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BSF Jawans celebrating Diwali

BSF jawans celebrating Diwali near the India-Bangladesh border in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal.

 

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Border Security Force personnel with their Bangladesh counterparts celebrating Diwali festival at Indo- Bangladesh border near Agartala on Saturday. UNI PHOTO

 

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Srinagar: Lt Gen JS Sandhu on Tuesday took over as the Commander of the army`s Srinagar-headquartered Chinar Corps.

A defence ministry statement said Lt Gen Satish Dua handed over the charge to Lt Gen Sandhu as its 46th Corps Commander.

"Commissioned into the regiment of 5th Gorkha Rifles, Lt Gen Sandhu has had an illustrious military career spanning 36 years during which he held varied prestigious command, staff and instructional appointments," said an official statement.

He also had an incisive understanding of Jammu and Kashmir, having served five earlier times in the state including while in command of an Infantry Battalion on the Line of Control, a Mountain Brigade and the elite Kupwara Division.

"A Graduate of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Higher Command Course and National Defence College, Gen Sandhu has also served in the Army Headquarters, Infantry School, Army War College and the DSSC.

"He also represented the country in the Indian Embassy at Kathmandu," the statement said.

On assuming charge, Lt Gen Sandhu said the army had played a significant role during the ongoing phase of unrest assisting the civil administration in restoring peace and calm in the Kashmir Valley.

Outgoing Gen Dua`s tenure would be defined by the surgical strikes in Pakistani territory in September launched by the army in response to the terror attack on the army camp in Uri.

 

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee with the members of 56th NDC Course & Faculty of the National Defence College along with spouses, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on November 01, 2016.

File photo of a soldier with a rocket launcher in Arnia district in Jammu. Eight people, mostly children and women, were killed on Tuesday when Pakistani troops resorted to shelling in Arnia and Ramgarh districts

 

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Last Updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 12:16
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Srinagar: Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar is scheduled to visit Kashmir tomorrow to pay homage to the country's first Param Vir Chakra recipient Major Somnath on his 69th death anniversary.


The Defence Minister will join senior army officers and other ranks in paying tribute to Major Somnath near the Srinagar Airport in Budgam district, an army official said.

He said Parikkar is likely to be briefed by army officials on the situation along the Line of Control arising due to the ceasefire violations by Pakistan in the wake of last month's surgical strikes and the anti-militancy operations in the hinterland.

Major Somnath was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, the highest military honour.

He was awarded the medal posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947.

He laid down his life while evicting Pakistani raiders from Srinagar Airport during the war with Pakistan in 1947-48 in Kashmir. He belonged to the 4th Kumaon Regiment.

PTI

First Published: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 12:16

 

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Village girls applying tilak on the foreheads of Border Security Force (BSF) jawans guarding the Indo-Bangladesh border on the ocassion of 'Bhai Phonta' or' Bhai Dooj' celebrations near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Tuesday. PTI Photo

 

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Ministry of Defence

03-November, 2016 16:43 IST
Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as CISC

Lt Gen Satish Dua who took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) on 31 October 2016 paid homage to the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate here today. He was also accorded a Tri-Services Guard of Honour at the lawns of South Block.

Lt Gen Dua was commissioned in December 1979 into 8 JAK LI (Siachen), (called the “Bravest of Brave”) a Unit of the Indian Army which is presently the Ceremonial Battalion in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

A Counter Terrorism specialist, the general officer commanded his Battalion and Brigade in active Local Conflict/Counter Terrorism (LC/CT) environment in Jammu and Kashmir. He raised a new counter terrorism formation of Assam Rifles (IGAR East) in the North East. He was also the Indian Defence Attache to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Before assuming the office of CISC, Gen Dua was commanding the Chinar Corps in Kashmir for over one year, during which the Surgical Strikes were launched and the biggest agitational protests were effectively controlled by the Indian Army.

 

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Army soldiers paying tributes at the memorial of the first Param Vir Chakra recipient Major Somnath Sharma on his 69th death anniversary, near the airport in Budgam district of Kashmir on Thursday. PTI Photo

 

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Reuters / Wednesday, November 02, 2016
A police officer shows the functions of a gun to schoolgirls during their visit inside a police station as part of the 50th Raising Day celebrations of Chandigarh Police in Chandigarh, India. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

 

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does anyone know if our frontline battle communications are encrypted or not? i have read somewhere they arenot.

 

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Ministry of Defence
04-November, 2016 16:19 IST
COAS Presents Colours to Two Battalions of the Mahar Regiment



On behalf of the Hon’ble President of India, General Dalbir Singh, Chief of Army Staff, presented the ‘President’s Colours’ to 20 MAHAR and 21 MAHAR Battalions of the Mahar Regiment on the occasion of Platinum Jubilee of the Regiment at Saugor Military Station, today. The Regiment has 09 Battle Honours, 12 Theatre Honours, 08 COAS Unit Citations, 19 GOC-in-C Unit Appreciations and scores of gallantry awards to its credit.


This honour has been bestowed upon these two young battalions of the Regiment in recognition of their dedicated and meritorious service rendered to the nation since their raising. To commemorate this historic event, the Chief of the Army Staff also released a “First Day Cover”, a book on Late General K V Krishna Rao and a graphic novel on Late Major R Parameswaran, PVC.


The Colour Presentation Parade was held at the ‘Anusuya Prasad Parade Ground’ which is named after the youngest Mahavir Chakra recipient of the Indian Army, who with only 10 days of military service laid down his life in the Battle of Shamsher Nagar during 1971 Indo-Pak war.

 

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The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh presenting the ‘President’s Colours’ to 21 Mahar Battalion of the Mahar Regiment, on the occasion of Platinum Jubilee of the Regiment, at Saugor Military Station, in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh on November 04, 2016.

The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh presenting the ‘President’s Colours’ to 20 Mahar Battalion of the Mahar Regiment, on the occasion of Platinum Jubilee of the Regiment, at Saugor Military Station, in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh on November 04, 2016.

 

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