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We are with Indian soldiers, says MoS for Defence Subhash Bhamre
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 8 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre on Tuesday expressed the need to take adequate steps to counter stress-related manifestations in soldiers and gave a message that the Indian government is there to support the jawans and their families in every sit
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Stop shedding crocodile tears for India's soldiers: BJP to Rahul Gand
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman G V L Narsimha Rao on Tuesday lashed out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for shedding crocodile tears for India's armed forces, and cautioned him about the fact that the whole country is aware that he cannot be tru
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Shopian encounter: Terrorist neutralised, two soldiers injured
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar [India], Nov. 7 (ANI): A massive gunfight broke out in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir today in which a terrorist was neutralised and an Army personnel sustained injuries.
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Khurshid calls on Centre to take serious steps for preventing ceasefire vi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): Expressing grief over the death of Indian soldiers in the ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir, former External Affairs minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday called on the Centre to take som
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Political fraternity must stop toying with our soldiers: Defence expert
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): Asserting that ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal's decision to take his own life over the delay in the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) was not befitting for a soldier, defence expert Col. (retired) D S Grewal called on the political f
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Military no longer "prime choice" among youth: V.P. Malik
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Cancona (Goa) [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): With the government miffed with wide ranging protest against the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme, former chief of Army staff Ved Prakash Malik has said there has been "erosion" of soldiers' status within the government and in the socie
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Gurkha ex-servicemen are foundational pillars of Indo-Nepal friendship: Mu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the Government of India and the army are proud of the Gurkha soldiers and ex-servicemen as they are the foundational pillars of the friendship between Nepal and India.
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Stop lying and provide justice to soldiers: Rahul Gandhi tells PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "lying" about implementation of the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme and alleged that the Centre was disrespecting soldiers by not fulfilling their long pendin
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Muted response of EU on Uri attack leaves India disappointment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Sujata Mehta has expressed disappointment over the European Union's (EU) muted response on the Uri terror attack of September 18 in which 19 Indian soldiers was killed.
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Retired chief making unfortunate comments about nation's soldiers: Co
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): The Congress party on Friday said Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd.) V.K. Singh is making statements about the nation's brave soldiers.
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OROP row: Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi conspiring to demoralise soldiers, says N
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday urged both Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to stop indulging in "cheap politics" over the OROP issue.
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Committing suicide does not give anyone title of a 'martyr': Man
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov. 3 (ANI): Asserting that the Centre has fulfilled its promise in implementing OROP, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday courted controversy saying that the ex-serviceman who committed suicide cannot be branded as a 'martyr', as brave soldi
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