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Topic: soldiers

A wave of statue nationalism is sweeping Rajasthan. Dead soldiers are everywhere

450 statues have been unveiled, most of them located in Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Churu. The former two are known as Sainiko ka Zila.

Soldiers’ rights advocate Navdeep Singh now in Commonwealth Secretariat’s military justice panel

Singh, an attorney at the Punjab and Haryana High Court specialises in constitutional & service law and has served as a Major in the Territorial Army.

Agnipath gives Indian military ‘four-year interns’. It’s an assault on Army bonding

In an imaginary letter, an Adjutant General describes why Agnipath scheme is worrisome and was clearly drafted by civilians.

Every soldier is a farmer in uniform. Insulting protesters will hurt those at borders too

Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and UP have sent their children to the Army for generations. But ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ has become just a rhetoric.

PM Modi calls for people to light a diya as ‘salute to soldiers’ on Diwali eve

The Prime Minister posted an audio clip of his latest 'Mann ki Baat' broadcast urging people to celebrate Diwali by honouring the soldiers guarding India's borders.

Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over non-availability of bulletproof vehicles for soldiers

'Is this justice?' asked the Congress leader in a tweet Saturday with a video of a purported conversation between soldiers transported in non-bullet proof vehicles.

Chinese have changed the rules of engagement at LAC. It’s time India did too

Equipping soldiers with riot gear and giving them spiked clubs is a defeatist mindset and India would never allow it on any other border.

Riyaz Naikoo killing doesn’t avenge Handwara. India must stop glorifying soldiers’ deaths

The high rate of casualties of security personnel, especially in the recent past, should be a wake-up call for the Modi government and the security establishment.

Are you looking for someone you lost, Ma’am? They asked my mother at National War Memorial

Even though India has fought a number of wars, there was no unified memorial for its fallen soldiers, apart from India Gate and Amar Jawan Jyoti.

Get 2 for every Indian jawan killed: ‘Fed up’ Punjab CM Amarinder calls for action

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said it was clear the Pakistan Army was calling the shots, and said the country was fed up with the senseless killing of soldiers.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.