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Magistrate summons Air Force, Army chief for cheque bounce case, draws flak

May 19, 2013

A magistrate has drawn flak from a Delhi court for summoning the chiefs of Air Force and Army as defence witness in a cheque bounce case, saying it was done "mechanically" and "without applying mind". #India #NewsTracker #Indian Army
Army foils infiltration bid along LoC, officer killed

May 18, 2013

A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed while a soldier was injured as Army today foiled an infiltration bid by militants in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. #NewsTracker #Indian Army #Kupwara District #LoC #officer killed
Defence employee arrested for spying for Pakistan's ISI

May 18, 2013

Rajasthan Police Friday arrested a clerk posted in the Indian Army's south-west command here on charges of spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, an officer said. B.K. Sinha, 43, is an upper divisional clerk (UDC) in Jaipur, Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Dalpat Singh Dinkar told mediapersons #India #Pakistan #ISI #NewsTracker #Indian Army #Rajasthan Police #Army Act #SD Goswami #BK Sinha
Adivasi groups protest death of first lady jawan Shanti Tigga

May 15, 2013

Tigga (37) had been a jawan with the 969 Railway Engineer Regiment of the Territorial Army and posted as a points-man at Chalsa station in the district. #NewsTracker #Police #suicide #Territorial Army #Tigga
SL govt to probe video showing soldiers killing unarmed rebels

May 15, 2013

Sri Lanka will probe a controversial video on the final stages of the war between the Tamil rebels and the military, an official said on Wednesday. #NewsTracker #Sri Lankan Army #Sri Lanka civil war
Indian Army's first woman jawan found dead in railway hospital

May 15, 2013

Indian Army's first woman jawan Shanti Tigga was found hanging in a railway hospital in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Tuesday, police said. A senior police officer said prima facie it appeared to be a case of suicide. #NewsTracker #West Bengal #Indian Railways #Indian Army #Shanti TIgga #Jalapaiguri #Chalsa Railway #Alipurduar Railway Hospital #969 Railway Engineer Regiment
Indian Army chopper crashes in Siachen, both pilots safe

May 13, 2013

An army helicopter crashed on Monday morning in the Siachen glacier area of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said here. #NewsTracker #Siachen #Indian Army #Army helicopter crash
Army to replace Maruti Gypsy with Mahindra Scorpio or Tata Safari

May 10, 2013

The summer trials of military versions of Mahindra Scorpio and Tata Safari will be held in Jodhpur next week and the winter trials will be held in Sikkim later. #ThisisNext #Indian Army #Mahindra Scorpio #Tata Safari #Maruti Gypsy
Pakistan heads to historic polls, coalition govt expected

May 10, 2013

The 63-year-old Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N is widely tipped to emerge as the single largest party in the polls. #Elections #Pakistan #NewsTracker #Pakistan Army #Nawaz Sharif #Imran Khan #Asif Ali Zardari
Army adopts militancy-hit child in Jammu Kashmir

May 04, 2013

The Army took responsibility on itself of educating a girl child, whose father was killed by the militants in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. #India #NewsTracker #Army #Jammu Kashmir #Rashtriya Rifles Battalion

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