IAF blamed for security breach at Srinagar airport

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/15/2013 3:30:34 AM

'Saleem Pandit. The J&K police on Monday blamed the Indian Air Force personnel for the breach of security that led to two youths driving up to the tarmac of the highly protected airport here. The duo had taken their vehicle to the runway in the technical area, declared out of bounds even for VVIPs except […]'

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Army chopper crashes in Siachen

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/14/2013 11:46:51 AM

'An army chopper crashed on Monday morning in the Siachen glacier, with both the pilots sustaining minor injuries before being evacuated to Chandigarh for treatment. The indigenously-built advanced light helicopter (ALH), Dhruv, crashed in the northern glacier at a height of around 20,000 feet around 8am, Srinagar-based defence public relations officer Naresh Vig said. The […]'

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Armyman held for sexual harassment

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/14/2013 11:46:28 AM

'An Army man has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman in her early twenties at Sector 43 on Monday morning. According to the police, the victim, from Nawashahar, Punjab, filed a police complaint saying that she was sexually harassed by the accused while waiting for the bus at ISBT, Sector 43. “The accused […]'

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Youths join Army on false claims

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/11/2013 11:48:21 AM

'Camp Police on Thursday arrested 22 youths, aged between 21 and 24, for having adopted fraudulent means to join the Army. The youth, it is alleged, provided false documents claiming to be relatives, kith and kin of Army personnel – serving and retired – and joined the Army during a recruitment rally conducted in 2009 […]'

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Two army jawans get 10-yr jail for gang-rape

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/8/2013 4:51:32 AM

'The court of additional sessions judge VK Shewale on Monday convicted two army jawans for gang-raping a 19-year-old girl on a military plot in Pimple Saudagar in April 2010. The jawans were sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs40,000. The court relied on the DNA evidence that nailed the accused. This case is [...]'

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Army Intelligence contact cries foul against discrimination

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/6/2013 4:49:51 AM

'Anil Dogra. Vasdev Sharma has been running from pillar to post to seek justice for self and his family for the last over 39 years sine he was released from a Pakistan jail after languishing for more than 8 years in different jails in that country for spying activities. Lambasting at the Central and State [...]'

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Army officer graft case: CBI may conduct more raids

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/5/2013 8:19:36 AM

'A day after the CBI conducted raids on the premises of a senior Army officer of Northern Command in Udhampur, Pathankot, Delhi and Gurgaon, the premier investigation agency today said a similar exercise may be conducted again to get to the bottom of a graft case involving supply of rations. The CBI had yesterday raided [...]'

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Indian Army takes a step back in Ladakh

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/4/2013 11:20:15 AM

'Rahul Singh. The army has stopped patrolling the eastern Ladakh areas beyond the site where Chinese troops have taken up positions — 19km into Indian territory — to avoid escalating the stand-off. Prior to the Chinese incursion of April 15 soldiers would carry out weekly surveillance on foot, according to army sources. It is not [...]'

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Senior army officer’s premises raided for corruption

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 5/4/2013 11:17:06 AM

'CBI officials on Friday raided the premises of a senior Army officer after registering a case of corruption against him on the charge of bribery and amassing assets disproportionate to known sources of his income. “CBI raids at several places of Major General V K Sharma in Udhampur, Pathankote, Delhi and Gurgaon and seized some [...]'

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Army jawan commits suicide in Samba

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/17/2013 3:30:11 AM

'An Army jawan allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. The body of Naik Bhagwan Singh, a jawan of 23 Grenadiers, was found hanging from a tree near his official quarters at Bari Brahmana area of the district last evening, SHO [...]'

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Army man held for law student’s ‘rape’

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/16/2013 1:42:39 PM

'Three days after a woman law student alleged rape, police arrested an Army person, Manish Saini, for the offence on Sunday. Saini’s name and cellphone number were mentioned in the FIR, which the victim filed on April 11. Details of the cellphone number led the district police to Saini’s posting station in the cantonment area [...]'

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Indian Navy officer sacked for lewd SMSes to women

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/16/2013 1:36:06 PM

'In another low for the armed forces, a Commander of the Indian Navy was on Monday dismissed from service after he was found guilty of sending lewd text messages to several women. This is the second such dismissal of a Naval officer in the past one week. Defence Minister A K Antony had last week [...]'

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Dismissed Wing Commander says Air Chief’s orders illegal

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/13/2013 6:51:03 AM

'Vijay Mohan. Dismissed from the Air Force by a general court martial (GCM) for allegedly demanding and accepting illegal gratification, a wing commander has challenged the proceedings against him on the grounds that certain orders passed by the Air Chief in his case were legally unsustainable. In his petition that came up for hearing before [...]'

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Rape case probe leads to Pathankot Army man

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/13/2013 6:47:24 AM

'Investigation into the case of “rape” involving an undergraduate female law student took a curious turn as the cell number of the accused, Manish Saini, was found to be registered in the name of an Army person posted in the cantonment area of Pathankot. He is currently on vacation. A team of the Mohali police [...]'

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Ayurvedic treatment in defence forces just for select few

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/8/2013 3:30:05 AM

'J Gopikrishnan. The armed forces misled the Delhi High Court last year by claiming on affidavit that Ayurvedic treatment was not approved within the services. The affidavit, filed by the Director-General of Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) came on a PIL seeking the court’s directive for reimbursement of treatment expenses of a NSG commando PV [...]'

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Armymen ‘steal’ wooden logs on gun point

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/7/2013 8:55:46 AM

'Neyaz Elahi. Police has registered a case against the Army personnel for allegedly stealing wooden logs from Yanner village of Pahalgam. Police has seized the vehicle and arrested its driver. According to reports Army personnel pertaining to 3 RR allegedly stole 200 wooden logs during the intervening night of 3rd and 4th April from the [...]'

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Now a retd soldier held in drug smuggling

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/6/2013 3:30:25 AM

'Five members of an international drug mafia, including a former Assam Rifles officer, have been arrested for smuggling pseudoephedrine tablets to Northeastern states and Myanmar, police said on Thursday.Lianza Daula, Zel Khan Mong, Dongh Lian Kham, C Zoram Thanga and Vikas Bathla were held with 140 kg of loose pseudoephedrine tablets and 50 kgs of [...]'

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Fake encounters by security forces, panel submits report on Manipur

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/5/2013 3:30:44 AM

'A Supreme Court-appointed committee probing six cases of alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur informed the court on Thursday that these were not genuine encounters and the victims, including a 12-year-old boy, did not have any criminal records. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai perused the committee’s report which said none of [...]'

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Militants gouge out both eyes of Army jawan in Jammu and Kashmir

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/4/2013 12:30:18 PM

'An Army jawan, with both of his eyes gouged out, was found unconscious in a nullah near Chowki Choran on the Jammu-Poonch highway near Akhnoor this morning. Identified as Rakesh Dutt, son of Kuldeep Raj and a resident of Lam in border Rajouri district, he was posted with 11 Rashtriya Rifles in Kishtwar. Married nearly [...]'

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Bribe charges on Brigadier in another helicopter deal

Author : imnadmin      Blog : Indian Military News      Date : 4/3/2013 4:27:13 PM

'Rajat Pandit. The ongoing VVIP helicopter contract scandal has sent the separate impending procurement of 197 light utility helicopters into a tailspin, with the Army now asking the government to conduct a fresh probe into the role played by a brigadier who allegedly demanded money from AgustaWestland to swing the latter deal as well. Army [...]'

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