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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicIndian military veterans

Topic: Indian military veterans

No pension, support or commission: How Indian govts have betrayed the real heroes of 1971

The unfair treatment meted out to these war veterans never drew public attention because they were men of honour, who chose to fight their own battles.

144 armed forces veterans sign statement on China, highlight need to revamp intelligence

Statement also underlines ‘communication gap’ on India-China stand-off from the govt and the military, urges national policy and strategy on neighbours.

Military literature festivals are best way to counter hyper-nationalism

Most writings on Indian strategic and military affairs are by foreign scholars, which can change with events like Military Literature Festival.

SP Sinha Kashmir rape comment: Is it time for strict code of conduct for military veterans?

During a TV debate on Kashmiri Pandit exodus, retired Major General S.P. Sinha asked for ‘rape in return for rape’ to avenge atrocities.

‘Obnoxious, loose missile’: Veterans slam ex-major general who called for rape in Kashmir

Army officers said the conduct of Army personnel after they retire should not compromise values and ethos of the force.

Lt Gen Ashwani Kumar’s comments on NewsX show ties between Army & veterans at all-time low

Indian Army and veterans are locked in a public battle on the issues of disability pension and proposed code of conduct for retired officers.

400 military veterans question ANI ‘ethics’, say news agency trying to help BJP in polls

The military veterans, in letter to Thomson Reuters, have taken exception to ANI's coverage of petition they filed before President & EC about 'politicisation' of armed forces this election.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.