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Officer who served in Indian Army, Navy, Air Force turns 100
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Colonel Prithipal Singh Gill, who may be the only man to have served in all three defence services -- the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force -- turned 100 years old on Friday.
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India congratulates Sri Lanka Air Force on first commissioned women pilots
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 18 (ANI): India on Wednesday congratulated Sri Lankan Air Force officers -ADPL Gunarathne and RT Weerawardana - on becoming the first female officers commissioned as pilots by the Sri Lanka Air Force.
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Real 'Gunjan Saxena' gives beautiful response to teaser of her biopic star
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): India's first woman air force officer to enter a war zone - Gunjan Saxena - on Wednesday penned down a long note after watching the teaser of the film 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' which is a biopic based on her life.
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Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl to premiere on Netflix
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): The movie 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl,' starring Janhvi Kapoor, which chronicles the story of the first Indian woman air force officer to enter a war zone, will release on Netflix.
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88-year-old patient recovers from COVID-19 in a Delhi hospital
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): An octogenarian former Indian Air Force officer from Himachal Pradesh who tested positive for COVID-19 on April 27 has fully recovered and has been discharged on May 9 from Kolmet Hospital (affiliated with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital) after testing negative.
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Congress leaders target government over Padma Shri to Adnan Sami
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Congress leaders on Sunday targeted the BJP government for conferring the Padma Shri on singer Adnan Sami, saying that an Army soldier Mohammad Sanaullah could not make it to NRC in Assam, but the son of a Pakistan Air Force officer had been selected for t
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Patna: Retired Air Force officer arrested for giving triple talaq
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pirbahore (Bihar) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): The Bihar Police on Friday arrested a retired Air Force officer for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife in Bihar's Pirbahore district.
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Five IAF officers found guilty in Feb 27 Srinagar chopper crash
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 23 (ANI) Five Indian Air Force officers have been found guilty by a court of inquiry for the shooting down of a Mi-17VF chopper over Srinagar on February 27 in which six personnel were killed.
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New Delhi: Air force officer registers FIR, alleges online fraud of Rs 75,
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) squadron leader was allegedly duped by an online fraudster, who posed as an Army official, to the tune of Rs.75,000.
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Varthaman displayed valour just like every jawan does: Amarinder Singh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): While slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for politicising the Balakot air strike, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the Indian Air Force officer Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman "displayed valour just like every soldier does".
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Narendra Modi's willpower made Indian jawan return from Pak in 24 hours: A
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Amit Shah on Sunday invoked the returning of Indian Air Force officer Abhinandan Varthaman from Pakistan to ascertain the growing prowess of Central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi which he said was in stark
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Pak not supporting US against Taliban, other terror outfits, says U.S. def
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 29 (ANI): Pakistan is responsible for the turmoil in Afghanistan and is not helping the United States at all in countering the threat of the Taliban, said a retired U.S. Air Force officer and defence expert.
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