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Two years after her husband Major Kaustubh Rane made the supreme sacrifice fighting infiltrators at LOC, she pays this fitting tribute to him. Lieutenant Kanika Rane receiving the stars on her shoulders at OTA, Chennai on November 21 On November 21, two hundred and thirty officer cadets - 181 men and 49 women, passed out from the Officers Training Academy in Chennai. Two years after her husband Major Kaustubh Rane martyred in Kashmir, Kanika Kaustubh Rane paid him a fitting tribute. On Saturday, she was commissioned into the Indian Army after completion of her training at the Indian Army’s Officers Training Academy in Chennai. The 29-year-old Major Rane was martyred during an operation in Kashmir in August 2018 with three other Indian soldiers — rifleman Hameer Singh (28), rifleman Mandeep Singh (26) and Vikramjeet Singh (25). The soldiers had laid down their lives in an attempt to foil an infiltration bid near the Line of Control near Gurez Sector in Bandipora district, about 125 km f...

Jammu and Kashmir Police and security forces on Wednesday gunned down two terrorists, including LeT commander Naseer-u-din Lone, in an encounter in Ganipora Kralgund area of Kashmir's Handwara district. Represent ative  A day after security forces gunned down a top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander in Baramulla, another terrorist of the Pakistan-based outfit has been killed. Jammu and Kashmir Police and security forces on Wednesday gunned down two terrorists, including LeT commander Naseer-u-din Lone, in an encounter in Ganipora Kralgund area of Kashmir's Handwara district. Naseer-u-din Lone was involved in the killing of three CRPF jawans at Sopore on April 18 and three CRPF jawans at Handwara on May 4, earlier this year, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said. Wednesday's encounter had broken out at around 9.30 pm. A joint team of J&K Police and security forces gunned down two terrorists by 10.15 pm, one of whom was later identified as LeT commander Naseer-u-din Lone. "LeT comman...

The man in Indian Air Force uniform is Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather, with India's Ambassador to France jawed Ashraf, and Chairman of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier The first batch of the much-awaited five Rafale fighter jets that took off from France on July 27, 2020. In the moment of euphoria over the arrival of one of world's best fighter jets, Indian social media users were quick to point out the important role played by Hilal Ahmad Rather in the quick delivery of Rafale. Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather is presently India’s Air Attaché to France. Hilal hails from South Kashmir's Anantnag district. He became India's first pilot to see off the batch of Rafale jets from France to India on July 27. Reports suggest that he played a crucial part in early delivery of the Rafales, and was previously associated with the weaponisation of the Rafale jets according to the Indian requirements. Hilal was commissioned in Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot on December 17, 19...

Pakistani fighter jet(File photo) Photo Credit:ANI India is keeping a close eye on the ongoing Pakistan Air Force war games code-named 'High Mark' involving its fighter and other aircraft fleets. The wargames are being held over Pakistan air space and a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) had been issued by the Pakistan Air Force to inform about its aerial drills, government sources told ANI. A close watch is being kept on their activities by the Indian Air Force as the Pakistani jets have been carrying out different manoeuvres including night-time flying by its combat aircraft including Chinese JF-17, F-16s, and Mirage-3s, sources said. The Pakistani aircraft also have been practising drills like defending against night-time raids like the Balakot aerial strikes by the Indian Air Force in February last year, they said. The Pakistani jets also flew extensively over Karachi city last night in practice missions. Last month also, Pakistan had started flying night time sorties anticipating a ...

Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon (@ChinarcorpsIA/Twitter) Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon, who was the commander of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps till recently, has been appointed as the director general of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), and Deputy Chief of Integrated Staff (Intelligence) under the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat in the Ministry of Defence’s Department of Military Affairs. The DIA, which was created in 2002, is responsible for providing and coordinating military intelligence for the Indian Armed forces. The agency was created after the recommendation from a Group of Ministers which looked into lapses leading to the Kargil intrusion in 1999. The DIA also forms part of the Multi Agency Centre, an umbrella of organisations which looks into infiltration of terrorists from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. After serving at strategic XV Corps of Army last year, Lt Gen KJS Dhillon will take over the post of Director General Defence Intelligence Agenc...