The Indian Army is in a highly vigilant course on the Line of Control (LOC) in Kupwara district of North Kashmir, constantly striving to thwart any attempts of infiltration from Pakistan.
Braving the cold weather, women participants from across the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand gathered outside the Army Medical Corps ground in the cantonment area since early morning for the physical tests.
As the amateurs prepare to put their best foot forward on race day, a 14-member all-women pacer team in the 10K race and a 15-member Defence Forcers pacer team for 25K will lead the participants to ensure that they have clocked their personal best.
Two persons were apprehended on Monday after arms and ammunition were recovered in Kupwara district, said an official statement issued by the Indian Army.
A fire broke out at the People's Educational Trust (PET) in Jammu Kashmir's Al Mustafa area, located in old town Baramulla, at around 5 pm on Monday. The fire was initially contained by a patrolling party of the Indian Army, an official said.
In a bid to boost its mobile firepower in high-altitude border areas like Line of Actual Control with China the Indian Army is soon going to issue a tender for acquiring 200 new mounted howitzers equipped with 105 mm guns.
The troops of Indian and Sri Lankan armies underwent joint tactical drills at the College of Military Engineering in Pune as a part of Exercise Mitra Shakti 2023, an official statement said on Monday.
Micro tunnelling expert Chris Cooper informed, on Monday, that all the debris of the auger machine has been removed and manual drilling to reach the trapped labourers will start in a few hours.
a team of six specialists have reached the site to undertake the manual drilling work. They will go inside the 800 mm pipe of the tunnel to remove the debris manually. The team includes engineers from the Indian Army's Madras Engineering Group as well as civilians.
The vertical drilling from the top of the hill makes swift progress as 31 metres of drilling work has been completed so far out of the 86 metres needed to reach the 41 trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel, as per officials.
The Indian Army has been called in at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel for manual drilling at the site where 41 workers have remained trapped for the past 15 days.
After five soldiers were killed in the Rajouri encounter with terrorists, Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that whoever is claiming normalcy today in Jammu and Kashmir is not only deceiving himself but also deceiving the people of the country.