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TopicKashmir encounter

Topic: Kashmir encounter

A son’s salute, a father’s tribute – 3 officers killed in Anantnag encounter laid to rest

The men, among whom was the operation’s commanding officer, came under fire from terrorists Wednesday while trying to bust their hideout.

2 Army officers, J&K cop killed in gunfight with terrorists in Anantnag

The colonel was commanding the 19th Rashtriya Rifles unit, along with the major, Army officials said.

Youth killed in Kulgam encounter ‘worked with LeT’, cops say, family claims ‘he played cricket’

Police say 19-yr-old Zakir Bashir was 'actively working' for LeT and 'harboured militants'. His family alleges he was dragged out of his home and beaten to death by security personnel.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.