ARMY HQ CAMP AT DELHI CANTONMENT
Army chief visits Thal Sena Bhawan construction site; complex to be completed by Jun 2025
Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande visited the Thal Sena Bhawan construction site at Delhi Cantonment, set to complete by June 2025. Initiated in March 2023, the project focuses on modern infrastructure and sustainability, featuring green initiatives like tree transplantation, compensatory planting, and eco-friendly materials. The complex aims to be net-zero with facilities for composting, sewage treatment, solar energy, and EV charging. Additionally, Gen Pande inaugurated a 400-bed state-of-the-art barrack completed in one year. The eight-storey HQ building aligns with the Central Vista redevelopment, costing approximately Rs 760 crore.
ISI considered ULFA's Paresh Baruah prize catch who couldn't be allowed to get offended: Book
Paresh Baruah was imprisoned for over two months in Bangladesh by the country's intelligence agency, Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. Baruah and another ULFA functionary were taken into custody after a consignment of weapons was confiscated by police at Chittagong.
Army major dismissed, given five years' jail for assaulting minor
A serving Major of the Indian Army has been sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor. The court martial found him guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The incident took place in January 2022 when the officer was posted in Delhi. The officer's lawyer claims the case was prejudiced and that evidence was tampered with. The convicted officer has the option to appeal the verdict before the Armed Forces Tribunal.
Govt leaving no stone left unturned to equip nation to deal with challenges: Rajnath Singh
During the address, Singh also called upon the youth to eliminate the concept of "use and throw", pointing out that directly or indirectly, society and the environment suffer the most due to this practice, according to a statement issued by the Defence Ministry. The Union minister also emphasised on on the need to mould oneself according to the changing times.
Angry villagers set two Assam Rifles vehicles on fire, ransack camp
A police official who does not want to be named told ET, “Accompanied by four jawans in civil uniform the Major had raided the house of Mangboilal Lhouvum in Chalwa village under the Kangpokpi police station. He was taken out of the house and shot.”
Pioneering paws: Indian Army using dogs to detect COVID-19 to cut time delay
Two dogs - two-year-old cocker spaniel Casper and one-year-old Jaya, a 'chippiparai', which is an indigenous breed from Tamil Nadu - have been trained to detect COVID-19 by sniffing samples of sweat and urine, senior Army officials said.
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No one should make any mistake of testing Indian Army's patience: General Naravane on Ladakh standoff
In an address at the Army Day parade here, Gen Naravane said a "befitting response" was given to the "conspiracy" to make unilateral changes on the border and that the sacrifice of the Galwan heroes in eastern Ladakh will not go waste. "We are committed to resolve disputes through talks and political efforts but no one should make any mistake of testing our patience," he said.
R-Day parade likely to be shorter, to have smaller marching contingents and fewer spectators
The people cited above said though the overall hue of the Republic Day parade will be maintained, its scale and size will be restricted to an extent in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Around 150 Army personnel, who came to Delhi for Republic Day parade, test positive for Covid
Over 2,000 Army personnel have arrived in Delhi since late November for the Republic Day and Army Day parades using various modes of transport and all of them had to undergo the COVID-19 test before they were put into a "safe bubble", the sources said.
The Custodian Force of India and Lt General Thorat: The General who knew the way
Two out of the three elements of India’s largely unknown role in the Korean War 1950-1953 have been covered earlier. This is the third in a continuing series on that conflict and the men who earned a place in the annals of India’s military history.
How the Ministry of Defence is fighting Covid-19
Various wings of defence ministry are contributing in their best possible ways to tackle Covid-19 better.
Our men foiling BAT action even before Pakistan is able to launch them: Indian Army chief Naravane
The BAT (Border Action Team) of the Pakistan Army include both regular Army personnel and mercenaries from groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and are tasked to carry out surprise hits on Indian positions along the LoC.
Wuhan evacuees to be quarantined near Delhi
The facility is operational in an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in south-west Delhi's Chhawla area, its spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said.
Army sets up quarantine facility in Manesar for 300 students returning from Hubei
An Air India flight was sent to Wuhan on Friday to bring back the Indian students stuck in Hubei province, the epicentre of coronavirus. The flight is expected to reach India at around 2 am on Saturday.
Army plans code of conduct for retired officers, draws flak
The Army’s plan is to get all serving officers to sign an undertaking to adhere to the code of conduct or ethics after retirement. “But the code is still at the discussion stage...there is nothing final yet. Moreover, the Navy and IAF will also have to be consulted too,” said a senior officer. But the veterans are already fuming over the move.
Delhi, Mumbai & 5 other cities put on 'highest alert'
Nuclear installations, airbases, naval commands, Army camps and cantonment areas across north and west India have been brought under heavy security cover.
NIA charge-sheets Maulana Masood Azhar's brother, 13 others in Nagrota army camp attack case
The three Pakistani JeM terrorists -- Khalid alias Abu Hissam, Numan and Aadil, who were highly trained and equipped with AK-47 rifles and explosives carried out the attack in which seven Army personnel were killed and three were injured. All the three terrorists were killed.
Armed forces mark Yoga Day across land and sea
Personnel on Indian ships out in the Pacific Ocean also celebrated the day by performing different aasanas.
Archive of One Strike Corps of Indian Army in Mathura opens tomorrow
Commemorating 50 years of its raising, the city-based One Strike Corps of Indian Army here tomorrow will inaugurate a heritage building.
Long-weekend alert! An adrenaline-packed trek or camping, you could do it all
Please don't let the last weekend of March go for a toss.
How Indian army can silence Pakistan's rogue army once and for all
When the Pakistani army begins to hurt and bleed, the ‘deep state’ there will come to realise the futility of its nefarious designs on India.
'Missing' Army Captain makes surprise appearance after a week
"I have talked to Captain Sikhardeep over phone. He is in Kotwali police station of Faizabad district and he is fine," SRP) Jitendra Kumar Mishra said.
Arvind Kejriwal exhorts youth to take patriotic path
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said, describing them as future leaders and major contributors to the growth of the country.
India promises help to Nepal till normalcy returns; death toll may cross 10,000, fears premier Sushil Koirala
India has intensified efforts in interior Nepal after chopper sorties over the past two days have given a grim picture of the damage.
Jammu and Kashmir floods: Phones down, tracking the rescued difficult
With his mobile running out of battery and no electricity, Anirban, couldn't inform his family whether he had been evacuated.
Defence Ministry diktat on cutting fuel use by 40% stumps armed forces
The defence ministry has asked the armed forces to reduce fuel use by 20-40% as the sharp increase in prices has upset budget calculations.
Army officers, jawans face off again in J&K
A grim stand-off erupted between officers and jawans of an armoured unit after a soldier committed suicide at a military camp in Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Abu Jundal escaped arrest in Pakistan at ISI's behest
After 26/11, when pressure mounted on Pakistan to arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba's operations chief Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi from a camp near Muzaffarabad in PoK.
Omar surprised at Army's resistance over removal of AFSPA
Omar Abdullah has expressed surprise over "more resistance" from the Army for removal of the AFSPA from certain areas of the state.
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