The scheme is called AGNIPATH and the youth selected under this scheme will be known as Agniveers. AGNIPATH allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years.
June 17, 2022The scheme, cleared by the Union Cabinet, is called Agnipath and the youth selected under it will be known as ''Agniveers''. The scheme allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the armed forces for a period of four years.
June 14, 2022Police tightened the security with the deployment of additional forces called from various districts to prevent further flare-up amid reports of more groups planning protests in support of the government proposal to rename Konaseema district as Dr B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district.
May 25, 2022The Ministry added that "at least some of these forces will transferred to east Ukraine to fight in Donbas" which comprises the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
April 8, 2022When the invasion began on February 24, it was assumed to be inevitable that Russian tanks would roll into Kiev within hours. But after a series of strategic blunders and the remarkable resistance of Ukrainian troops on the battlefield, the outcome of the campaign could now be in doubt.
March 7, 2022Troops from Lugansk have advanced up to 46 km and captured the settlements of Schastia and Muratovo, while troops from Donetsk have advanced another 10 km from the frontline, according to the ministry.
February 27, 2022A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana agreed to list the matter for tomorrow on February 25 after hearing brief submissions by senior advocate P S Patwalia who mentioned the plea before Chief Justice N V Ramana and pressed for an urgent hearing saying the high court had left the decision on the state election commission (SEC).
February 24, 2022The high-level meeting was held following a series of drone intrusions and attempts of Pakistan-backed elements to smuggle narcotics, arms, and ammunition through the international border and Line of Control (LoC).
February 10, 2022It seems the Taliban had developed a two-fold strategy: (i) to create disaffection among the people about the government, and the US and NATO forces, and, (ii) preparing for a final military assault to take over Kabul once the foreign forces left which, they assumed, was bound to happen.
October 10, 2021The police identified one of the men as Zakaria Zubeidi, a resident of the West Bank city of Jenin and high-profile militant leader of the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising of 2000-2005
September 12, 2021The defence Ministry spokesman has insisted that the Taliban's attempts to gain land in Faizabad and Herat have been repulsed.
August 9, 2021A high-level committee set up to examine the gaps in the country's security system in the wake of the Kargil war in 1999 had called for appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff as a single-point military adviser to the Defence Minister.
August 15, 2019A Naxal was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district On Saturday, police said. The exchange of fire took place around 3 pm in the forests of Karka village under Gangaloor police station limits in which one ultra was killed, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg told PTI. A team of...
January 6, 2018In view of scheduled rallies by Jat and non-Jats communities in Haryana on Sunday, the state government has sought additional force from the Centre government to maintain law and order situation, as tension prevailed in many parts of the state ahead of two caste-based rallies. Speaking to The Statesman, Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) BS Sandhu...
November 25, 2017Iraqi security forces on Monday killed 80 Islamic State (IS) terrorists during a search campaign in the liberated areas near the city of Tal Afar, the Iraqi military said. The soldiers of the 15 Infantry Division, backed by helicopter gunships, killed 65 IS terrorists and 15 suicide bombers wearing explosive belts at a village near...
September 12, 2017American forces in South Korea started moving to a new military base to the south of capital Seoul. The Eighth US Army command of the US Forces Korea (USFK) held an opening ceremony on Tuesday for its new headquarters at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 70 km south of Seoul, reports Xinhua news agency. The move...
July 11, 2017Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Monday pushed further into northern Mosul, the Iraqi military said. The army's 9th Armored Division and elite forces of the federal police, known as Rapid Response, freed the neighbourhood of Harmat and raised the Iraqi flag over some of its buildings after heavy clashes against IS terrorists,...
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