On Army Day the Ministry of Defence launched a portal on battlefields. The portal, released by the defence minister, has details of how to visit various well-known battlefields and war memorials, and where visitors can pay homage to those who laid down their lives.
Powered by a brilliant hat-trick by national team star Tsewang Chuskit, Changla Lamos stormed into the women’s final of the Ice Hockey League Season 2, defeating Sham Eagles 6-3 at the Nawang Dorjay Stobdan (NDS) Stadium, here on Saturday.
In a surprise move, the BJP government on Monday announced the creation of five new districts in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh
On the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at Vijay Smarak, Fort William, Kolkata, to honour the courageous soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives during the Kargil War.
Remembering the valour and supreme sacrifice of the Kargil martyrs on Vijay Diwas, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu paid tributes to them on Vijay Diwas on Friday.
The Kargil war, whose anniversary was held last week with the defence minister and all service chiefs honouring those who sacrificed their lives at the war memorial in Drass, had brought to the fore serious shortcomings in India’s management of defence.
Ex-servicemen and villagers of Battal in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur and adjoining areas of the Sunderbani sector together with the Indian Army celebrated Kargil Vijay Diwas at a local government school.
As the nation observes the solemn occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at Fort William to pay tribute to the brave soldiers who valiantly fought and sacrificed their lives during the Kargil War.
Speaking at the Kargil War Memorial in Drass (Kargil) on the occasion of the 24th Kargil Vijay Diwas, the defence minister said if during the Kargil war we did not cross the LoC, it does not mean that we could not cross it.
The Tri-Services ‘Nari Sashaktikaran Women Motorcycle Rally’ set off from the National War Memorial, Delhi will culminate at the Kargil War Memorial, Dras (Ladakh) covering a total distance of about 1000 km.
