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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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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

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.