London: The British army's first Sikh soldier allowed to wear a turban rather than a bearskin on ceremonial duties has suffered abuse from his colleagues over his headgear and his refusal to cut hair and his beard, a media report on Sunday said. Guardsman Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, 25, who joined the Scots guards this year, has been given permission to wear a turban outside Buckingham Palace, breaking hundreds of years...
03:17 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Seoul: A North Korean soldier killed two of his officers on Saturday and defected to South Korea across the countries' heavily armed border, officials said. The soldier shot his platoon and company commanders before crossing the Demilitarized Zone at around noon, a Defence Ministry official said, citing the soldier's statement after he was taken into custody by South Korean border guards. The official declined to be named because questioning by...
01:07 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Colombo: Notwithstanding stiff opposition from political parties in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka on Wednesday asserted that it was "very firm" on continuing the training programme of its defence personnel in India and ruled out sending them to countries like China. Sri Lanka's powerful Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, also the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said his country looks at India in a "much bigger way" than China. During an...
12:22 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Haifa (Israel): While remaining unknown in their own country, some Indian soldiers will become household names in Haifa in northern Israel after figuring in the history textbooks taught at schools for their contribution in liberating this city in 1918. The municipality of Haifa has gone ahead with its decision to immortalise the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers, many of whom are buried in the cemetery here, by including the stories...
02:20 PM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: The DMK and the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu stand united over the issue of training given to Sri Lankan soldiers on Indian soil. DMK Chief Karunanidhi has come out strongly in support of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on taking a strong stand. The DMK has hit out at the Centre for ignoring the plight of innocent Tamil fishermen who were being allegedly attacked by the Lankan Army. "All...
02:18 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Taliban have beheaded 12 soldiers captured during a recent attack on a security check post in the restive Bajaur tribal region and released a video showing their severed heads, a militant spokesman said on Friday. Sirajuddin, a spokesman for the Swat chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, told reporters in the country's northwest by phone that the militants had released a video showing the severed heads of the soldiers....
11:31 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Sairenkon: In April this year, ten boys were forcefully taken to militant training camps in Myanmar. The family members of three boys in this village are still living in fear. Mother of ex-child soldier said, "I am living in constant fear and think what will happen to my son in the future." The boys tell us that they were lured with the promise of money and cellphones. Although pressure from...
08:38 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Sairenkhun: There are at least 40 insurgent outfits in Manipur and desperate for new recruits, they have been targeting children in the state. In April this year, 10 boys were forcefully taken to militant training camps in Myanmar. The family members of the three boys, who managed to get released, are still living in fear. "I am living in constant fear and think what will happen to my son in...
10:19 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Cairo/Jerusalem: Sixteen Egyptian army border guards were killed and seven others injured in an attack by 'jihadists' from inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip in a terror strike months after Islamist Mohammed Mursi took over as the country's President. In a dramatic turn of events, the five gunmen involved in the attack were reported killed hours later near the Israeli border, an Israeli army spokesman said. "The bodies of the five...
12:58 PM, Aug 06, 2012
The London Olympics organisers are facing a security mess after the agency hired for the purpose said it doesn't have enough personnel. ...
07:40 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Jammu: A 19-year-old Pakistani soldier, who had crossed over to this side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, possibly on the lookout for his lady love, was on Friday repatriated by the Indian Army as a goodwill gesture. There were varying reports on Arif Ali's intrusion. One said that he had fallen in love with a girl in Kerni village, which is located...
05:28 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Jammu: A Pakistani Army soldier has been arrested in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir. The soldier identified as Arif Ali of 25 Frontier Force of the Pakistani Army has been handed over to Jammu and Kashmir Police and is being interrogated. A senior Indian Army officer said that Ali was apprehended by the Indian Army along the Line of Control. Pakistani currency worth Rs 13,000 and two SIM cards have been...
01:48 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Islamabad: Taliban-linked militants have threatened to carry out more attacks on soldiers and government installations similar to an assault on a Pakistan Army camp that killed eight security personnel on Monday, according to a media report on Wednesday. Police found a pamphlet at the site of Monday's attack near Gujrat city in Punjab province that warned more attacks would be carried out by militants if NATO supply routes to Afghanistan...
03:33 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Coimbatore: The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is in the process of developing robotic soldiers, which would take a final shape soon, a top official said in Coimbatore on Thursday. These soldiers are capable of sensing and clearing mines, which would benefit and help all forces and works are going on in Bangalore and Pune units, V K Saraswat, Director General, DRDO, told reporters. According to Saraswat, the DRDO is...
08:18 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Dhamra (Odisha): Cases of suicides and fratricides among Indian soldiers has reduced to six per lakh this year from about 14 per lakh a few years ago, premier defence agency DRDO has said. In the defence agency's psychological research lab in Delhi, scientists and psychologists are trying to understand the conditions under which soldiers take such extreme steps. "We have been successful in bringing down the number of such cases...
11:51 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Pyongyang: A framed poster on the wall of a kindergarten classroom shows bright-eyed children brandishing rifles and bayonets as they attack a hapless American soldier, his face bandaged and blood spurting from his mouth. "We love playing military games knocking down the American bastards," reads the slogan printed across the top. Another poster depicts an American with a noose around his neck. "Let's wipe out the US imperialists," it instructs....
09:19 PM, Jun 23, 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
Islamabad: Nearly 50 days after an avalanche slammed into a high-altitude Pakistan Army camp in the Siachen sector near Indian border, search teams have found the body of one of the 139 people who were buried under dozens of feet of snow in the world's highest battleground. The body was identified as that of Mohammad Hussain, one of the 128 soldiers from the Northern Light Infantry who were buried by...
12:37 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: A bulletproof jacket is meant to stand between life and death. In Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare's final moments, the loose and ill-fitting jacket proved to be no match for the terrorist's fire. Karkare's loose fitting and sub-standard bulletproof jacket shocked the nation but sadly security personnel engaged in counter insurgency operations across the country are in no better shape. CNN-IBN has access to copies of letters...
04:38 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Imphal: Four people, including two soldiers of India Reserve Battalion (IRB), were arrested on Saturday in connection with an alleged gangrape of a woman in Manipur. The woman was gangraped in Bhishanpur district on Thursday. The woman was abducted by the four men and taken to an isolated place in the district where she was allegedly sexually assaulted by two persons. Following a complaint lodged by the victim, Bishnupur Police...
09:06 PM, Mar 24, 2012
