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Turkey: 13 soldiers killed in blast near University campus
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Dec. 17 (ANI): Thirteen soldiers have been killed and 48 others wounded in a blast in Turkey's central province of Kayseri, said Turkey's Armed Forces.
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Parrikar lauds armed forces for giving befitting reply to enemy at LoC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): Lauding the valour of the armed forces, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said getting rid of the enemy is utmost patriotism and said the jawans are giving a befitting reply at the Line of Control.
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Indian Air Force okay with demonetisation, says Chief Raha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Saturday backed the Centre's move to demonetise, saying the armed forces have accepted the decision.
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Mamata must apologise to armed forces, says BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 9(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary Siddharth Nath Singh on Friday urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to apologise to the armed forces for suggesting that they were involved in a conspiracy that went beyond the call of duty.
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Parrikar writes scathing letter to Mamata over dragging Army into controve
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, expressing his disappointment in her over dragging the Indian Army into controversy over a routine matter, adding that her allegation in this regard run
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Malaysian armed forces chief meets Myanmar President
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Dec. 6 (ANI): Malaysian armed forces chief General Zulkifeli Mohd Zin met with Myanmar's president U Htin Kyaw and Commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Monday to smoothen the ties between the two sides following recent diplomatic sparring over violen
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Despite Mamata's 'legal action' threat, Army refuses to wit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 2 (ANI): With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatening to adopt legal course against the Centre for deploying armed forces without informing the state administration, the Indian Army on Friday stood afirm and said that it would not call off its troops an
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Dragging Indian Army into politics shows lowest of low of Mamata Banerjee:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec. 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary Siddharth Nath Singh lashed out at Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for dragging the Indian armed forces into politics on Friday.
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Sandesh 2 Soldiers initiative has increased armed forces morale by 1.25 bi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the people for dedicating their Diwali this year to India's armed forces through the 'Sandesh 2 Soldiers' campaign initiated by his government, and appealed to the people to remember the latter on e
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Awami League has never used armed force to capture power: Sheikh Hasina
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov. 22 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the nation's armed forces have never been used by her party as a tool for capturing power.
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Directed armed forces to shoot at anyone with machine gun: Parrikar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Nov. 19 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said he has directed the armed forces to fire before someone else does.
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Colombia, FARC ink revised peace accord
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Nov. 13 (ANI): Following years of negotiations and a half a century of conflict, Colombia's government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC) rebel group signed a revised peace accord.
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