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The deceased soldier has been identified as Naib Subedar Ravinder of Jhajjar in Haryana. (HT Photo)

Soldier killed in Pak ceasefire violation along Line of Control in J&K

Hindustan Times, Jammu | By HT Correspondent

UPDATED ON JAN 01, 2021 08:22 PM IST

Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district, said a defence spokesman.

Police have initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code after a soldier killed himself at an LoC post(Shutterstock/For representational purposes)

Soldier commits suicide at LoC post in Poonch

Hindustan Times, Jammu | By HT Correspondent, Jammu

UPDATED ON NOV 22, 2020 04:45 PM IST

The man holding a havaldar’s rank belonged to the Indian Army’s 39 Rashtriya Rifles regiment and was stationed at the Nambal post in Salotri village.

Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta in a still from Soldier.

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22 years of Soldier: Preity Zinta is grateful for sporting warm clothes, says ‘poor Bobby Deol was feeling so cold, shivering’

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Entertainment Desk

UPDATED ON NOV 20, 2020 06:36 PM IST

In order to mark 22 years of her hit film Soldier, actor Preity Zinta has shared an interesting trivia with her fans on Twitter. Here are some more fun facts about the film.

Haryana assembly: House pays homage to departed leaders, soldiers

Hindustan Times/Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh

UPDATED ON NOV 06, 2020 12:33 AM IST

Despite the adversities faced by the doctors in performing the surgery, the operation was successful and the patient is stable now.(ANI)

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Army doctors perform successful appendix surgery at 16,000 feet in Eastern Ladakh

Leh | By Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury

PUBLISHED ON NOV 02, 2020 09:48 AM IST

The surgery was performed by a team of three doctors including a Lt Colonel, a Major and a Captain on a soldier.

Ace helicopter pilot, Manmohan Bahadur, stands along a rose bush at Siachen base camp, 1995 summer.(Sourced)

Wildbuzz: Soldiers rose to the occasion

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Vikram Jit Singh

UPDATED ON OCT 31, 2020 10:12 PM IST

Roses not only bestow upon the world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen glacier, its enigmatic name but their omnipresence lends them the status of the poet’s flower of remembrance for soldiers and airmen who laid down their lives battling two inimical neighbours since 1947

Family members and relatives of Indian Army Rifleman Rakshit Chowdary had blocked the Satwari Chowk in Jammu during a protest on Saturday demanding an inquiry into his death.(PTI)

Body of soldier who died mysteriously cremated with full military honours in Jammu

Hindustan Times, Jammu | By HT Correspondent

PUBLISHED ON OCT 05, 2020 01:23 PM IST

The Army has ordered a court of inquiry into the soldier’s death in Uri sector.

Riflemen were awarded medals for their outstanding performance during training.(HT Photo)

Amid Sino-India stand-off 131 young soldiers join Ladakh Scouts Regiment

Hindustan Times/Jammu | By HT Correspondent, Jammu

UPDATED ON SEP 27, 2020 12:08 AM IST

The soldiers, hailing from all regions of Ladakh, took an oath to serve the nation

PM Narendra Modi addresses the media ahead of the monsoon session in the presence of Union ministers Pralhad Joshi and Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday.(PIB)

MPs must come together, stand behind soldiers: PM Modi

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Smriti Kak Ramachandran

UPDATED ON SEP 15, 2020 03:36 AM IST

The PM’s allusion was to the standoff at the border in eastern Ladakh, where the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are within a few hundred metres of each other amid tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Indian soldiers during an exchange of fire with Pakistani troops near the Line of Control in Nowshera sector of Rajouri near Jammu.(PTI FILE PHOTO)

Pakistani soldier killed as India retaliates against LoC ceasefire violation in J-K

Hinsutan Times, Jammu | By Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

PUBLISHED ON SEP 10, 2020 02:20 PM IST

The Indian army said that Pakistani troops have been violating the LoC ceasefire at various places in Jammu and Kashmir.

Around ten Malian soldiers were killed on Thursday in a militant attack(AP Photo)

About 10 Malian soldiers killed in militant attack, says army

Dakar | By Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh

UPDATED ON SEP 04, 2020 09:35 PM IST

Reinforcements have been dispatched to the area, it said on Twitter on Friday.

Soldier found dead in Poonch

Hindustan Times, Jammu | By HT Correspondent

PUBLISHED ON AUG 21, 2020 11:49 AM IST

Soldier of 16 Grenadiers reportedly shot himself in the head

The decision was taken after 30 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, deployed in Uttarkashi district, were found to be infected with SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease, on Wednesday.(ANI)

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Uttarakhand: District administration decides to test all soldiers before allowing them to go for their border posting

Hindustan Times, Dehradun/Uttarkashi | By Suparna Roy

UPDATED ON AUG 06, 2020 06:03 PM IST

Mayur Dixit, district magistrate (DM), Uttarkashi, said that some of the ITBP personnel had come in contact with earlier Covid-19 patients, and the others had returned from leave from their respective native places.

New Delhi, India - August 7, 2019: Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa leaves after paying his last respects to former Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at her residence at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times)(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Karnataka government committed to working for soldiers’ welfare: CM

Bengaluru | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi

UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2020 02:11 PM IST

B S Yediyurappa was addressing soldiers after paying tributes to the martyrs of the Kargil war at an official function organised on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas at the National Military Memorial Park in the city by the Sainik Welfare and Resettlement Department under the state Home Department.

The country lost more than 500 soldiers in the Kargil war.(PTI)

Country forever grateful to soldiers who laid down their lives in Kargil war: President Kovind

New Delhi | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi

PUBLISHED ON JUL 26, 2020 01:58 PM IST

Taking to Twitter to pay tributes to the slain soldiers on the 21st anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in the war, he said ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ is a symbol of fearless determination and exceptional valour of our armed forces.

The talks focused on both New Delhi and Beijing aiming at further “cooling” the situation at the border, China said.(Bloomberg)

Positive progress made by soldiers to disengage, says China after border talks

Hindustan Times, Beijing | By Sutirtho Patranobis| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi

PUBLISHED ON JUL 24, 2020 07:12 PM IST

The statement was referring to the 17th meeting of the India-China Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs held online between senior diplomats from the two countries on Friday.

The apps banned by the army are not limited to the 59 Chinese mobile applications banned by the government. The Chinese apps earlier banned are Club Factory, SHAREit, Likee, Mi Video Call (Xiaomi), Weibo, Baidu and Bigo Live.(REUTERS)

Army directs soldiers to delete 89 apps over security concerns

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent

UPDATED ON JUL 09, 2020 12:44 AM IST

The apps that are of bounds for the India Army now include WeChat, Viber, Zoom, Vigo Video, Cam Scanner and gaming app PUBG.

PM Modi’s visit to the border area is high on symbolism and a morale booster for the troops that are leading the stand-off in Galwan valley and around Pangong lake.(ANI/Twitter)

PM Modi reaches Leh to review security situation, interact with soldiers amid stand-off with China

Hindustan Times, Srinagar | By Mir Ehsan

UPDATED ON JUL 03, 2020 11:55 AM IST

PM Modi visited Nimu village, which is one of the forward bases in Ladakh. The Army base is located at an altitude of 1,100 feet and is surrounded by the breathtaking Zanskar mountain range and the fast-flowing Indus river.

Mamata Banerjee Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh and a government job for kin of each of the two soldiers from the state who died during clashes with the Chinese army. (Photo by Samir Jana / Hindustan Times)

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Mamata Banerjee announces compensation for families of 2 soldiers from WB killed in Galwan clash

Kolkata | By Press Trust of India

PUBLISHED ON JUN 17, 2020 05:26 PM IST

Rajesh Orang of Birbhum district and Bipul Roy of Alipurduar were among the 20 Indian Army personnel killed in the fierce clash on Monday night.

The attacks, in the Monguno and Nganzai local government areas, came just days after terrorists killed at least 69 people in a raid on a village in a third area, Gubio.(via REUTERS (Representational image))

Terrorists kill 20 soldiers, 40 civilians in northeast Nigeria attacks

MAIDUGURI | By Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh

UPDATED ON JUN 14, 2020 06:37 AM IST

Terrorists armed with heavy weaponry including rocket launchers arrived in Monguno and overran government forces, taking some casualties but killing at least 20 soldiers and roaming the area for three hours, witnesses said.

The terrorists were believed to have entered the Indian territory from Shamsabari range(ANI)

2 more soldiers dead, 5 terrorists gunned down in J-K’s Kupwara

New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent

UPDATED ON APR 06, 2020 09:16 AM IST

With the latest casualties, five soldiers have been killed in the exchange of fire with the terrorists, who had attempted to cross over to the Indian side, in Keran sector of north Kashmir.

Army veterans Mohammad Latief Bhat and Ajit Kumar Shukla who forged their friendship over basketball.(HT PHOTO)

Kashmir-Bihar: Tale of two veteran soldiers, now close friends

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Idrees Bukhtiyar, Mohali

UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2020 01:17 AM IST

They have represented the country in multiple international wheelchair basketball tournaments

Jammu and Kashmir, Dec 24 (ANI): Border Security Force soldiers patrol near the INDO-PAK International border on Cold morning at Arnia Sector in Jammu on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)

4 soldiers, including a lieutenant, injured in mine blast in J-K’s Rajouri

Jammu | By HT Correspondent

UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2020 05:41 PM IST

On the first day of the year 2020, two Indian Army soldiers were killed during wee hours on Wednesday along the Line of Control (LoC) in the same Kalal area of Nowshera sector during an encounter with armed infiltrators.

Soldier from Mukerian martyred in Pakistani firing at LoC in Sunderbani sector

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondents, Jammu

UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2019 04:52 PM IST

SC upholds AFT decision to pay ₹10 lakh relief to soldier’s widow

By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh

PUBLISHED ON DEC 09, 2019 10:55 PM IST

A memorial to Sikh soldiers who fought in the two world wars was unveiled in Huddersfield, west Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.(HT PHOTO.)

UK statue to honour Sikh soldiers unveiled

Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar

UPDATED ON DEC 04, 2019 11:27 PM IST

The monument in the Greenhead Park marks the culmination of a project of the Sikh Soldier Organisation (SSO), which coordinated donations and other activities of the six feet high bronze statue that cost £65,000.

The iron man suit developed by Shyam Chaurasia.(ANI)

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Youth in Varanasi develops ‘Iron Man’ suit to help soldiers in battle

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) | By Asian News International

PUBLISHED ON NOV 19, 2019 09:34 AM IST

The suit, made from ‘jugaad’ technology, is currently made of tin, but the determined youth is seeking for funds to make a working model out of it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to spend Diwali with soldiers at a forward base, most likely in the northern sector(REUTERS)

PM Modi likely to celebrate Diwali with soldiers

New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent

UPDATED ON OCT 27, 2019 03:11 AM IST

The officials said Modi could spend the festival with soldiers deployed along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, although the army was tight-lipped about the PM’s plans.

Indian Army on Sunday inflicted heavy damages and casualty on the Pakistan side after two Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara. (PTI file photo)(Representative Image)

Two soldiers, civilian killed in ceasefire violation by Pak troops in J&K

Srinagar | By Asian News International

UPDATED ON OCT 20, 2019 11:44 AM IST

The Pakistan Army, in the unprovoked ceasefire violation, had targeted civilian areas killing one civilian and injuring three others in the area.