Lt Saurabh Kalia's family wants that the torture of their son be declared a war crime and also want Pakistan to apologise ...
03:20 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Army Chief General Bikram Singh has expressed support for the family of Kargil hero Lt Saurabh Kalia who was allegedly tortured to death by Pakistan after his capture in 1999 during Kargil war. General Singh hailed Lt Kalia and said that the Army had raised its concerns with the Defence Minister. ...
10:34 AM, Nov 29, 2012
13 years after Kargil, former foreign minister Jaswant Singh says it is not too late to take up India's case against Pakistan on Lt Saurabh Kalia's torture. ...
10:05 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Both the Congress and the BJP leaders said the government must take up Lt Saurabh Kalia'a father's quest for justice at the United Nations. ...
08:40 PM, Nov 28, 2012
A setback for the family of Kargil war hero Saurabh Kalia that wants India to take up his alleged death-by-torture in 1999 with Pakistan at an international forum. Diplomatic sources say that while the government sympathises with the family, the case to drag Pakistan to an international body is a non-starter. ...
08:22 PM, Nov 28, 2012
In a setback to Kargil War hero Lt Saurabh Kalia's family, who want India to take up his alleged death-by-torture in 1999 with Pakistan, sources on Wednesday said that while the government sympathises with the family, the case to drag Pakistan to an international body is a non-starter. ...
12:51 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Former NSG commandos Surender Singh and PV Manesh, who fought Mumbai attackers, say that the government has not paid their dues. ...
11:42 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was hanged at Pune's Yerwada Jail, a former Army soldier and National Security Guard (NSG) commando Naik Surender Singh, who had fought to eliminate the terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai carnage, has hit out claiming he has not paid his dues by the government and the Indian Army. Naik Surender Singh on Thursday addressed a press conference with Arvind Kejriwal and...
09:05 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Sources say Surender Singh has been paid PF of Rs 6.48 lakh, group insurance of Rs 1.18 lakh and disability pension of Rs 10 lakh. ...
07:39 PM, Nov 22, 2012
The Government of India on Thursday dismissed the allegations by a former Armyman and National Security Guard commando Naik Surender Singh that he was not paid his dues. The Ministry of Defence issued a press release and countered the allegations levelled by Singh as well as Arvind Kejriwal that the government was ignoring soldiers who eliminated the Pakistani terrorists involved in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Here is the...
06:02 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Army has refuted claims by 26/11 hero and former National Security Guard (NSG) Commando Naik Surender Singh of that he has not received bulk of his dues after social activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal took up his case. The Ministry of Defence in a press release said that commando Surender Singh, who was from 2 Grenadiers, had received bulk of his dues. According to the Ministry Singh has...
05:21 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: A retired Army man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for killing his son when he was asked not to fight with victim's mother. Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta handed down the jail term to 66-year-old Shish Ram for killing his son, holding that the deceased was only pursuing his father not to quarrel, but the convict shot him dead with his gun...
11:06 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Srinagar: The terrorist killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district on Tuesday has turned out to be a top commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), police said on Wednesday. The terrorist was killed in a gunfight at Kujjan village in Kulgam district, 75 km from Srinagar. The slain terrorist was initially identified as Showkat Ahmad Tak, a resident of Panzgam in Tral area of Pulwama district, they said. When...
01:44 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Srinagar: A fierce gunbattle is on between the Army and a group of terrorists who were trying to infiltrate into the Kashmir Valley from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. The gunbattle between the Army and the terrorists is taking place in Keran sector of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir. Army sources say four terrorists have been killed in the gunbattle. ...
04:55 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: The shortage of land in India is well known but it's also now affecting the army which is running short of firing and manoeuvre ranges to train on. It's not only illegal encroachment, even state governments are reluctant to notify firing ranges given in demands from their own people. India's million man army is running short of firing ranges to train on and perfect doctrine and tactics as...
06:43 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: Around 10 soldiers of the 56 Armoured Regiment in Patiala reportedly left the regiment after an alleged altercation, in yet another indication of alleged indiscipline and insubordination in the Army. Sources say that the soldiers who did not turn up for a weapons cleaning exercise were put through a tough battle physical efficiency test. Sources indicate that during this test, the troops left the Patiala Cantonment and proceeded...
08:15 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Gurgaon: The Home Ministry has decided to propose granting of the status of "ex-servicemen" to lakhs of retired paramilitary personnel who render internal security duties across the country. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who was the chief guest at the 73rd Raising Day celebrations of the CRPF at its centre in Kadarpur in Gurgaon, said he has decided to move this proposal in the Cabinet "soon". "I will present...
11:26 AM, Nov 01, 2012
New Delhi: A senior Army General is likely to approach Armed Forces Tribunal over the issue of promotions. Lt Gen Ravi Dastane claims he has been denied appointment as Army commander. He says that the post was kept vacant for Lt Gen Dalbir Singh who was under a vigilance ban. Gen Dastane is currently Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff. Dastane's petition could throw open the battle for the next...
06:56 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: The links of Lt Gen (Retd) Tejinder Singh and Vectra Chairman Ravinder Rishi with a businessman are under scanner of the CBI which questioned the two in the case of alleged bribe offer made to the then Army chief Gen VK Singh for clearing tranche of substandard Tatra BEML trucks. CBI sources said besides Singh and Rishi, two Delhi-based businessmen and two executives of Vectra--Managing Director Anil Mansharamani...
07:45 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Exactly 50 years ago, the Indian Army suffered its darkest hour as the country went to war with China in 1962. CNN-IBN spoke to the veterans who reminisced about how they bravely fought the Chinese forces. Colonel Harbans Singh was a Company Commander in the 4th Sikh regiment. He fought in Walong, the Eastern-most sector of India touching Tibet, China and Myanmar. Brigadier KS Kang was a Captain during the ...
10:24 AM, Oct 17, 2012
