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BSF seizes 14 kg marijuana, prohibited cough syrup on India-B'desh border
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], October 5 (ANI): Maintaining drive against narcotics smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) troops under the aegis of Guwahati frontier have seized 14 kg marijuana and 253 bottles of prohibited cough syrup on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal,
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Small transgressions happen on India-China border, we give appropriate res
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director General Sanjay Arora on Monday accepted that "small transgression incidents happen periodically" on the India-China border with Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops trying to enter into Indian territor
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Taliban deny presence of Chinese troops at Bagram Airfield
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 4 (ANI): The Taliban have denied reports of the foreign troops' presence at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, reported local media.
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Army chief hopeful of resolving China border issue, says increase in Chine
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], October 2 (ANI): Expressing hope that the pending issues between India and China along the Line of Actual Control would be resolved soon, Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane said the increase in the deployment by Chinese troops across the border was a matter of conc
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Afghan state collapse rooted in Doha deal, says US General McKenzie
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): General Frank McKenzie, the head of Central Command, told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that the collapse of the Afghan government was rooted in the 2020 Doha peace deal between the Taliban and Trump administration.
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China's provocative behaviour, amassing of troops disturbed peace along LA
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): China's provocative behaviour, amassing of troops and its unilateral attempts to alter the status quo resulted in serious disturbance of peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, said India on Thursday while rejecting Be
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J-K: MoS Home Nityanand Rai reviews security during visit to BSF headquart
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 30 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai was on Wednesday briefed about the present security scenario and duties being performing by the BSF troops on the Line of Control (LoC) as well as hinterland to assist civil admini
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US Defence officials questioned by Senate committee over troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 29 (ANI): Top United States Defence officials were questioned by US Senate Armed Services Committee over President Joe Biden administration's handling of the chaotic withdrawal of the country's troops from Afghanistan, leaving the coutnry to be captured by Talib
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US military generals say they advised Biden to keep 2,500 troops in Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Top US military generals on Tuesday told the Congress that they had advised President Joe Biden to keep nearly 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan, contradicting what he had said earlier on the subject, a media report stated.
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Thousands of Afghans still desperate to flee from their country
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] September 28 (ANI): As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan once again after 20 years, thousands of people are still desperate to flee from the troubled country, turning to any possible route and in fear for their lives, according to media reports.
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India closely monitoring Chinese drone activity along LAC in Eastern Ladak
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Having deployed over 50,000 troops along the Line of Actual Control with India opposite eastern Ladakh, the Chinese military is extensively using drones that are flying close to the Indian positions there.
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Anti-COVID measures benefitted Indian Army in handling Eastern Ladakh cris
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The measures taken by the Indian Army to protect its troops from COVID-19 in its initial phase last year benefitted it in tackling the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh as it was in a high state of operational preparedness during that time, Army chie
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