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Army's Dagger Division Scales 7,077-Metre High Mount Kun In Record Time
A team of mountaineers from the army's Dagger Division has achieved a historic feat by climbing the 7,077-metre high Mount Kun in record seven days to mark Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations.
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War Hero Crucial To Pakistan's Surrender In 1971 Dies At 97
Maj Gen (retd) Lachhman Singh Lehl, who commanded the 20 Mountain Division of the Army that exhibited massive courage and valour during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, has died aged 97, officials said on Saturday.
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Blog: How My Family Coped With My Father's Assassination Attempt And More
When my father was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, there was an attempt on his life while he was addressing the gathering at the Republic Day Parade in Jammu. Three bombs were detonated but none could get him, though there were others who lost their lives that day.
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After Nepal Tragedy, Trekkers Safety in Hands of Living-Room Weatherman
Armed with a four-year-old laptop and an unreliable Internet connection, a retired weather forecaster working from his living room is the best local source of climate data for trekkers in Nepal months after a storm killed 32 in the Annapurna massif.
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The Kargil victors: 8 Mountain division, 'Forever in Operations'
Fifty years ago, the Indian Army raised a new formation, primarily to combat insurgency in the north-east. Today, not only it has accomplished its missions in the north-east along with Jammu and Kashmir, but more importantly, won the Kargil conflict for India in 1999.
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North-East preps aren't against China: A K Antony
Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday said the Army was raising two new mountain divisions in the North-East, along the borders with China, but dismissed suggestions that the move was against the neighbour.
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Army's Dagger Division Scales 7,077-Metre High Mount Kun In Record Time
A team of mountaineers from the army's Dagger Division has achieved a historic feat by climbing the 7,077-metre high Mount Kun in record seven days to mark Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations.
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War Hero Crucial To Pakistan's Surrender In 1971 Dies At 97
Maj Gen (retd) Lachhman Singh Lehl, who commanded the 20 Mountain Division of the Army that exhibited massive courage and valour during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, has died aged 97, officials said on Saturday.
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Blog: How My Family Coped With My Father's Assassination Attempt And More
When my father was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, there was an attempt on his life while he was addressing the gathering at the Republic Day Parade in Jammu. Three bombs were detonated but none could get him, though there were others who lost their lives that day.
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After Nepal Tragedy, Trekkers Safety in Hands of Living-Room Weatherman
Armed with a four-year-old laptop and an unreliable Internet connection, a retired weather forecaster working from his living room is the best local source of climate data for trekkers in Nepal months after a storm killed 32 in the Annapurna massif.
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The Kargil victors: 8 Mountain division, 'Forever in Operations'
Fifty years ago, the Indian Army raised a new formation, primarily to combat insurgency in the north-east. Today, not only it has accomplished its missions in the north-east along with Jammu and Kashmir, but more importantly, won the Kargil conflict for India in 1999.
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North-East preps aren't against China: A K Antony
Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday said the Army was raising two new mountain divisions in the North-East, along the borders with China, but dismissed suggestions that the move was against the neighbour.
