Para Commandos

In view of the infiltration of highly trained Pakistani terrorists in the Jammu region, the Indian Army is readjusting its deployments in the area as per intelligence inputs and security requirements.

Anantnag encounter: The encounter has entered its sixth day, with thousands of troops including para commandos locked in an endless gunfight with terrorists.

The encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag has stretched to the fifth day, with thousands of troops including para commandos locked in an endless gunfight deep inside the dense forests of Gadol.

Major Dr Payal Chhabra, a surgeon serving at the Army hospital in Ladakh, has become the first woman surgeon to join the elite Para Special Forces of the Indian Army.

The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Nagaland government over reports of killing of civilians during an alleged "botched up operation" by the Army Para Commandos to target terrorists, officials said.

In a major step, the special forces of the Army, Navy and Air Force have been deployed in Kashmir valley to carry out combined counter-terrorist operations. The three special forces, namely the Army's Para (Special Forces), Navy's Marine Commandos (MARCOS) and Indian Air Force's Garuds are being deployed in Kashmir valley under the Defence Ministry...

The government is planning to set up a "surgical strike" force comprising the best soldiers drawn from the three branches of the military, a senior government official told NDTV. This special unit will conduct surprise precision strikes deep inside enemy territory, inflicting maximum damage in the shortest possible time and leave the battle area sw...

A special team of the Indian Navy's deep-sea divers have been called in from Visakhapatnam to Sivasagar district in Upper Assam after the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Indian Army had been roped in to help in the ongoing operation to rescue a family of five that went missing after their Ma...

The commandos who went across the Line of Control for surgical strikes, fanned across 250 km of mountainous and forested territory to target seven terrorist "launch pads" or staging areas. They went up to two kilometres deep in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and the strikes they launched were simultaneous.

Three terrorists holed up in a massive government campus in Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, have been killed after a 48-hour-long gun battle, in which three Army para commandos, including two Captains, and three others died.

A Colonel of the Army's elite Para Commando force was killed on Tuesday in a fierce gun battle with terrorists that had been on for a week in the Manigah forest area of border district of Kupwara in north Kashmir.

Two children were allegedly killed in cross-fire between security forces from the Indian Army's para commandos and Assam Rifles and militants of the NSCN (K).

Seven suspected militants belonging to the NSCN-K were killed by the Army in an encounter in Nagaland along the India-Myanmar border on Wednesday. Two civilians were also killed in the gunbattle.

Some 200 gun-toting commandos and 1000-odd personnel of central para military forces will be deployed in the national capital for ensuring a smooth conduct of Hockey World Cup, being held in India after 18 years.

Some 200 gun-toting commandos and 1000-odd personnel of central para military forces will be deployed in the national capital for ensuring a smooth conduct of H

In view of the infiltration of highly trained Pakistani terrorists in the Jammu region, the Indian Army is readjusting its deployments in the area as per intelligence inputs and security requirements.

Anantnag encounter: The encounter has entered its sixth day, with thousands of troops including para commandos locked in an endless gunfight with terrorists.

The encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag has stretched to the fifth day, with thousands of troops including para commandos locked in an endless gunfight deep inside the dense forests of Gadol.

Major Dr Payal Chhabra, a surgeon serving at the Army hospital in Ladakh, has become the first woman surgeon to join the elite Para Special Forces of the Indian Army.

The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Nagaland government over reports of killing of civilians during an alleged "botched up operation" by the Army Para Commandos to target terrorists, officials said.

In a major step, the special forces of the Army, Navy and Air Force have been deployed in Kashmir valley to carry out combined counter-terrorist operations. The three special forces, namely the Army's Para (Special Forces), Navy's Marine Commandos (MARCOS) and Indian Air Force's Garuds are being deployed in Kashmir valley under the Defence Ministry...

The government is planning to set up a "surgical strike" force comprising the best soldiers drawn from the three branches of the military, a senior government official told NDTV. This special unit will conduct surprise precision strikes deep inside enemy territory, inflicting maximum damage in the shortest possible time and leave the battle area sw...

A special team of the Indian Navy's deep-sea divers have been called in from Visakhapatnam to Sivasagar district in Upper Assam after the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Indian Army had been roped in to help in the ongoing operation to rescue a family of five that went missing after their Ma...

The commandos who went across the Line of Control for surgical strikes, fanned across 250 km of mountainous and forested territory to target seven terrorist "launch pads" or staging areas. They went up to two kilometres deep in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and the strikes they launched were simultaneous.

Three terrorists holed up in a massive government campus in Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, have been killed after a 48-hour-long gun battle, in which three Army para commandos, including two Captains, and three others died.

A Colonel of the Army's elite Para Commando force was killed on Tuesday in a fierce gun battle with terrorists that had been on for a week in the Manigah forest area of border district of Kupwara in north Kashmir.

Two children were allegedly killed in cross-fire between security forces from the Indian Army's para commandos and Assam Rifles and militants of the NSCN (K).

Seven suspected militants belonging to the NSCN-K were killed by the Army in an encounter in Nagaland along the India-Myanmar border on Wednesday. Two civilians were also killed in the gunbattle.

Some 200 gun-toting commandos and 1000-odd personnel of central para military forces will be deployed in the national capital for ensuring a smooth conduct of Hockey World Cup, being held in India after 18 years.

Some 200 gun-toting commandos and 1000-odd personnel of central para military forces will be deployed in the national capital for ensuring a smooth conduct of H