South Western Command

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  Hours After Killing Of 4 Soldiers In Punjab, Missing INSAS Rifle Found

  Four soldiers were killed in an incident of firing inside Bathinda military station in Punjab this morning. They belonged to an artillery unit of the army.

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  Air Marshal HS Arora Takes Charge As Vice Chief Of Indian Air Force

  Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora took charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff today. Before taking over as Vice Chief of the IAF, HS Arora was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar.

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  Army Commander Cycles 14 Hours From Delhi To Jaipur To Take Charge

  Supporting the 'Fit India' campaign, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lt Gen Alok Singh Kler cycled from Delhi to Jaipur to take charge of the South Western Command.

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  Army Men 'Drag' Terrorists' Bodies As They Could Have Explosives: Officer

  South Western Command chief Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson said on Saturday that army personnel dragged bodies of terrorists instead of picking them up, as "terrorists.

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  'Battlefield Tourism' The Next Big Thing In Rajasthan? Army Thinks So

  South Western Army commander Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson Thursday said Rajasthan has the potential of developing "battlefield tourism" as the state's history is replete with historic battles which form an integral part of its heritage and culture.

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  Navy Steps Up Rescue, Relief Efforts In Flood-Hit Kerala

  As the massive floods continue to wreak havoc in the state of Kerala, the Western Naval Command on Sunday sailed Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mysore with relief material to provide assistance to the flood-hit state.

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  "Go To Pakistan Border, Won't Give Land In South Mumbai": Nitin Gadkari Tells Navy

  Accusing the Indian Navy of "holding up developmental projects" in India's financial capital, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he would not give them an "inch of land" in the posh south Mumbai area. In presence of senior naval officials, including the Chief of Western Command, at a function in Mumbai, Mr Gadkari said, "We are the gover...

• Army called in to rescue boy trapped in borewell in Rajasthan

  Army was today called in to take over rescue operation of a 9-year-old boy trapped in a 200-feet borewell in Rajasthan's Karauli district for the past two days, even as the police fear that he might have already been dead.

• Army Chief pays farewell visit to South Western command

  Army Chief General VK Singh arrived in Jaipur on Monday to pay a farewell visit at the South Western (SW) command. During the visit, the Army Chief interacted with officers of the military station and impressed upon them to inculcate high standards of professionalism in the interest of the nation.

• Army Chief to visit South Western command today

  Army Chief Gen V K Singh will visit the South-Western command based here today.