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First woman officer operationally deployed at highest battleground in Siac
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Fire and Fury Corps officer Captain Shiva Chauhan became the first woman officer to be operationally deployed at the highest battleground in Kumar Post on the Siachen glacier.
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Corps Commander Lt Gen A Sengupta visits Siachen Glacier, reviews winter p
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Fire and Fury Corps Commander Lieutenant General A Sengupta visited the forward areas of Siachen Glacier and carried out a review of the winter preparedness and operational readiness, Indian Army officials said on Saturday.
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Indian Army pays tribute to soldier who died on Siachen Glacier
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Indian Army on Sunday paid tribute to Havaldar Darpan Pradhan who made the supreme sacrifice on October 21 while deployed on the Siachen Glacier.
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Sustainable tourism in Ladakh unfolds gradually
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], July 30 (ANI): The Green Ambassador of the Union Territory of Ladakh has undertaken an initiative to promote sustainable development in domestic Yak preservation.
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PM Modi lauds team of differently-abled people for hoisting flag at Siache
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the team of differently-abled people who created a world record by hoisting a flag on the Kumar Post situated at an altitude of more than 15,000 feet at the Siachen glacier.
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Team of 8 specially-abled people creates world record, reaches Kumar Post
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): A team of eight specially-abled people created a world record on Sunday when they reached Kumar Post at 15,632 feet on the Siachen glacier.
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Swarnim Vijay Flame reaches Siachen Glacier to commemorate 50 years of vic
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir)[India], August 3 (ANI): The Swarnim Vijay Flame on Tuesday reached the frozen frontier of Siachen Glacier to commemorate 50 years of Indian Armed Forces victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
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Army clears Special Forces veterans' proposal to allow Siachen trek by dis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 24 (ANI) The Indian Army has cleared a proposal to allow the first-ever trek by personnel with disabilities to the world's highest battlefield Siachen Glacier.
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Col Narendra 'Bull' Kumar, who helped India secure Siachen glacier, passes
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Ace mountaineer Colonel Narendra 'Bull' Kumar, 87, who helped India secure the Siachen Glacier, passed away on Thursday at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi due to age-related illness.
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Chinook helicopters operationalised in high-altitude locations including S
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Indian Air Force's American-origin Chinook helicopters have started getting operationalised in the high-altitude locations including the Siachen glacier area in the Ladakh sector and are ferrying military equipment to higher reaches.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slams govt over 'inadequate' supplies to soldiers p
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Congress party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday slammed the government over a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that pointed to the shortage of essential clothing and equipment for soldiers stationed at Siachen Glacier.
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Congress gives adjournment motion notice in LS over "inadequate supply to
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Congress leaders on Wednesday gave adjournment motion notice in the Lower House of the Parliament over inadequate supply of necessary equipment including clothing, gear, footwear and nutritious food to the armed forces posted in Siachen glacier.
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