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Chandigarh, December 17 The fourth edition of the Military Literature Festival (MLF) will kick-start on Friday with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivering the inaugural speech virtually. Prominent speakers like Governor of Punjab, VP Singh Badnore, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, NN Vohra, Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lt Gen RP Singh will also address the event. Formally launching the festival, here, on Thursday, ...

Vijay Diwas celebrations held across country Vijay Diwas celebrations held across country Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Dec 16: The Army and Ex-servicemen today celebrated Vijay Diwas in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country and paid homage to soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1971 India-Pakistan war. Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of J&K, Manoj Sinha paid tribute to the martyrs, who laid down their lives for the Nation during the 1971 war. The day commemorat...

The 1971 war was won in the East but the Western Front was not quiet either   In the 13-day war with Pakistan in 1971, India strategically fought for containment, a holding operation, on the Western Front as fighting to liberate East Pakistan raged in the East Engagement: 0 December 16 marks the 49th anniversary of Vijay Divas, when the Pakistan army surrendered before the Indian Defence Forces in Dacca after a military operation that lasted only 13 days. A new nation was carved out from the...

Admiral Sunil Lamba (Retd) paying tribute CHANDIGARH: To commemorate the Vijay Diwas, homage was paid during a solemn wreath laying ceremony on Wednesday to the martyrs at Veer Smriti---the war memorial inside the Chandimandir military station. On behalf of GOC-in-C Western Command, Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri, Chief of Staff, Western Command laid the wreath and paid tributes. A number of senior veterans of all three services also graced the occasion and paid their tributes. Among distinguished vet...

On 20 January 2021, when he takes the oath of office, President Joe Biden will be dealt the worst hand of any president since Franklin Roosevelt. The COVID-19 pandemic is surging to record proportions and, worse, has been politicized. The nation is intractably divided politically with escalating tensions over race not seen since the 1960s. The economy is struggling. And relations with China and Russia are at their lowest point since the bad old days of the Cold War. Against this background, whi...

As it happened | Barbaric Pak mutilates jawans: Govt must give free hand to Army to handle it in their own way, says A K Antony As it happened | Barbaric Pak mutilates jawans: Govt must give free hand to Army to handle it in their own way, says A K Antony On Monday, Pakistani Armys 647 Mujahid Battalion Targeted Indias Forward Post Kirpan From Its Post Pimple In Krishna Ghati Sector. News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Vikas Mehta | Updated on: 02 May 2017, 03:40:53 ...

1685 Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri, Chief of Staff, Western Command, pays tributes to martyrs on Vijay Diwas at Chandimandir on Wednesday. Tribune Photo Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 16 To commemorate Vijay Diwas, that marks India’s spectacular victory over Pakistan in 1971, homage was paid to martyrs during a solemn wreath laying ceremony at the Veer Smriti war memorial at Chandimandir here on Wednesday. On behalf of the General Officer Comanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lt Gen Yogend...

1111 Chandigarh, December 14 As a prelude to the fourth edition of Military Literature Festival (MLF) that begins this week, a children’s samvad on A day in the life of a pilot of the Indian Air Force was held online today. In the short video clip, Col Dimpy Waraich and Wg Cdr BD Singh discussed the role of a pilot, the requirements and training for becoming a flier and various types of missions undertaken by them. A virtual exhibition in the form a video clip was also broadcast where the nua...

Lt Gen R P Singh visits Tiger Division, briefed on operational situation Lt Gen R P Singh visits Tiger Division, briefed on operational situation JAMMU: Army Commander, Western Command, Lt Gen RP Singh, visited ‘Tiger Division’ here. Defence spokesman here on Sunday said that the Army Commander was briefed by Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, Corps Commander Rising Star Corps and Maj Gen Vijay B Nair, GOC Tiger Division on the operational situation and security scenario in Jammu Sector. The Army Com...

Vijay Mohan Chandigarh, December 11 Marking a centenary is rare, and rarer still is a veteran who has had the unique opportunity of having served with not just all three branches of the armed forces but also the paramilitary. As Col Prithipal Singh Gill (retd) celebrated his 100th birthday in the city today, he fondly reminisced his stint in the uniform and the aura, adventure and elan associated with it. With a twinkle in his eye as felicitations poured in, he cut a cake amidst a small gatheri...