Currently, both the disability pension and pension of soldiers are exempt from income tax. read more

The two soldiers were being treated at the army’s base hospital in Srinagar. read more

The colleagues of martyred Air Force Garud unit commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala, who was killed fighting extremists at Jammu & Kashmir attended the wedding of his sister. read more

The IS terror group overran swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014 before Baghdad declared a victory over it in 2017. In March, US-backed forces in Syria said they have defeated the group in Syria as well. read more

The court has also issued notices to the Centre and the state governments. read more

The three militants holed up there fired as the search operation was going on. The security forces retaliated, leading to an exchange of fire in which the three were killed. read more

Defence spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand said they do not have the details of the incident but were looking into the matter. read more

The soldier allegedly passed on information about movements of the Indian Army formations after the February 14 Pulwama terror attack, to Pakistan, the official said read more

The Election Commission, which was nudged into deciding a litany of alleged poll code violations this week, said the panel had examined the 11-page transcript of the Prime Minister’s speech at Ausa in Maharashtra’s Latur district. read more

Caste lines have blurred and locals are polarised in their views on patriotism in a village that has given thousands of soldiers to the armed forces. read more

Authorities have suspended high-speed internet in Srinagar and Budgam districts. read more

An Army soldier was killed and four others were injured Monday when Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Rajouri district. Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire over 110 times along... read more

Pakistani forces resorted to firing from small arms and shelling mortars in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district. read more

Defence ministry on Saturday said the reports of soldier Mohammad Yaseen’s abduction from Kashmir’s Budgam are incorrect and that he was safe. read more

A 27-year-old woman was killed and an off-duty soldier was wounded in shelling from across the de facto India-Pakistan border — the Line of Control (LoC) — in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts on Thursday. read more