Martyred

The wedding of Joyti, a sister of martyred CRPF soldier Shailendra Pratap Singh, became special when CRPF jawans came to perform all the rituals on behalf of her late brother in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli. The jawans reportedly presented gifts and carried the veil above her. ''My son is no longer in this world but now we've so many sons in the form of CRPF soldiers,'' said Singh's father.  

Taking responsibility of ill recognition of Indian Army martyrs of World War-I, the United Kingdom has apologised for its misdeeds. The report by Common Wealth Graves Commission named 45,000-54,000 martyrs including Indian, East African, West African, Egyptian and Somali officials who were not given their due recognition. Besides, UK's Secretary Ben Wallace's formal apology, CWGC's director general Claire Horton expressed discontentment… read-more

Pakistani troops on November 21 violated ceasefire yet again in various sectors along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. To this, the Indian Army gave a befitting reply. However, the ceasefire violation has left one constable dead and three others injured who were admitted to a military hospital for treatment. The constable was positioned at a frontier post in Lam area of Rajouri district.

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and three suffered injuries after terrorists opened fire in the afternoon of October 5, in Pulwama district. Reportedly, the CRPF soldiers along with policemen were in a road opening party (ROP) duty at the Kandijhal Bridge. The CRPF officials have mentioned, "The area was immediately cordoned off and a search operation was launched to nab the terrorists."