Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Kamran Rasool beginning in Rawalpindi tomorrow.
The chopper has been validated for high-altitude, low temperature flying, required to maintain the supply lines for the Siachen region
After allegedly failing to cooperate with the Jammu and Kashmir police, the army was served with a final notice to produce its officers and jawans for questioning in connection with the alleged pilferage of food and clothes meant for troops on the Siachen glacier.
The action is being taken as a consequence of the establishment of some facts during the Court Martial proceedings against Major Surinder Singh.
Modi invoked the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata to assert that it is in Indian tradition to avoid war be it in Lanka or Kurukshetra and the country stands for world peace.
There can be forward movement on the Siachen issue if Pakistan is willing to authenticate current troop positions on the glacier, Defence Minister A K Antony said
The army has finally agreed to cooperate with Jammu and Kashmir Police after its attempts to thwart the probe into the matter were countered by the state administration.
The defence minister has said that there are no differing opinions on this between India and Pakistan.
While visiting the world's highest battlefield, Dr Singh said on Sunday that time has to make efforts to convert Siachen into a "peace mountain" but asserted there could be "no redrawing of boundaries".
The 13-member delegation is hopeful of a outcome.
The helicopter was on a routine maintenance sortie when it crashed about 400 meters ahead of the Indian post in an area dotted by several crevasses and a 225-metre ice wall.
The pilots, identified as Squadron Leader S Basu and Flight Lieutenant A Sharma, are missing.
Deployed at 15,632 feet, Captain Shiva Chauhan, 25, highlights the calibre of the Indian Army's women officers.
Sinha told Powell that India was happy to respond to Pakistan's offer.
As a result of 'effective and good' medical services being provided by the Armed Forces Medical Services, the mortality rate of soldiers in high altitude areas like the Siachen Glacier has been considerably reduced.
The trekking expedition comprising cadets from the National Cadet Corps will set off on a 22-day trip to the glacier.
They agreed to have further talks on modalities for disengagement and redeployment of troops.
After a gap of seven years, India and Pakistan resumed defence secretary-level talks focussed on military de-escalation.
Jet Airways on Friday became the first private airliner to land at Thoise in Siachen
"We have given our viewpoint to the government on converting the Saltoro ridge and the glacier into a de-militarized zone," Army Chief General J J Singh told reporters on Tuesday.
Innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, the real life Phunsukh Wangdu of Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots, has developed an eco-friendly solar heated tent that Army personnel can use in extremely cold places like Siachen and Galwan valley in the Ladakh region.
'The sentence awarded to the petitioner (Major Singh) shall not be confirmed till further orders by this court,' the court said.
Major Surinder Singh was held guilty of all charges and sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment.
India on Friday said that there can be no pull out of troops from Jammu and Kashmir unless violence ends and a similar disengagement in Siachen Glacier can be undertaken only when delineation on the troop positions is carried out.
Indian and Pakistani Defence secretaries are likely to discuss ways to reduce tension in Siachen next month.
Several armymen are facing allegations of staging fake encounters at the Line of Control in Siachen glacier.
They are Major Surinder Singh, Company Commander of a Gorkha Battalion, \n\nCommanding Officer of the Battalion Col K D Singh and his adjutant Major Rohit Lama.
Chetan, the upgraded version of Chetak helicopter, made a successful inaugural flight in Bangalore on Tuesday.
The atmosphere at the funeral was highly emotional with friends, relatives and locals bidding tearful farewell.
This would be the defence minister's first visit to the world's highest battlefield after taking over office.
The mortal remains of the nine Siachen bravehearts, who were buried alive on February 3 in an avalanche in the world's highest battlefield, were on Monday brought to New Delhi.
President Kalam will arrive at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur on May 3, where top army officers would receive him, official sources said.
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