Defence Services Welfare, Freedom Fighters and Horticulture Minister Mohinder Bhagat attended the ceremony to pay homage and announced that the family would be given an ex-gratia grant of Rs 1 crore.
Eleven representative women of the Soan Chiraiya Self Help Group and the Gulabo Mata Self Help Group located in Varanasi handed over a packet of Rakhis to Colonel Vinod Kumar to deliver it to the soldiers deployed at various borders of the country through Indian Post.
In Gandhinagar, the "Raksha Sutra Kalash" was presented to the border forces in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. This unique initiative earned Gujarat a place in the India Book of Records. Representatives of the organisation presented the official certificate and medal to the
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to the report, the incident occurred around 8:00 pm (local time) when a bulletproof military vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Gargina area of Nushki.
A cloudburst triggered devastating flashfloods in the Harsil area of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, with at least 8-10 Indian Army personnel reported missing from a camp in the lower Harsil region. The cloudburst occurred around 1:40 pm on Tuesday, causing widespread damage in Dharali
Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, students in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur are making handmade Rakhis and greeting cards for Indian soldiers to express gratitude for their role in Operation Sindoor and for protecting the nation at the borders.
Druze armed groups attacked Syrian security forces in Suwayda, killing at least one soldier and injuring others, violating a ceasefire, Al Jazeera reported. The violence, linked to sectarian tensions with Bedouin tribes, comes amid wider instability, including Israeli strikes and ISIL attack
Thailand released two wounded Cambodian soldiers after recent deadly border clashes. Eighteen others remain in custody. Both nations blame each other as they prepare for ceasefire talks next week in Malaysia. Cambodia urged Thailand to act under international law and plans to nominate Donald
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov condemned Ukraine for offering Soviet soldiers' remains in a prisoner exchange, calling it "cultural degradation bordering on savagery." He accused Ukraine of disrespecting history and Western countries of ignoring this to protect their ally.