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Representative image (Picture credit: AP) A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Sunday, successfully crossing the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), South Korea’s military said. The soldier, who expressed a desire to resettle in the South, was taken into custody by South Korean forces and will undergo investigation, officials said.The Joint Chiefs of…
Preity Zinta has given fans a sweet peek into her friendship with Bobby and Tanya Deol, sharing how she once played the “third wheel” during their honeymoon on the Soldier shoot.On Twitter, Preity wrote, “Some friendships just get better with time ❤️❤️ From the first time Tanya & Bobby met (yes, it was at a…
Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta were loved together in ‘Soldier’. The songs of the film still remain so popular and Bobby, Preity made quite a cute on-screen pair. Which is why, their rare, sudden re-union at Manish Malhotra’s Diwali party won the internet. Just as Preity and Bobby met each other, they shared the most…
Israel on Wednesday intercepted another nine-boat flotilla with scores of activists attempting to provide aid to Gaza amid naval blockade.This comes just two days after Israel deported 171 activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg were arrested last week while participating in a similar aid attempt.Cameras on the vessels, one large passenger ship and eight…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday met at the White House with released hostage Edan Alexander and his family, as well as the family of slain IDF member Omer Neutra, amid ongoing negotiations in Egypt over his plan to end the war in Gaza.Alexander, who was held by Hamas for 584 days, and Neutra’s family…
CHANDIGARH: Nearly 57-year after a soldier was invalidated out of military on medical grounds, the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has ruled that the widow of soldier, Lance Naik Umrawat Singh is entitled to arrears of invalid pension from 1968 and family pension from 2011.The government has been directed to release the benefits within three months.Division…
NEW DELHI: A soldier died from a bullet fired from his service rifle outside a military hospital in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Police have started inquest proceedings to ascertain whether the soldier died of accidental firing or committed suicide, they said. The soldier-driver was waiting in a parked medicine…
Mortal remains of Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand, who died during an operation at Kanji in Udhampur on the night of Sept. 19-20, during the wreath-laying ceremony (PTI photo) JAMMU: Indian Army and J&K police Sunday paid floral tributes to a Lance Dafadar who laid down his life fighting terrorists in a remote forest area between…
Army personnel in their armoured vehicles on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway, in Udhampur (ANI photo) JAMMU: A soldier wounded in a gunfight with terrorists in J&K’s Udhampur district died Saturday, pushing this year’s security death toll in counterterrorism operations in the region to 20 — 14 in Jammu and six in Kashmir.Officials said Lance…
NEW DELHI: A soldier critically injured in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Udhampur district late Friday evening succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. He got injured after Army and police launched a massive joint search operation in the higher reaches of the region on Saturday, officials said.The clash erupted when terrorists opened…
