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Agniveer Amritpal Singh died by suicide while on sentry duty in Poonch sector on October 11, and such cases are not entitled to military funerals, the Indian Army said in an official statement.This statement follows a major political ...

The Army, on Sunday, asserted that it does not differentiate among soldiers based on whether they joined the force prior to or after the implementation of the Agnipath scheme

The Army has said that Agniveer Amritpal Singh committed suicide by shooting himself while on sentry duty and that military honours were not extended to his funeral as deaths arising out of self-inflicted injuries are not given such honours.

The Army, on Sunday, asserted that it does not differentiate among soldiers based on whether they joined the force prior to or after the implementation of the Agnipath scheme.

Responding to allegations that military honours were not given to Agniveer Amritpal Singh, the Army wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that there had been “some misunderstanding and misrepresentation of facts”.

As political parties lambasted the Centre for not giving a guard of honour to Agniveer Jawan, the Army on Monday said that soldier Amritpal Singh committed suicide so military honours were extended to his funeral.

The death of Agniveer Amritpal Singh was a case of suicide, the army said today amid a huge row in Punjab over the lack of a guard of honour at his funeral.

Attention all Armed Forces families and Veterans –

Politicians should leave the armed forces alone and not use them to score brownie points, else politicisation of forces is not far away When the national convener of the IT cell of a national party makes a wholly partisan accusation at members of his rival party, he is entitled to be suggestive,

June 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, but it's still a little surprising for some to comprehend that women, too, are veterans.