Jaibans Singh The result of the IIT-JEE Advanced 2015 examination has brought great cheer to the engineering aspirants of Jammu and Kashmir, especially the Kashmir valley. Two students from the valley and one from Kargil, coached under a programme sponsored by the Indian Army as a part of its two and a half decade old welfare initiative – Operation Sadbhavna have cleared this … [Read more...] about Indian Army “Super 30” programme: Reshaping contours of education in J&K
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Army enhances recruitment to assist flood rehabilitation process in J&K
Jaibans Singh Always sensitive to the problems and needs of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army has come up with an initiative to uplift the youth of the state by increasing its recruitment in the Territorial Army (Home and Hearth) [TA (H&H)] battalions of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry regiment. The decision to increase the intake has been taken with … [Read more...] about Army enhances recruitment to assist flood rehabilitation process in J&K
MASSIVE RESPONSE TO ARMY RECRUITMENT RALLY IN KASHMIR
Mufti should not miss the woods for the trees Ranjan Chauhan While the national media, especially the electronic segment, was going overboard in squeezing as much of sensationalism as possible from release of a Kashmiri separatist, Masarat Alam, from prison, a separate event of far greater significance went relatively uncovered. On March, 11, a few days after the release of … [Read more...] about MASSIVE RESPONSE TO ARMY RECRUITMENT RALLY IN KASHMIR
Commemorating Indo-Pakistan War 1971: Freedom comes with a price
Jaibans Singh The youth of the country needs to be given a post-independence historical perspective to make them realise that the freedom that they are enjoying came with a price. Sacrifices did not end with the freedom struggle; they extended way beyond to save the territorial integrity, dignity, democratic values and freedom of the great Indian Nation. The new generation … [Read more...] about Commemorating Indo-Pakistan War 1971: Freedom comes with a price
Reminiscences of Bangladesh War of Independence
Lt Colonel (Retired) Jasbir Sarai A sixty five year old army veteran has a lot of time to reflect and contemplate, and this applies to me also. My grandchildren have this constant need to hear stories and yarns that I have learnt to concoct. Somehow, I never got down to telling them a true story of guts and glory of which I was a part. I hesitate since I feel that they will … [Read more...] about Reminiscences of Bangladesh War of Independence