Brig PS Gothra (Retd) “We were grazing our goats in the jungle below when two gunmen appeared and they asked us to leave the place immediately. So, we left our goats behind and are moving to our hamlet to inform our parents,” said the four children when we saw them coming up on the track we were moving on. I could clearly see fear in their eyes. We gave them some toffees and … [Read more...] about Between cowardice, stupidity and bravery
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Pakistan-China nexus: No match to nerves of steel of Northern Command, Indian Army
Onkareshwar Pandey The Northern Command of the Indian Army, with its headquarters located in Udhampur and three Corps looking after the sensitive areas of Jammu region, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh respectively, quietly celebrated its 49th Raising Day on June, 17, even as the Indo-China confrontation in Galwan Valley and other places along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) raged … [Read more...] about Pakistan-China nexus: No match to nerves of steel of Northern Command, Indian Army
Jammu and Kashmir: security forces hold the edge
Dr. Simrit Kahlon The month of October was heralded in Jammu and Kashmir with a suicide attack on a Border Security Force (BSF) Camp located near Srinagar Airport on October, 3. All three terrorists involved were killed even as an Assistant Sub Inspector of BSF lost his life while fighting the terrorists. What followed were the usual questions in the media about the degree of … [Read more...] about Jammu and Kashmir: security forces hold the edge
Indian Armed forces are being taken for granted
Jaibans Singh On 21 May 2009, the Government of India issued orders for non-functional financial upgradation for all Organised Group-A (OGA) civil services. With this, when one OGA officer gets empanelled at a particular post, all other officers of the same seniority shall also be moved up to the same pay level after a period of two years from the date of the first … [Read more...] about Indian Armed forces are being taken for granted
Wanted: A national crusade against naxalism
Jaibans Singh The counter naxal operations have recently received a severe setback due to a spate of high profile abductions. The saga of Jhina Hikaka, the Odisha MLA and the two Italian nationals Claudio Colangelo and Paolo Bosusco, captured by two different organisation of the maoists has just about finished and we have at hand the audacious kidnapping of Alex Paul Menon, … [Read more...] about Wanted: A national crusade against naxalism