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Assam: AFSPA extended for 6 months
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Wednesday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the state for the next six months.
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Soldiers to get better medical treatment at Siachen
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence has tied up with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to provide better treatment to the soldiers of the Armed forces even at the remotest parts of the country, including the most difficult parts of Siachen.
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India, Thailand conclude 'Maitree' military exercise
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), August 19 (ANI): The Indian and Thai armed forces on Sunday concluded a two-week long platoon level military exercise called 'Exercise Maitree 2018' in Jammu & Kashmir's Srinagar. The exercise was an annual event designed to strengthen the partnership between a
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72nd Independence Day: President Kovind to confer 131 Gallantry Awards
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 15 (ANI): On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind has approved 131 Gallantry Awards to members of Armed Forces Personnel and Paramilitary Forces.
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Centre to reform Indian Army in 'planned manner'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday addressed the armed forces on the eve of 72nd Independence Day and highlighted the various initiatives taken by the central government to reform the Indian Army. She said that the ministry has decided to refor
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Charcoal Eats salutes the Indian Armed Forces with a special discount sche
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (NewsVoir): On the occasion of Independence Day, tech-enabled, full stack QSR start-up Charcoal Eats will offer a special 15% discount to all Indian armed forces personnel, for a full year starting this August 15th.
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SC admits petition challenging dilution of AFSPA
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea, filed by a group of over 350 armymen, challenging the dilution of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
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Charcoal Eats Salutes the Indian Armed Forces with a Special Discount Sche
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 14 (NewsVoir): On the occasion of Independence Day, tech-enabled, full stack QSR start-up Charcoal Eats will offer a special 15% discount to all Indian armed forces personnel, for a full year starting this August 15th. Retired and serving armed forces person
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J-K: Infiltration bid foiled, 1 jawan killed
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): An Indian Army soldier, Pushpendra Singh, was killed after an infiltration bid was foiled by the armed forces in Tangdhar Sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District.
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Sitharaman calls on startups to develop unmanned drones with missiles
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 5 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday asked the Indian startups to develop unmanned drones with missiles for the Indian armed forces.
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Afghanistan: 7 civilians rescued from Taliban prison
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 08 (ANI): The Afghan armed forces have rescued at least seven civilians who were kept as prisoners inside a Taliban-run cell in southern Uruzgan province.
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Cong insulting armed forces by questioning surgical strike: Parrikar
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], June 28 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister and former defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday accused the Congress of "insulting the bravery of the armed forces by raising a question on September 2016 surgical strikes."
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