Sikkim deluge: Assam to give Rs. 5 lakh to kin of deceased Army jawan
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a Rs. 5 lakh ex-gratia payment to the family of Army jawan Mitul Kalita who died in the recent deluge in Sikkim.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a Rs. 5 lakh ex-gratia payment to the family of Army jawan Mitul Kalita who died in the recent deluge in Sikkim.
Son of an Army jawan who went missing after the India-Pakistan war in 1965 and was reported to be lodged in Lahore prison has urged the Centre to intervene and ensure the release of his father Anand Patri from Pakistan jail.
The jawan was identified as Shantimoy Rana, 24, a resident of village Kanchanpur district, Bagunda West Bengal. The espionage activities were being carried out in Rajasthan by Pakistani intelligence agencies.
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