Indian Army

SRINAGAR: As the torrential rains lashed the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army last night saved four precious lives in a daring operation in the Poonch district of Jammu. The operation to rescue the person was launched after a local Army unit got distress calls. The Army within no time got into action […]

HARIDWAR: A 25-year-old Indian Army jawan died in a scuffle between two groups of Kanwar pilgrims on Tuesday in Roorkee in Haridwar district. Devendra Chouhan, SHO of Civil Lines Kotwali police station, said, “The case has been registered against 25 unidentified kanwariyas on the charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in section 304 […]

JAIPUR: An Indian army soldier was arrested in the case of espionage after he was caught supplying sensitive information to the Pakistani intelligence agency handlers, Rajasthan police said on Tuesday. The accused soldier Shantimoy Rana (24) is a resident of Bengal’s Bankura district. Police said that Rana, who is posted in Rajasthan, was honey-trapped by […]

NEW DELHI: 26th July is a red-letter day in the annals of India and is celebrated as the ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’. On this day in 1999, the gallant Indian soldiers annihilated Pakistani forces and ousted them from the areas around Kargil. On this occasion, The New Indian talks about five Bollywood films which pay rich […]

SRINAGAR: Tunes of patriotic songs reverberated in the atmosphere, swelling one with pride, as the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) paid homage to our gallant heroes who laid their lives protecting us from the evil designs of our neighbour during the Kargil war. The AWWA organised a special evening with the gallantry award winners, the […]

NEW DELHI: The glory of Indian defence forces is so vast that it can’t be summed up in few words or sentences, said former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in Delhi on Saturday. Narrating his own story, Deb said that his name ‘Biplab’ means revolution/change and he was named Biplab as he was born […]

SRINAGAR: Two soldiers of the Territorial Army were killed and two others were injured in an incident of fratricide in the Poonch district of Jammu on Friday, officials said. They said that the incident took place at an Army unit of the Territorial Army in the Surankote area of the district. Officials said that the […]

SRINAGAR: A massive anti-terror operation is underway in Poonch as Army on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid from Pakistan along the Line of Control in Poonch. The bid was filed in the Sarla area of Poonch along the LoC, the alert troops challenged a group of terrorists who were trying to cross the border. “During […]

  SRINAGAR: They have been bravely defending our borders and fighting terrorists, but the Indian armed forces are also at the forefront of any natural disaster in the country. It was not surprising that security forces once again carried out rescue operations for the Amarnath Yatris who faced the brunt of nature in the cloudburst […]

KOLKATA: Expressing concerns, Trinamool Congress (TMC) will demand suspension of the Agnipath Scheme at Parliament Advisory Committee for Defence scheduled on July 8. Sources in TMC told The New Indian that they are not alone as opposition parties will close ranks to strongly oppose the scheme in the meeting. Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy has […]