Soldier Colonies

The Army has stopped paying wages and allowances to a U.S. soldier sentenced last month to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony and may prosecute him if he returns to the United States, U.S. officials said.

A US soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, a Reuters witness reported from the courtroom.

A U.S. museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial soldiers 150 years ago, marking the first major return of stolen artefacts to the West African nation.

Why did Indira Gandhi choose to erect a memorial to soldiers who had given their lives for the Bangladesh War right under the archway of that monument to the colonial army, India Gate? And why has PM Modi chosen to extinguish its fire and merge it in

The Amar Jawan Jyoti, the eternal flame for soldiers at India Gate, will be put out and "merged" with the flame at the new National War Memorial inaugurated in 2019. The government says the flame is a colonial relic.

Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the British East india Company, was hanged on 8th April for revolting against the colonial rulers. On his death anniversary today, Mangal Pandey is being remembered for his great courage and sacrifice

Calls to boycott China-made goods have erupted across India after 20 soldiers died in a violent face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan valley late Monday night

China on Saturday deployed its troops in Hong Kong for the first time since the unprecedented pro-democracy protests began in the former British colony more than five months ago over a proposed extradition law, with soldiers in plain clothes clearing the roadblocks.

There was high drama at Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's election rally at Kevadia Colony in the Vadodara district on Friday. A 26-year-old woman, daughter of a soldier who died in the line of duty, broke the security cordon and made a dash towards the dais where the chief minister was speaking, only to be stopped mid-way and dragged away by p...

Established in 1860 in the heights of the Western Himalayas to cater to demand from British soldiers during the colonial era, the brewery is the largest legal seller of booze in the country. On paper it sells to the less than 5 percent of the minority non-Muslim population. However, many Pakistanis also privately also enjoy an alcoholic tipple and ...

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was detained hours after his release on court orders even as Jammu and Kashmir government allowed the separatist Hurriyat Conference to hold a seminar for opposing construction of Sainik colony for Kashmiri Pandits and soldiers in the Valley.

As Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Thursday to protest against colonies for retired soldiers and exclusive settlements for Pandit migrants, the state government, which had started the process of acquiring land for the colonies is now asking for suggestions from separatist groups and the opposition.

There was a shutdown in the Kashmir valley on Thursday in response to a call by separatist groups to protest against the establishment of colonies for retired soldiers and migrant Kashmiri Pandits.

The Army has stopped paying wages and allowances to a U.S. soldier sentenced last month to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony and may prosecute him if he returns to the United States, U.S. officials said.

A US soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, a Reuters witness reported from the courtroom.

A U.S. museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial soldiers 150 years ago, marking the first major return of stolen artefacts to the West African nation.

Why did Indira Gandhi choose to erect a memorial to soldiers who had given their lives for the Bangladesh War right under the archway of that monument to the colonial army, India Gate? And why has PM Modi chosen to extinguish its fire and merge it in

The Amar Jawan Jyoti, the eternal flame for soldiers at India Gate, will be put out and "merged" with the flame at the new National War Memorial inaugurated in 2019. The government says the flame is a colonial relic.

Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the British East india Company, was hanged on 8th April for revolting against the colonial rulers. On his death anniversary today, Mangal Pandey is being remembered for his great courage and sacrifice

Calls to boycott China-made goods have erupted across India after 20 soldiers died in a violent face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan valley late Monday night

China on Saturday deployed its troops in Hong Kong for the first time since the unprecedented pro-democracy protests began in the former British colony more than five months ago over a proposed extradition law, with soldiers in plain clothes clearing the roadblocks.

There was high drama at Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's election rally at Kevadia Colony in the Vadodara district on Friday. A 26-year-old woman, daughter of a soldier who died in the line of duty, broke the security cordon and made a dash towards the dais where the chief minister was speaking, only to be stopped mid-way and dragged away by p...

Established in 1860 in the heights of the Western Himalayas to cater to demand from British soldiers during the colonial era, the brewery is the largest legal seller of booze in the country. On paper it sells to the less than 5 percent of the minority non-Muslim population. However, many Pakistanis also privately also enjoy an alcoholic tipple and ...

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was detained hours after his release on court orders even as Jammu and Kashmir government allowed the separatist Hurriyat Conference to hold a seminar for opposing construction of Sainik colony for Kashmiri Pandits and soldiers in the Valley.

As Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Thursday to protest against colonies for retired soldiers and exclusive settlements for Pandit migrants, the state government, which had started the process of acquiring land for the colonies is now asking for suggestions from separatist groups and the opposition.

There was a shutdown in the Kashmir valley on Thursday in response to a call by separatist groups to protest against the establishment of colonies for retired soldiers and migrant Kashmiri Pandits.