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Leh, Apr 8 (PTI) In a move to benefit the aspiring youth, particularly from border areas, Ladakh Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has directed age relaxation for candidates in the upcoming recruitment of 34 police sub-inspector posts. With this decision, candidates from areas adjoining the Actual Line of Control (ALC) will get an age relaxation of up to seven years (5+2), a Lok Bhavan spokesperson said on Wednesday. According to the Ladakh Police (Subordinate) Service Recruitment Rules, the pres ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 08: In an another landmark decision to fulfill the aspiration of the youth, the Ladakh Union Territory (UT) administration on Wednesday approved age-relaxation for candidates from areas adjoining Actual Line of Control (ALC), for the upcoming recruitment for the posts of Sub-Inspectors in Ladakh Police. The Lieutenant Governor Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena in his official X handle said that with this move the candidates up to the age of 35-years, will be eligible for the recruitment d ...Read More >
Leh, Apr 8: In a significant move aimed at benefitting aspiring youth, particularly those residing in border areas of Ladakh, Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, has directed age relaxation to candidates for the upcoming recruitment of 34 posts of Sub-Inspectors in Ladakh Police. With this decision, the aspiring candidates belonging to areas adjoining the Actual Line of Control (ALC) will get the age relaxation of 5+2 years. As per the Ladakh Police ...Read More >
India's demands for Pakistan were clear. Pakistan had retaliated against India's pre-emptive counterterrorism action. It had responded by attacking military targets. It had captured an Indian pilot and violated the Geneva Conventions. India would expect the pilot not to come to any harm. Pakistan should exercise restraint and responsibility; any provocation along the LoC would not be tolerated. India had activated multiple diplomatic channels to deal with the crisis. Pakistan on its part was tr ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 5 : Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan reviewed the security situation and operational readiness along the Line of Control in north Kashmir, with a focus on strengthening joint operations and future preparedness, officials said on Sunday. During his visit to forward areas, General Chauhan was briefed on the ground situation and the preparedness of the Chinar Corps. He appreciated the formation for maintaining a high level of readiness and professionalism in a challenging operati ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 4: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Saturday conducted a comprehensive review of security and operational preparedness along the Line of Control in North Kashmir, stressing the need for multi-domain war readiness, seamless jointness across services, and technological integration to effectively counter emerging threats and maintain strategic superiority. During the visit CDS reviewed the security landscape and operational posture along LoC in North Kashmir and commend ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 4 (PTI) Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Saturday reviewed the security and operational preparedness along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir. Gen. Chauhan visited the strategically-important areas under the Army's Chinar Corps unit, a defence spokesperson said. During the visit, the CDS reviewed the security landscape and operational posture along the LoC in north Kashmir and commended the formation's exemplary operational preparedness, doctrinal cohe ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 4: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Saturday conducted a comprehensive review of security and operational preparedness along the Line of Control in North Kashmir, stressing the need for multi-domain war readiness, seamless jointness across services, and technological integration to effectively counter emerging threats and maintain strategic superiority. During the visit CDS reviewed the security landscape and operational posture along LoC in North Kashmir and commend ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, an armoured corps officer, will on Wednesday take charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff, replacing Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh who will move from New Delhi to Chandimandir as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command, as part of a reshuffle in the army's top echelons, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday. Seth will be the senior-most officer when army chief General Upendra Dwivedi retires on June 30, making him the ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 2 (ANI): The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, said the Navy was just minutes away from striking Pakistan from the sea during Operation Sindoor, when the neighbouring country requested a halt to kinetic actions. He added that the Navy's actions strengthened national confidence and showcased its capabilities to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a historic overnight embarkation on the Western Seaboard. Operation Sindoor was a military acti ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Lieutenant General Pushpendra Pal Singh, a Special Forces officer and former vice-chief of Army Staff, on Wednesday took charge as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army's Western Command, headquartered at Chandimandir. He succeeds Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar, who retired on Tuesday.The appointment comes at a time of heightened operational focus along India's western front, with the Western Command remaining central to military preparedness along the border wit ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 1 (ANI): Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain assumed command as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, on Wednesday. He succeeds Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, who took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff today. Also Read | CBSE Rolls Out Curriculum on Computational Thinking, AI for Classes 3-8 From 2026-27 Academic Session. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain was commissioned into the MAHAR Regime ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain took charge as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command on Wednesday, succeeding Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth who took over as Vice Chief of the Indian Army. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General Jain was commissioned into the MAHAR Regiment in June 1988. Over a career spanning nearly four decades, he has held a wide range of command and staff appointments, a Defence release said. Jain has commanded an ...Read More >
Pune: Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain, AVSM, SM, has assumed command as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, on 01 April 2026. He succeeds Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, UYSM, and AVSM, who has taken over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff today. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain was commissioned into the MAHAR Regiment in June 1988. Over a distinguished career spanning nearly four decades, he has held a wide range of comma ...Read More >
Recalling Operation Sindoor, he said the command successfully thwarted Pakistan's "nefarious" designs and has since maintained a high state of operational readiness. "We are undertaking large-scale procurement of new equipment, including drones and counter-drone systems and wherever needed, we are also manufacturing these items in-house within our own workshops," he told reporters at the Army's Western Command Headquarters in Chandimandir in Panchkula. He also acknowledged the command's role i ...Read More >
New Delhi: In view of the increasing financial burden on students and parents, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has taken a significant step. The board has directed all affiliated schools not to charge any additional or unauthorised fees while submitting the List of Candidates (LOC) for the second board examination for Class X. The board had received reports that some schools were collecting up to three months' tuition fees during the LOC process. Calling this a violation of rule ...Read More >
Srinagar, Mar 30: A Ganderbal resident, who was under a lookout notice issued by Counter Intelligence Kashmir, has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell near the Bangladesh border, officials said. Shabir Ahmad Lone, said to be linked to terrorist organisation Lashker-e-Toiba, a resident of Kangan in Ganderbal district, had been on the radar of security agencies for his role in orchestrating terrorist recruitment and operating cross-border networks. The CIK had earlier declared him a wa ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], March 30 (ANI): Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, will superannuate from the Indian Army on March 31, bringing to a close an illustrious military career spanning over four decades. Commissioned into the 23rd Battalion of the Rajput Regiment in June 1986, Lt Gen Katiyar has served across diverse and challenging operational environments, including the Siachen Glacier, the Line of Control and the Line of Actu ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], March 30 (ANI): Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, will superannuate from the Indian Army on March 31, bringing to a close an illustrious military career spanning over four decades. Commissioned into the 23rd Battalion of the Rajput Regiment in June 1986, Lt Gen Katiyar has served across diverse and challenging operational environments, including the Siachen Glacier, the Line of Control and the Line of Actu ...Read More >
Jammu, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two Border Security Force (BSF) officers were injured on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba during a raid on a drug hotspot in the district. Officials said two BSF junior-level officers -- an inspector and a sub-inspector -- were injured during the raid in Gujjar Basti village of the Supwal area of the district when locals attacked them. The injured officers have been identified as Inspector Imtiyaz and Sub-Inspector Devender Kumar. Reports added that the two ...Read More >
A political controversy erupted after former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan claimed India was "completely defeated" on the first day of Operation Sindoor. Speaking in Pune, Chavan alleged that during the half-hour aerial engagement on December 7, Indian aircraft were shot down, the Air Force was grounded, and no planes could safely take off from Gwalior, Bathinda, or Sirsa due to threats from Pakistan. He also stated that the operation involved only aeria ...Read More >
Srinagar: In a significant enhancement to its operational capabilities along the northern borders, the Indian Army successfully inducted tanks, artillery guns, and engineering equipment into the Kashmir Valley using a Military Special Train on Wednesday. This operation, conducted as part of a validation exercise, involved the seamless transportation of heavy assets -- including tanks, advanced artillery systems, and dozers -- from the Jammu region to Anantnag in southern Kashmir. The move demon ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The Indian Army showcased a captured Pakistan military drone of Turkish origin brought down by the Indian forces on May 10 during Operation Sindoor. On May 9, in a major escalation along India's western front, the Pakistani army carried out multiple airspace violations and drone intrusions on the night of May 7 and 8, targeting Indian military infrastructure. Also Read | VB-G RAM G Bill 2025: 5 Key Changes in India's Rural Employment Law Replacing MGNREGA. ...Read More >
Alert BSF troops apprehended a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist near the Indo-Pak border in Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir. The operative, identified as Abdul Khalik from Rajouri, was found with an M-5 rifle and magazines. He had illegally migrated to Pakistan in 2021 and was handed over to local police for further investigation. BSF troops detained a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist near the Indo-Pak international border in J&K's Akhnoor district and seized an M-5 rifle and magazines from him, officials ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Against the backdrop of launch pads of several terrorists being active across the Line of Control (LoC), the border guards have deployed advanced surveillance equipment and upped the vigil to foil infiltration attempts from across the border, a senior BSF officer said on Sunday. IG BSF Kashmir Frontier Ashok Yadav told reporters that during Operation Sindoor in May, the BSF and Army destroyed many launch pads and forward locations of Pakistan at the Line of Control (LoC). On May 7, t ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday declared 2025 as one of the most successful years in preventing militant infiltration along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir Valley, with only four intrusion attempts recorded so far -- two before and two after Operation Sindoor in May. Addressing the media on the occasion of the force's 61st Raising Day here, Inspector General (IG) BSF Kashmir Frontier, Ashok Yadav, said all four attempts were comprehensively failed after killing eight in ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 1 (ANI): BSF Inspector General (Kashmir Frontier) Ashok Yadav on Monday during the annual press conference said that security along the Line of Control (LoC) remained tight, with the Border Security Force monitoring all 69 active launching pads across the LoC, where an estimated 100 to 120 terrorists were waiting to infiltrate. He added that the BSF, working with the Army, had neutralised eight terrorists in four infiltration attempts in 2025. Als ...Read More >
BAHAWALPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Oct, 2025) Speakers at a seminar strongly condemned the Indian armed forces for committing atrocities and violence against innocent people in Indian Held Kashmir. According to an official press release, the seminar was organized by the Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), to denounce India's ongoing oppression in the region. The event included a detailed discussion on India's illegal and oppressive occupa ...Read More >
Haryana DGP O.P. Singh on Sunday (October 26, 2025) said the deportation of fugitive gangster Lakhvinder from the United States was a major success of the State's Special Task Force (STF) against organised crime. Lakhvinder alias Lakha, a close aide of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was deported from the U.S. on Saturday (October 25, 2025) in an operation coordinated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), officials said. Canada lists Lawrence Bishnoi gang as terrorist entity Lakhvinder was ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): The US has deported 54 youths from Haryana, India, for allegedly entering the country via the Donkey Route, an illegal pathway. They arrived at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal-3, on Flight OAE-4767, police said on Sunday. According to information received so far, 16 of these young people are from Karnal, 15 from Kaithal, 5 from Ambala, 4 from Yamuna Nagar, 4 from Kurukshetra, 3 from Jind, 2 from Sonipat and 1 each from Panchkula, Panipa ...Read More >
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