred in the Pulwama terrorist attack.
In a major strike on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit, militants opened fire Monday at an army convoy at Hyderpora bypass on the outskirts of Srinagar, in which five jawans were killed, and 13 others were injured.
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