Floods in Punjab force BSF to vacate 60 outposts near the Indo-Pak border; personnel take shelter at Dera Baba Nanak gurdwara as villages remain submerged.
During the 1971 war, India blew up the Hussainiwala Bridge, which connects 15 villages near the Ferozepur border to the rest of Punjab across the Sutlej River.
Shelling has impacted residents in J&K's border villages, with many displaced & living in camps or hiding in bunkers. Their livelihoods have taken a hit too, they find on return home.
Stretch between Ravi river & Shakargarh Bulge, which with broken terrain & dense cover, continues to be exploited by Pakistan-trained terrorists, say those in defence establishment.
General Manoj Pande said Kashmir is witnessing a new trend where local youth are being used by Pakistan's proxy groups to give an indigenous colour to insurgency.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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