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
After a Kargil martyr's father requested the Supreme Court to direct the government to raise the issue of his son's killing at the International Court of Justice, the government on Tuesday said it has taken up the matter at the highest level and will do "whatever is possible" in the case. ...
09:57 PM, Nov 27, 2012
The father of Kargil hero Lt Saurabh Kalia is now demanding justice. Dr NK Kalia has asked the Centre to take up the matter with the internanatonal court of justice against Pakistan. He has accused the Pakistan government of violating the Geneva convention on prisoners of war. ...
08:05 PM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday remained adamant about not regretting the Kargil war, and even suggesting that he did not know if Pakistan spy agency ISI was operating terror camps against India. However, he said both India and Pakistan need to change their stance on Kashmir and Siachen. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haider, he said he does not have any regret for the Kargil war....
01:57 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Washington: Kargil conflict was a "poor test" of India's air warfare capability, a prominent US think-tank has said, warning that with threats of future wars with Pakistan and China persisting, Indian defence establishment has to prepare accordingly. "Despite the happy ending of the Kargil experience for India, the IAF's fighter pilots were restricted in their operations due to myriad challenges specific to this campaign. They were thus consigned to do...
01:47 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: Journalist: You must be so relieved and satisfied at the end of this operation. What does the victory feel like? Captain Vikram Batra: Feel like? Yeh dil maange more! That was Captain Vikram Batra who died a valiant death fighting Pakistan tooth and nail in July 1999 during the Kargil war. His famous war-cry, 'Yeh dil maange more' became a part of the youth lexicon. Nine years on,...
08:48 AM, Aug 17, 2012
In this special episode, the story of a school that teaches Mahatma's principles and a comic book on the hero of Kargil. ...
06:59 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Ragpicker helps street dogs; man finds algae that can clean car's emission and Chenab bravehearts rescue people. ...
06:43 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Drass: Senior Army officers, war veterans and widows of soldiers who were killed in the Kargil battle on Thursday offered floral tributes at the war memorial in Drass sub-sector here commemorating the 13th anniversary of victory in the 1999 war. Wreaths were laid by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command Lt Gen KT Parnaik, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Ladakh based 14 Corps Lt Gen Rajan Bakshi and GOC 8 Mountain...
04:38 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Hubli: Injured soldiers asked us not to look back and move on as they took their last breath. We just crossed them over because duty was important, shared Shivareddi B Jagapur of Nagavi village in Gadag district, who was injured during Kargil war and is now serving in New Delhi. As the nation observes Kargil Day on Thursday to mark Indias victory over Pakistan during the 1999 war, Express spoke...
04:26 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Palampur (Himachal Pradesh): It has been 13 years since their son was killed in the Kargil conflict and they were handed his mutilated body. On Thursday, as India celebrated Vijay Diwas to commemorate victory over Pakistan in Kargil, Capt Saurabh Kalia's parents said they will approach the Supreme Court and President Pranab Mukherjee. N.K. Kalia and his wife Vijaya have been waging a lonely battle for justice for their son,...
02:08 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Drass: The Indian Army will mark the 13th anniversary of its victory in the 1999 Kargil war with a series of events, spread over the next two days, at the war memorial in Drass sub-sector of Kargil region in Jammu and Kashmir. The two-day commemoration - which begins on Wednesday - will include a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial, sainik samelan (soldiers meet), memorial service and band display....
09:03 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Mumbai: The Indian Army, in an affidavit in the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, has reiterated that it owns land on which the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai stands. The Army declared that it has served notices to Maharashtra government and Adarsh Society to obtain vacant and peaceful possession of the land failing which it will file a suit in court. Maintaing that the Commission of Inquiry report is...
12:36 PM, Jul 18, 2012
May 15th 1999. Must have been just another ordinary day in our lives. I must have gone to school, played with my friends and probably ...
02:15 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse on Thursday said that Adarsh Commission's report had not given a clean chit to former Maharashtra Chief Ministers in the scam. Initiating a debate on the opposition-sponsored last week motion, Khadse said the land belonged to the state's revenue department. "The application for land for the Adarsh Society went to the revenue department and not the Defence Ministry," he said. The judicial commission was...
04:03 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Judicial Commission report on the multi-crore Adarsh scam was tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday. Sources say that the report states that there's no clear evidence to show that the land belonged to Defence or that it was reserved for Kargil widows, However, sources also say that Defence was in possession of land for an extended period. The findings of the report was discussed at the...
11:41 AM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Major DP Singh, who had to get his leg amputated after an injury in the Kargil war has come out stronger despite the tragedy. He has been taking part in Delhi's half marathon every year, becoming an inspiration to all war veterans. Every marathon that Major DP Singh has run has helped improve his timing. Since his debut at the Delhi half marathon where he took 3 hours...
10:01 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: India's defence policy has always lacked the strategic perspective. India adopted a non-aligned posture during the tumultuous days of the Cold War and saw itself as a non-interfering moral power which did not require the brute military force that is associated with great powers. However, since soon after Independence India faced a low-intensity conflict with Pakistan when the latter pushed in tribal raiders in its bid to capture...
07:03 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam tabled in Parliament on Tuesday has blamed top defence officials including former Army chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij and other service officers of showing clear conflict of interest. But there is no clear indictment of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. Here's a copy of the full report: ...
04:43 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam tabled in Parliament on Tuesday has blamed top defence officials including former Army chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij and other service officers of showing clear conflict of interest. According to the CAG report local military authorities in collusion with the defence estate organisation officials misappropriated prime government land for the benefit of...
12:56 PM, Aug 09, 2011
