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MS Dhoni set to serve in Kashmir as honorary lieutenant-colonel in Indian Army's Parachute Regiment
Fp Staff •India's former captain MS Dhoni on Thursday joined the Indian army’s Parachute Regiment in Bengaluru.

Taking off Balidaan Badge from MS Dhoni's gloves may impact Team India's morale, rub egg on face of BCCI
Bikram Vohra •The ICC has not figured out that MS Dhoni is an officer in the Territorial Army with the rank of Colonel and his right to wear the army insignia is within his rights

Women eligible to join Territorial Army, rules Delhi HC quashing Centre's recruitment ads excluding females
•Women can now join the Territorial Army (TA) as the Delhi High Court quashed the Centre's advertisements excluding them from being recruited

Irfan Dar's killing: Jammu and Kashmir Police arrests man in murder case of Territorial Army jawan
•The gruesome murder of Sepoy Irfan Dar, who was working with 175 Territorial Army, has been worked out and one of the co-conspirators identified as Muzamil, a resident of Shirmal, has been arrested by Shopian Police,

Shiv Sena questions Centre's claim of fall in terror activities in Kashmir, says terrorists are now targeting jawans
•The Shiv Sena on Monday questioned the government claim that terror activities have come down in Jammu and Kashmir and said terrorists were now killing jawans to create fear among the youth in the Valley.

Farooq Abdullah says Centre needs to reframe its Pakistan policy for lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir
•National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Sunday expressed concerns over the "worsening security situation" in Jammu and Kashmir

Kashmir braid chopping: Cops get cracking, arrest over 50 for instigating mob violence
Sameery •The opposition National Conference staged a protest march against the government’s failure to prevent the braid-chopping incidents on Saturday.

President Ram Nath Kovind greets Territorial Army officials on force's 68th Raising Day
•Top officials of the Territorial Army (TA) met President Ram Nath Kovind on the occassion of its 68th Raising Day, said a statement on Monday.

Machil fake encounter: Army tribunal suspends life sentence of convicts; victims' families say fight for justice will continue
Sameery •Tension gripped Kashmir after an Armed Forces Tribunal in Chandigarh suspended life imprisonment of five army personnel including a colonel in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case

Politicians joining Teritorrial Army but not serving regularly creates negative effect: Bipin Rawat
•The idea of politicians joining territorial army is good only if they serve the way a regular entrant does, otherwise it creates a "negative effect", army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday



