Former Servicemen

Following industrialist Anand Mahindra's pitch for 'Agnipath' and offer to hire 'Agniveers', several social media users, some of them military veterans, asked if the Mahindra Group has hired former servicemen earlier in key positions.

Weeks after the Taliban's announcement to form a caretaker government, the Taliban-led government's "acting chief of staff", Qari Fasihuddin on Wednesday said that they are working to form a 'regular' army and the plan to form one will be finalised s

Hundreds of protesters from a neighbourhood populated by former Afghan army servicemen marched in Kandahar Tuesday against plans by the Taliban to evict them from their homes.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attacked the Opposition over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) on Monday, saying that previous governments had approved a proposal of just Rs 500 crore for it whereas the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has already transferred Rs 35,000 crore to the account of former army servicemen in the last three ye...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of habitually betraying soldiers and former servicemen by withholding the higher pensions that they are due under a new scheme cleared last year.

The cremation in Haryana of a former soldier who killed himself over an insufficient pension turned into a parade of VVIPs today. Rahul Gandhi attended; so did Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who stood at a distance from him.

The Education Ministry is planning an initiative under which services of former servicemen would be utilised in schools for providing physical training and also creating awareness about sacrifices made by security forces for the nation.

Children of ex servicemen (personnel below officer ranks) who have scored 60 per cent marks and above in the qualifying examination and are doing professional courses would be awarded the Prime Ministers Merit scholarship during the academic year 2015-2016.

Union Minister and former Army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh (retired) today said there were other methods than agitation by retired servicemen to get 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) fulfilled.

Social activist Anna Hazare today joined former servicemen in their protest against the Centre over non-implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) and said the veterans serve the country but don't get their due.

Social activist Anna Hazare today joined former servicemen in their protest against the Centre over non-implementation of One Rank One Pension and said the veterans serve the country but don't get their due. Addressing former servicemen at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, the 78-year-old Gandhian also said the government should not go back on their promise ...

Social activist Anna Hazare will join former servicemen protesting against the Centre over non-implementation of the One Rank One Pension or OROP scheme at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi today.

Tokuro Inokuma, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, got his first taste of the horrors of war in 1945 when he scrambled to gather up the scattered limbs of his fellow servicemen, blown apart by a US air raid in Japan. He was 16.

A set of retired army men in the city is a disgruntled lot. That President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's retirement home is proposed to come up on army land in Khadki has vexed the ex-servicemen, who say army land should be reserved for former defence personnel who do not own homes. "We don't have any grievances against the President, but this is army...

Following industrialist Anand Mahindra's pitch for 'Agnipath' and offer to hire 'Agniveers', several social media users, some of them military veterans, asked if the Mahindra Group has hired former servicemen earlier in key positions.

Weeks after the Taliban's announcement to form a caretaker government, the Taliban-led government's "acting chief of staff", Qari Fasihuddin on Wednesday said that they are working to form a 'regular' army and the plan to form one will be finalised s

Hundreds of protesters from a neighbourhood populated by former Afghan army servicemen marched in Kandahar Tuesday against plans by the Taliban to evict them from their homes.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attacked the Opposition over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) on Monday, saying that previous governments had approved a proposal of just Rs 500 crore for it whereas the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has already transferred Rs 35,000 crore to the account of former army servicemen in the last three ye...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of habitually betraying soldiers and former servicemen by withholding the higher pensions that they are due under a new scheme cleared last year.

The cremation in Haryana of a former soldier who killed himself over an insufficient pension turned into a parade of VVIPs today. Rahul Gandhi attended; so did Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who stood at a distance from him.

The Education Ministry is planning an initiative under which services of former servicemen would be utilised in schools for providing physical training and also creating awareness about sacrifices made by security forces for the nation.

Children of ex servicemen (personnel below officer ranks) who have scored 60 per cent marks and above in the qualifying examination and are doing professional courses would be awarded the Prime Ministers Merit scholarship during the academic year 2015-2016.

Union Minister and former Army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh (retired) today said there were other methods than agitation by retired servicemen to get 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) fulfilled.

Social activist Anna Hazare today joined former servicemen in their protest against the Centre over non-implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) and said the veterans serve the country but don't get their due.

Social activist Anna Hazare today joined former servicemen in their protest against the Centre over non-implementation of One Rank One Pension and said the veterans serve the country but don't get their due. Addressing former servicemen at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, the 78-year-old Gandhian also said the government should not go back on their promise ...

Social activist Anna Hazare will join former servicemen protesting against the Centre over non-implementation of the One Rank One Pension or OROP scheme at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi today.

Tokuro Inokuma, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, got his first taste of the horrors of war in 1945 when he scrambled to gather up the scattered limbs of his fellow servicemen, blown apart by a US air raid in Japan. He was 16.

A set of retired army men in the city is a disgruntled lot. That President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's retirement home is proposed to come up on army land in Khadki has vexed the ex-servicemen, who say army land should be reserved for former defence personnel who do not own homes. "We don't have any grievances against the President, but this is army...