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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicEx-servicemen

Topic: ex-servicemen

How father, son turned study buddies to achieve rare feat—both set to join UP Police as constables

Yashpal & Shekhar Nagar, residents of a village in Hapur district, received appointment letters together at an appointment ceremony in Lucknow Sunday.

New disability pension rules will protect genuine military interests & weed out misuse, says CDS Anil Chauhan

Change in name to Impairment Relief doesn't affect 'true nature of entitlement or quantum of emoluments', says CDS. Concerns of ex-servicemen were addressed by a panel, he adds.

‘Assault on dignity…’ — veterans’ group demands rollback of ‘draconian’ changes to disability pension

All-India Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, in statement addressed to defence ministry, says new entitlement rules 'turn medical science on its head and beat logic to death'.

Riling veterans, defence ministry tweaks disability pension. Cover for ‘lifestyle diseases’ reduced

Ex-servicemen association accuses defence ministry of being regressive, negative, & anti-soldier for coming out with 'impairment relief', which is likely to be taxable.

2,000 ex-Armymen under 50 to be inducted into CISF as govt looks to ‘rehabilitate’ them

Appointments will be done on an experimental basis, in the ratio of 75:25 — 75% CISF personnel and 25% contractual — for different posts at selected units.

J&K govt identifies land for Kashmir’s first Sainik colony to house Valley’s ex-servicemen

Twenty-five acre grazing land has been identified in Budgam and its transfer will take place after completion of all the bureaucratic processes.

New plea against abrogation of Article 370 filed by ex-defence officers and bureaucrats

A group of ex-IAS officers and retired defence personnel sought directions declaring presidential orders of August 5 as "unconstitutional, void & inoperative".

Ex-servicemen, retired teachers to be roped in to teach at universities on voluntary basis

HRD ministry plans to introduce National Tutors Programme that will see retired persons teach students at higher education institutions in vicinity.

After 10-year wait, defence ministry to grant ex-servicemen status to military nurses

Military nurses had been seeking to be treated at par with other military officers, including doctors.

Top defence finance official & husband accused of bending rules to get govt contract

Ex-MP complains to defence ministry and PMO about ‘corruption at the highest level’, alleges official used her influence to get the contract for husband.

On Camera

How India’s disastrous attempt at economic planning choked growth, stagnated private sector

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.