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5 yrs of OROP: PM Modi salutes soldiers for courageously protecting nation
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): On the "momentous" occasion of five years of One Rank One Pension (OROP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday saluted soldiers for courageously protecting the nation.
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New proposals to raise retirement age aimed at welfare of frontline troops
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): The new proposals to enhance retirement age of both officers and jawans in several branches were aimed at the welfare of the frontline combat soldiers, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday.
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Switzerland to mobilize 2,500 soldiers to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): With a spike in daily registered COVID-19 cases, Switzerland is set to mobilise 2,500 military personnel to help the country in the fight against the coronavirus, according to the Federal Council's statement, published on Wednesday.
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Army troops deployed along LAC in Ladakh being provided cold weather cloth
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): Amid border tensions with China, the Indian Army has procured new extreme cold weather clothing from the US and it is being provided to the troops deployed in eastern Ladakh to boost preparedness in the winter months.
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Israeli armed forces gun down attacker in West Bank's Nablus
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Israeli armed forces on Wednesday shot down an attacker in the West Bank's city of Nablus, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Vienna terror attack
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 4 (ANI): Barely 24 hours after the terror attack in the heart of Vienna, the Islamic State claimed responsibility, calling the shooter a "soldier of the caliphate", according to a statement translated by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online extremist
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Bravehearts of 1999 incident remembered at Public Relations Office, Badami
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 3 (ANI): All ranks of the Public Relations Office (PRO), Badami Bagh cantonment, Srinagar on Tuesday paid tributes to Late Major P Purushottam and five brave soldiers who were killed in action on this day in 1999.
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Army doctors achieve new feat, successfully remove soldier's appendix at 1
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Leh [India], November 1 (ANI): Amid the deployment of Indian troops in harsh winters to counter China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Army doctors achieved a major feat at an altitude of 16,000 feet as they successfully removed an appendix of a soldier in a dug-in at a forward surgic
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Pakistan military claims to have killed terrorist in Balochistan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 31 (ANI): The media wing of Pakistan's military on Saturday claimed that one terrorist was killed during an intelligence-based operation on a militant hideout in Balochistan's Kech district, while a soldier of the Pakistan Army was injured during the exchange of
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India fully prepared to protect its territorial integrity, sovereignty, sa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kevadia (Gujarat) [India], October 31 (ANI): Indian soldiers have the power to give a befitting reply to those eyeing the land of the country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, adding that today India is fully prepared to protect its territorial integrity, sovereignty and honour
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India-US partnership stands on firm foundation of shared principles, commo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): India and the US held a "productive" and "successful" third round of 2+2 dialogue here, signing the foundational Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) and expanding their defence cooperation as visiting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sa
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Chinar Corps pays tributes to fallen soldiers in Srinagar on 74th Infantry
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 27 (ANI): The Chinar Corps of the Indian Army on Tuesday celebrated the 74th Infantry Day at Badami Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar here to honour the supreme sacrifice of the gallant soldiers in fighting the Pakistani invaders in Jammu and Kashmir i
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