Defense

The occasion was the 36th Siachen Day that commemorates the courage and fortitude displayed by Indian Army troops in securing the highest and coldest battlefield in the world, a defence spokesperson said. The Indian Army, this day in 1984, launched ”Operation Meghdoot” to secure the Bilafond La and other passes on the Saltoro ridgeline, from Pakistani aggression, he said.

According to Zee Media sources, the tragedy struck when a brave Indian Army soldier, Lance Naik Sanjeeva Reddy, was operating a dozer in the snowbound high-altitude areas of Sikkim during which he struck by an avalanche. In a statement, the Indian Army said that it immediately launched a search and rescue operation and all-out efforts are being made to locate the soldier.

According to these intelligence reports, 15 Pakistan army troopers were killed along with eight terrorists on April 10 when the army hit targets in the Keran sector using long-range ammunition. Some collateral damage, mostly shops where food and logistics supplies were stored, in the Dudhnial area have also been reported.

The Indian Army said on Friday it had shelled a terrorist launch pad and an ammunition dump across the de facto border in Jammu and Kashmir, shelling Pakistan for allegedly breaking an informal ceasefire between the two countries. India’s junior defence minister told Parliament in March that Pakistan violated the ceasefire at least 646 times between January 1 and February 23 this year. More than 3,200 ceasefire violations were recorded in 2019.

India has prepared the INS Sindhuvir, a Soviet-built Project 877 (Kilo-class) submarine for handover to the Myanmar Navy, a military-diplomatic source told TASS. “The submarine’s repair was finalized this February in India. It is only a matter of time and crew training before it will be handed over to the Myanmar Navy,” the source said.

The Smart World and Communication Business of L&T Construction has secured a large order from the Indian Army to establish an unified network management system to manage, support and operate the countrywide Armed Forces Network under the NFS, the company said in a statement.

Official sources said that following specific information about the presence of militants, a joint search operation was launched by Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K police, Army and CRPF in DH Pora in Kulgam in the wee hours on Saturday.

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and unarguably the most celebrated military general in the history of Independent India. Popularly called as ‘Sam Bahadur,’ the nation on Friday (April 3) remembered his 106th birth anniversary. A recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, Manekshaw died in 2008.

Jammu and security forces destroy the virus of terrorism in Kashmir are engaged since early this year and has also killed 28 militants, including several drive terrorists out of the commander. Many terrorists were also caught alive, who have many important leads. Their supporters were first caught to break the back of terrorist organizations.

Navy has indigenously designed and developed a handheld infrared-based temperature sensor for screening personnel at the entry gates of the Naval Dockyard here.
“The instrument has been manufactured under Rs. 1000, through in-house resources (which is a fraction of the cost of the temperature guns in the market),” said Indian Navy in a statement.