Indian Army declared 2011 as ‘Year of the Disabled Soldier’. Focussing on this commitment, a large number of serving and retired soldiers from districts of West Bengal came together for an Seminar cum Assistance programme conducted
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Defence Minister AK Antony on August 2, 2011, informed the Parliament that Indian Naval Warship INS Godavari, while carrying out antipiracy patrol, came close to MV Suez, which had earlier been hijacked, to establish communication
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First of six special issues of Salute released by Army Chief
by Team Saluteby Team SaluteSalute magazine, which completed three years of circulation in May this year got a great shot in the arm with the Indian Army sponsoring six issues. The first of those six issues under the theme of Fighting Spirit was released by
Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Nand Kishore recently launched a software project ‘Sangam’ for defence pensioners in a function at its headquarters in Delhi Cantonment. Speaking on this occasion, he mentioned that the
Lieutenant General Vijai Sharma welcomed Lieutenent General K Surendra Nath on 17 July 11, for the inauguration ceremony of the new Officers Training Academy (OTA) Gaya. At the event the flag of the OTA was hoisted by the Army
Afive-member delegation of Sri Lankan Army led by its military secretary, Major General HCP Goonetilleke, had three days of discussions with the Indian Army group headed by additional director general, international cooperation,
The Kyrgyz India Mountain Biomedical Research Centre (KIMBMRC) was inaugurated by defence minister AK Antony and Maria Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyz Republic, on 5th of July 2011. This Centre was established by Defence Research
Government of India will be investing around $1billion on the internal security modernising programmes, S Suresh Kumar, joint secretary, police modernisation, MEA, said this while delivering a special address during the inaugural
An expedition by the Jat Regiment to Mt Trishul-I (7120 m) in May-Jun 2011, was the third consecutive expedition of the regiment since 2009. The team was led by Major RS Jamwal, an experienced climber. Following rigorous
Recently, Lt Gen Kunwar Karni Singh took over as the Commandant of the prestigious Army Research & Referral Hospital, Delhi Cantonment in July 2011. An alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and with a Doctorate in