Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (Retd) appointed CDSGen Chauhan, who will now be a four-star General and is senior to all current armed forces chiefs, will also function as secretary, Departm...
29 Sep, 2022, 08.43 AM IST
Bipin Rawat - an outstanding, forthright military commander with vision of tri-service synergyAs India's first Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Rawat was tasked to bring in theatre command and jointness among the three services, and he wa...
11 Dec, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
Rawat was India's longest serving 4-star General, tasked with reshaping forcesSeen as an unlikely candidate for Army chief, Gen Rawat superseded two of his seniors when the government chose him for the position. Servi...
09 Dec, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
Pakistan army team enters 250 metres into Indian side to kill soldiersIt was a pre-planed operation by Pakistan army. They had pushed in the Border Action Team over 250 metres deep inside Indian territory and ...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.22 PM IST
Fallen Indian soldiers might have walked into death trapIn June 2008, a soldier of the 2/8 Gorkha Rifles lost his way and was captured by BAT in Kel sector. His body was found beheaded after a fe...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.22 PM IST
Doklam standoff, Gorkhaland stir put Sikkim on national stageThe 73-day-long Doklam standoff between powerful neighbours India and China had left the people of the tiny Himalayan state worried about i...
01 Jan, 2018, 12.01 PM IST
Nepal quake: IAF, Army made 2223 sorties, rescued 11,200 peopleRapid Action Medical Teams of armed forces extended medical assistance to 4,762 injured -- 300 cases of surgery, 216 hospital admissions an...
05 Jun, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
India's 'Operation Maitri' in quake-hit Nepal ends'Operation Maitri', the massive rescue and relief operation initiated by India in Nepal following the April 25 earthquake, came to an end t...
04 Jun, 2015, 09.23 PM IST
Nepal asks foreign rescue workers to return homeInformation minister Minendra Rijal said that as the major rescue work in Kathmandu was over, the remaining operations could be handled by ...
04 May, 2015, 03.36 PM IST
India's help to Nepal terrific, but don’t crow about itPerhaps for the first time, the two Asian giants have arrived there with humanitarian aid. A majority of Nepal's hill districts hit by the ...
28 Apr, 2015, 11.35 AM IST
Army takes rescue mission to quake epicentre; clears road to KathmanduWidening 'Operation Maitri', Indian Army moved its rescue mission outside Nepal's capital into the epicentre of the devastating earthquake ...
28 Apr, 2015, 12.06 AM IST
Narendra Modi government to use services of retired and serving GorkhasThe Army has already despatched to Kathmandu Major General Sandhu, a Gorkha officer, who will coordinate rescue and relief operations as th...
27 Apr, 2015, 03.35 AM IST
TMC men want Mamata to finalize way to handle DarjeelingFinalizing a path had become too important for TMC after the blow on its political standing in Darjeeling during last Loksabha election.
02 Jun, 2014, 04.26 PM IST
BJP GJM handshaking gives stir to Darjeeling and its 'Gorkhaland' statehood politicsGJM, the largest political power in Darjeeling hills in West Bengal, has decided to support BJP in next loksabha election.
10 Mar, 2014, 06.35 PM IST
Kamtapuris unite in cry for statehood, line up agitation after the PujasMamata Banerjee’s government is likely to face yet another excited demand for separate statehood — this time from the Kamtapuris.
13 Aug, 2013, 10.48 AM IST
Darjeeling hills movement takes new shapeDarjeeling hill movement has taken a new shape today. Instead of being a call by a single party Gorkha Janamukti Morcha(GJM), now the movem...
12 Aug, 2013, 06.04 PM IST
- Maoist activity spreads to more Bengal districts: Governor
TMC members entered the House carrying placards against the Buddhadeb govt and slogans were raised 'khuni Buddha sarkar, ar nei darkar'.
10 Mar, 2011, 07.20 PM IST