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Lt Gen YK Joshi reviews Siachen sector amid Indo-Pak tensions
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 5 (ANI): Lieutenant General YK Joshi, General Officer Commanding Fire and Fury Corps, was briefed about the security situation in the Siachen sector which lies in the eastern Karakoram Range in the Himalayas.
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Lt Gen Joshi visits forward posts in Siachen, reviews operational prepared
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Lieutenant General YK Joshi, GOC Fire and Fury Corps, on Saturday visited the forward posts in Siachen Glacier and reviewed the operational preparedness in the sector.
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IAF Siachen unit conducts a trekking expedition in Ladakh region
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): In the run-up to the 70th Republic Day, Indian Air Force's Siachen maintenance unit conducted a trekking expedition in the daunting terrain of Ladakh region.
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Army creates record of sorts, recovers helicopter stuck in snow at Siachen
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 25 (ANI) The Indian Army has created a world record of sorts as its pilots and technicians successfully recovered a helicopter which was stuck in snow at an altitude of 18,000 feet at Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Northern army commander visits troops at Siachen
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 21 (ANI): Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command, on Wednesday visited Siachen and interacted with troops deployed on the highest battlefield in the world.
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Soldier gets heart of brain-dead jawan from Siachen
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): A 30-year-old soldier of the Indian Army got a new lease of life at Army's Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital after he was transplanted with another heart, donated by a 29-year-old soldier who was declared brain dead. For the transplantation, the heart was
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Soldiers to get better medical treatment at Siachen
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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'Yoga Day' planned for Siachen soldiers
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Siachen June 19 (ANI): The Indian army soldiers at the Siachen base camp are all set to take the 'Yoga' mats on June 21.
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Kovind boosts soldiers' morale at Siachen base camp
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Siachen (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 10 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday became the second president to visit the Siachen base camp of the Indian Army in Ladakh, and conveyed the whole country's respect for the soldiers protecting Indian borders at the highest battlefield in
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President Kovind to meet soldiers at Siachen base camp
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind will visit the Siachen base camp tomorrow (May 10) and interact with the soldiers posted there.
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Pune couple sells jewellery to help soldiers in Siachen
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune, (Maharashtra) [India] Apr 27: An elderly couple from Pune sold their jewellery to help build an oxygen plant for the soldiers protecting us in the frigid weather of Siachen.
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Siachen Pioneers evacuate pregnant woman in Ladakh
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The Siachen Pioneers undertook an evacuation of a three-month-old pregnant woman, suffering from eyesight loss and dysphagia (blockage of throat causing inability to swallow), from a remote village called Kurgiak located in a valley of Shinkun L
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