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Indian soldier Chandu Babulal Chauhan being received by Border Security Force personnel after he was handed over to them by Pakistan Rangers at Attari border. (Photo: PTI)

Family elated as Pak releases Indian soldier

Family members said they want to see him once after Chandu came back in India.

22 Jan 2017 4:27 AM

Army reels under acute shortage of quality guns

There are several complaints against the 5.56mm Insas that was introduced as the basic soldier’s hand weapon in 1990.

22 Jan 2017 4:19 AM

55-year-old woman from West Bengal who had crossed over to PoK in October 2016 back to Jammu and Kashmir with sweets, clothes and other gift packs. (Representational image)

Pakistan Army sends back woman with gifts

The mentally-challenged woman has since been admitted to Srinagar’s government-run Psychiatric Diseases Hospital.

14 Jan 2017 1:21 AM

Mentally ill woman from West Bengal who crossed over to PoK sent back with sweets, gift packs

The mentally challenged woman has since been admitted to Srinagar’s Government-run Psychiatric Diseases Hospital.

13 Jan 2017 4:24 PM

Pakistan's new army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan's military courts to get permanent status

According to media reports, a clause in the new draft will permit keeping suspects in custody for 90 days.

29 Dec 2016 11:34 AM

Pak eyeing India on eco corridor?

India has already expressed concern over the project that also passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

22 Dec 2016 6:57 AM

A senior police officer said shells fired by the Pakistani troops landed in civilian areas in the sector. However, there was no report of loss of life or injury to anyone. (Photo: PTI/ Representational Image)

Pak troops violate ceasefire, target civilian areas, army posts in J&K’s Poonch

Two BSF jawans were injured in shelling by Pakistani troops along the LoC on November 23, the last time Pakistan violated ceasefire.

16 Dec 2016 4:04 PM

Former army chief VK Singh. (Photo: File)

VK Singh compares Pak army to Nazis for atrocities in 1971 war

December 16 for all those who took part in the liberation war of Bangladesh evokes emotions and nostalgia, the former army chief said.

16 Dec 2016 3:44 PM

Pakistan's army senior officer Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa (Photo: AP)

Pak enters the ‘Children of Zia’ era

Successive chief justices have now left the system arguably worse than what they inherited.

12 Dec 2016 12:42 AM

Pakistan's outgoing military chief General Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Our restraint is not weakness: Raheel Sharif tells India

I want to make it clear to India that considering our policy of restraint a weakness would be dangerous for her, Raheel Sharif said.

29 Nov 2016 1:26 PM

Pakistan's army senior officer Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends a military exercise in Khairpur Tamiwali, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Pak: Don’t expect change

Bajwa has considerable experience dealing with Kashmir and will use his knowledge and expertise to advance the Pakistan Army’s interests.

29 Nov 2016 12:13 AM

‘It’s in Pak’s interest to keep eastern front with India quiet’

The India-Pakistan relationship has touched a new low, says Gurmeet Kanwal.

28 Nov 2016 4:00 AM

Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan searches for powerful new army chief

Raheel Sharif’s successor will face challenges ranging from an increasingly hostile India to the conflict in Afghanistan.

22 Nov 2016 6:11 PM

Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Pak SC approached to elevate Sharif as Field Marshal

Appellant Adnan Mazari, made PM Nawaz Sharif, the government and the Defence Ministry as respondents.

22 Nov 2016 4:50 PM

Sunday's violation of ceasefire came a day after a BSF jawan and a woman were injured and two houses damaged when Pakistani troops targeted Indian posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Nowshera. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

1 soldier killed, 3 hurt in Pakistani firing across LoC

There have been 286 incidents of firing and shelling along the LoC by Pakistan after India conducted surgical strikes on September 29.

21 Nov 2016 7:41 AM

Kashmiri villagers run for cover from tear gas shells and pellets fired at them by Indian police during a protest near the funeral of Rayees Ahmad Dar, a suspected militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Kakpora village south of Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

It’s important to keep asking questions...

We are not yet at the base camp of fascism, but that destination is not so dimmed in the mist.

21 Nov 2016 1:48 AM

There have been a whopping 286 incidents of firing and shelling along the LoC and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops since the surgical strike on terrorist launch pads in PoK. (Photo: Representational Image)

Pakistan claims shooting down of Indian drone

Pak claimed the drone had intruded 60 metres into the Pakistan side of LoC and its debris fell near Agahi Post in Rakhchakri Sector.

19 Nov 2016 9:15 PM

A top Pakistani military commander on Saturday claimed said that 40 Indian soldiers have been killed in cross-firing at LoC after the surgical strikes. (Photo: AP)

Indian army's toll double as compared to Pak: Lt Gen Iqbal

'Only 20 of our soldiers were killed while they lost more than 40 soldiers,' a top Pakistani military commander.

19 Nov 2016 2:58 PM

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swarup. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

India issues demarche to Pakistan over truce violations

This was the third such demarche issued by India to Pakistan.

18 Nov 2016 3:23 AM

Pakistan Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif (Photo: PTI)

Pak needles India, holds military drill close to border

The manoeuvres are taking place near border close to Bahawalpur town in Punjab province.

16 Nov 2016 1:02 PM

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