Security personnel killed, another injured in Kashmir attack
September 8th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Septem Sep 8 (IANS) A special police officer (SPO) was killed and a Territorial Army soldier critically injured in a guerrilla attack in Sopore town of north Kashmir Saturday, ... Read more...
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Infiltration bid foiled in Kashmir; soldier, guerrilla killed
September 5th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) An army soldier and a terrorist were killed in a gun battle in Kashmir's Kupwara district when a group of armed guerrillas attempted to sneak into ... Read more...
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Peeved soldier refuses to end tower-top protest
August 19th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) An army soldier who climbed a 200-feet-high mobile phone signal tower here three days ago had not yet come down even Sunday, despite repeated appeals ... Read more...
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Ex-US soldier kills six in gurdwara, India outraged (Roundup)
August 6th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) In the worst hate crime directed at the Sikh community in the US, a former American soldier shot dead six people in a gurdwara ... Read more...
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Convict turns unruly in court on hearing sentence
July 10th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A convict lifted and banged a chair on the floor in a Delhi court after the judge sentenced him to eight years' jail in a ... Read more...
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President flags-in Indian Army’s Everest team
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday flagged in a mixed Indian Army team that scaled Mount Everest, creating history by putting 17 climbers on the world's ... Read more...
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Ex-soldier scripts kidnap of son for ransom
July 2nd, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Police are looking for a dismissed Indian Army soldier for scripting the kidnap of his son in Bulandshahr district.Bulandshahr is about 400 km from ... Read more...
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Guerrilla killed, soldier wounded in Kashmir gunfight (Lead)
June 30th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 30 (IANS) One separatist guerrilla was killed and an army soldier wounded in a gunfight in north Kashmir's Kupwara district Saturday, an official said.A defence spokesman told IANS: ... Read more...
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Indian soldier killed in Pakistani firing
June 14th, 2012 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 14 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier was killed and three injured in firing by Pakistani troops on positions along the Line of Control (LoC) Wednesday afternoon in Poonch ... Read more...
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Soldier, another arrested for ‘magic mirror’ fraud
April 24th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 23 (IANS) Two men, including an army soldier, were arrested in Rajasthan Monday for duping a property dealer of Rs.60 million on the pretext of selling him a ... Read more...
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6 killed, 10 wounded in Iraq attacks
April 16th, 2012 - 3:53 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 16 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 10 wounded in separate attacks carried out in different places of Iraq Sunday, said police.In Iraq's northern city of ... Read more...
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Rogue Afghan soldier kills two British troops in southern Afghanistan
March 26th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by BNO News
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (BNO NEWS) -- An Afghan soldier opened fire at the entrance to a coalition base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing two British service members before he was shot ... Read more...
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U.S. soldier detained after opening fire at Afghan civilians
March 11th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by BNO News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (BNO NEWS) -- A U.S. service member was arrested on early Sunday morning after going on a shooting spree in southern Afghanistan, killing as many as seventeen civilians and injuring ... Read more...
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Two women killed in Poonch firing
March 7th, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 7 (IANS) Two women were killed and two people were injured in firing by an army soldier in Poonch town of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday morning, police said.According ... Read more...
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Indian Army soldier sets power hang gliding record
February 17th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier Friday entered the Limca Book of Records by flying 350-km non-stop in a powered hang glider from Bikaner to Sanderav in ... Read more...
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Man in Afghan army uniform kills NATO soldier
February 1st, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 1 (IANS) A man in Afghan army uniform shot dead a NATO soldier in restive southern Afghanistan, authorities said Wednesday."An individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform ... Read more...
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NATO soldier killed in Afghan attack
January 22nd, 2012 - 7:44 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 22 (IANS) A NATO soldier was killed Saturday in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.However, the statement did not reveal the ... Read more...
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Cop killed in Kashmir gunfight
September 26th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 26 (IANS) A policemen was killed and another policeman and a soldier injured in a gunfight with separatist guerrillas in north Kashmir's Kupwara district Monday, police said. The ... Read more...
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Soldier torches to death wife, children
August 11th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) An army soldier was Thursday arrested for allegedly killing his wife, six-year-old son and four-month-old daughter by setting them ablaze at their home in a village ... Read more...
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Antony seeks report on Kashmir fake shootout killing
August 9th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony has sought a probe into the alleged killing of a civilian in a staged shootout in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district ... Read more...
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More skeletons tumble out of Nepal’s casino industry
August 1st, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 1 (IANS) After intrigues, double-cross and illegal activities made Nepal's multi-billion rupee casino industry, the oldest in South Asia, a disreputable sector facing dissolution, a new skeleton has ... Read more...
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Militants kill 11 in Afghanistan
June 6th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 6 (IANS) At least 11 people, including an army soldier, were killed by insurgents in Logar province, 60 km south of Kabul, Xinhua quoted a spokesman of ... Read more...
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Indian soldier held with drugs
May 17th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bathinda (Punjab), May 17 (IANS) Two men, including an Indian Army soldier, have been arrested from the cantonment area here for possessing one kg of heroin, police said Tuesday.Lance Naik ... Read more...
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Once taboo, tattoos now the new fashion statement
May 7th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 7 (IANS) When Lokesh Varma, the son of an affluent army family in New Delhi, announced he wanted to forswear his MBA degree and his job with ... Read more...
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Soldier kills colleague in Kashmir
March 25th, 2011 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 25 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier shot dead his colleague in a fit of rage in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Friday.After an altercation, Sepoy ... Read more...
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Wikileaks suspects’ well-being a factor in his treatment in jail: Obama
March 14th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 14 (ANI): Amid concerns that the American Army soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified military reports to 'Wikileaks' is being mistreated in jail, US President Barack Obama has ... Read more...
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Crowley resigns over ‘Wikileaks suspect being mistreated in jail’ remarks
March 14th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 14 (ANI): US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has resigned over his comments that Pentagon's mistreatment towards the American Army soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified military reports to ... Read more...
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Army gunner challenges dismissal for marrying twice
February 6th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 6 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier, who was fired from service for marrying twice, has moved the Armed Forces Tribunal against the termination saying that Muslim law permitted him to ... Read more...
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Suspected Pakistani agent arrested in Pune
February 2nd, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 2 (IANS) A 24-year-old Indian man suspected to be spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested from the city's Bund Garden area, police said Wednesday. He was also assisted ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir to probe civilian killings
January 18th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 18 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined to go by its own probe in last year's civilian killings in the Machil sector of the Line of Control (LoC) ... Read more...
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Pakistani troops violate ceasefire, Indian soldier injured
January 13th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 13 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier has been injured in another ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops who opened fire in Shahpur area along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu ... Read more...
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Army personnel worship martyr soldier in Sikkim
December 29th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by ANI
By Tashi PradhanNathula (Sikkim), Dec.29 (ANI): Indian Army personnel worshipped the shrine of martyr soldier Harbhajan Singh at a temple at Nathula in Sikkim.Harbhajan Singh was an Indian army soldier who ... Read more...
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Taliban Post New Videos, Shows Captured US Soldier Bowe Bergdahl
December 9th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) United States' army soldier Bowe Bergdahl is alive and a new Taliban video shows that the US soldier is still held in captivity, media reports. Bowe ... Read more...
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Pakistan Army attempts to strike ethnic balance
December 1st, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 1 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has changed its recruitment pattern and is now attempting to strike an ethnic balance by encouraging an intake of ethnic minorities, a media report said ... Read more...
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Handless Kargil war soldier threatens suicide over Pak Army, govt’s apathy
November 13th, 2010 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 13 (ANI): A Pakistani Army soldier, who participated in the Kargil War against India and lost his hands, is planning to commit suicide along with his wife and children due ... Read more...
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