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Three vaccine candidates against COVID-19 at various stages of trial in India, says Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort on Saturday reflected the two big crisis the country is facing this year — the novel coronavirus pandemic and the attack on ...

New Delhi, Aug 15  Indian soldiers have given befitting reply to those who challenged the country’s sovereignty “from LoC to LAC”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, in a subtle message to Pakistan and China. In his seventh straight Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort, ...

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he leaves in a car after his speech to the nation during a ceremony to celebrate India's 74th Independence Day, which marks the of the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2020. India's ...

NEW DELHI: Amid border tensions with China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Indian soldiers gave a befitting reply to those who tried to pose a challenge to the country's sovereignty, be it at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) or the Line of Control (LoC). "From ...

India13:28 GMT 05.08.2020Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107981/81/1079818172_0:94:3114:1846_1200x675_80_0_0_2c65e7b44d50f01d2040667e20e94c14.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/india/202008051080072939-rifles--smiles-women-soldiers-deployed-for-first-time-on-combat-duty-in-kashmir-at-loc---photos/New Delhi (Sputnik): The female soldiers belong to the “Rifle Women” unit of India's oldest paramilitary force – the Assam Riffles. They have been deployed in North Kashmir at an altitude of 10,000 feet. With the task of guarding a road alongside the Line ...

A combing operation was going on in the area when the reports last came in. (Representational)Srinagar: The Army on Friday foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Macchil sector, a defence spokesman said.Alert troops noticed suspicious movement 600 metres into the ...

An Army porter and two infiltrators were killed in two separate incidents of firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K on Wednesday.“Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation in the afternoon along the LoC in Uri Sector of Baramulla by firing mortars and other weapons. The Army porter ...

The Pakistan army resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting Indian troops to retaliate effectively, officials said on Tuesday.The ceasefire was violated by Pakistan for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday, officials said, ...

The Indian Army though stuck to the basics of conventional warfare in its training ethos, on the ground it perfected and honed skills in counter-terror / anti-insurgency and a new term was coined “No War No Peace”. (File photo: IE)By Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)BackgroundThe Indian Army has ...

Pakistan on Monday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to protest against the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control. The Foreign Office (FO) said due to "unprovoked firing" in Bagsar Sector, a 20-year-old man sustained serious injuries. A senior Indian diplomat was summoned to ...