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Colonel Manpreet Singh had himself joined the army in 2003 as a Lieutenant and was serving in Anantnag for the past four years. Hehad visited his native Bharaunjian village near Mullanpur, Mohali, on leave around seven months ago. (HT file)

chandigarh news

Published on Sept 15, 2023 04:06 am IST

Review: Faithful Fighters by Kate Imy

Indian cavalry after their charge, Somme, France, First World War, 14 July 1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918, seventh edition, (The Swarthmore Press Ltd, London, c1920). (Print Collector/Getty Images)

books

Updated on Jul 21, 2023 05:17 pm IST

UK imposes export bar on painting of Indian soldiers during World War I

The painting of two World War I Indian soldiers placed under an export bar by the UK government this week, in London.

world news

Published on Apr 15, 2023 05:30 pm IST

Ambala Christian cemetery in ruins amid battle for possession

The Christian Cemetery in Ambala Cantonment.

chandigarh news

Updated on Nov 17, 2020 11:18 pm IST

Boris Johnson pays tribute to British Indian Army of World War-II

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid a special tribute to the British Indian Army.

world news

Updated on Nov 09, 2020 07:58 pm IST

Roundabout: Portrait of a village in Punjab before the sundown of Partition

Author Ranjit Powar.

chandigarh news

Updated on Oct 10, 2020 09:26 pm IST

75 years later, mortal remains of World War-II sepoys brought home

Subedar Jagrattan Singh, who brought the mortal remains, said a team under the leadership of Air Vice Marshal Bakul Upadhyaya of the National Defence College had reached Itlay and brought the ashes of Sepoy Hari Singh of Jhajjar and Sepoy Palu Ram of Hisar to India with full military honours.

india news

Updated on Jun 04, 2019 07:12 am IST

Delhiwale: A bench for remembrances

Opened only a few weeks ago, the 40-acre National War Memorial is already getting entrenched in the minds of commuters passing through the India Gate Circle.

delhi news

Updated on Apr 09, 2019 01:28 pm IST

Meet the preserve army of Landour

Anil Prakash at Prakash & Co, which was set up by his grandfather. In addition to their jams and jellies, they have cough drops, lozenges and even brollies. As the author and local resident Ruskin Bond once said, ‘If you want something and Prakash’s doesn’t have it, you probably don’t need it!’

lifestyle

Updated on Jan 13, 2019 10:20 am IST