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Last rites of Brigadier, who inspired Sunny Deol's role in 'Border' perfor
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Last rites of decorated war veteran and hero of 1971 war, Brigadier Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri were performed in Chandigarh today. He passed away at the age of 78 in a private hospital in Mohali on Saturday.
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Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, a true fighter
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): When he landed in Delhi after returning from Canada a day after Diwali, where he was receiving treatment for cancer, Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, a decorated war veteran from the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, grabbed a fistful of soil and declared "I
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Honorary ex-Servicemen rally held in Shillong
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], May 26 (ANI): A Mega Ex-Servicemen Rally was organised by Headquarters 101 Area and Rajya Sainik Board at Assam Regimental Centre in Shillong to honour ex-servicemen, war veterans, disabled soldiers, and war widows (Veer Naris).
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Trump donates his quarter salary to war veterans
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], May 18 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has donated a quarter of his salary to country's military veterans.
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14 war veterans to participate in Tata Mumbai Marathon
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai [India] January 20 (ANI): A team of 14 war veterans will take part in the Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
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Pak's strategic duplicity, US naivety won't allow conflict in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D C [United States], Jan. 11 (ANI): For the United States to come up with a win-win strategy in Afghanistan, it will have to close the wide gap between theory and practice, and marshal all of its resources to compel Pakistan to stop supporting the Taliban and other terror outfits.
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Bangladesh PM hosts lunch for Indian war veterans
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 20 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted a lunch for a delegation of Indian war veterans at her official residence Ganabhaban.
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India, Bangladesh gear up to celebrate Vijay Diwas
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec. 13 (ANI): India and Bangladesh are gearing up to celebrate Vijay Diwas, which is commemorated every year to mark both the countries' military victory over Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
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Mugabe sacked, ex-VP replaces him as party leader
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], November 19 (ANI): Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU-PF on Sunday sacked incarcerated President Robert Mugabe.
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Richard Linklater weighs on how 'Last Flag Flying' will play in Trump era
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Los Angeles [U.S.A], Sept. 29 (ANI): Richard Linklater's upcoming movie 'Last Flag Flying' is about Vietnam War veterans who reunite to bury Carell's character's son, a soldier who died in Iraq.
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1962 Sino-India war veterans vows to send their sons to wars if needed
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): The Chinese veterans, who fought the war on the Sino-Indian border 55 years ago, have vowed to send their children to the battle field if another war breaks out.
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Narco-terror network Lashkar-e-Khorasan being used by Pakistan for ethnic
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], July 13 (ANI): Pakistan is using the narco-terror network Lashkar-e-Khorasan for ethnic cleansing, an American war veteran who has seen action in Afghanistan and Iraq, has said.
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