Vijay Diwas
(Search results - 39)IndiaJul 26, 2019, 11:43 AM IST
Nation celebrates Kargil Vijay Diwas thanks to MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s efforts after Congress chose to ignore
It took repeated requests from current Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar for the Congress government to start celebrating Kargil Vijay Diwas in 2009
IndiaJul 25, 2019, 11:34 AM IST
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Army veteran shares his battlefield experiences
20 years after the Kargil War, Army men recall the wonderful victory that India tasted in 1999 against Pakistan
IndiaJul 24, 2019, 9:23 AM IST
BSF remembers soldiers' sacrifices, felicitates Kargil martyrs’ families
BSF’s 73rd battalion is celebrating Vijay Diwas by felicitating the family members of martyrs in Amritsar.
IndiaJul 21, 2019, 3:15 PM IST
Vijay Diwas: BSF Jalandhar remembers martyrs, organises bicycle rally
On the occasion of Vijay Diwas, the Jalandhar BSF personnel took part in a bicycle rally to commemorate Kargil War and remember the sacrifices of the soldiers
IndiaJul 20, 2019, 3:00 PM IST
Pakistan troops violate ceasefire ahead of Kargil Vijay Diwas in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch
According to a defence spokesperson, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked mortar and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
IndiaJul 14, 2019, 2:02 PM IST
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Indian Navy personnel participate in 'Health Walk' to set off celebrations
More than 2000 naval personnel and their family members were seen participating in a 'Health Walk' to commence Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations at Eastern Naval Command (ENC)
IndiaJun 14, 2019, 3:37 PM IST
Nation to celebrate 20th anniversary of Kargil Victory: Here's how
According to a press release by the Ministry of Defence, the celebrations in the National Capital will begin on July 14 with the illumination of a 'Victory Flame' from the National War Memorial in New Delhi
IndiaMay 27, 2019, 5:58 PM IST
Remembering squadron leader Ajay Ahuja; Hero of Operation Safed Sagar
Squadron leader Ajay Ahuja hailed from Kota in Rajasthan. He was an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the IAF on June 14, 1985, as a fighter pilot. Over fourteen years in various squadrons of the IAF, he served as an operational pilot on MiG-21 variants and on the MiG-23 fighter bomber
IndiaDec 18, 2018, 1:12 PM IST
IndiaDec 16, 2018, 6:41 PM IST
Vijay Diwas: Karnataka government names road after late Major Akshay Girish Kumar
In honour of the sacrifice of Major Akshay Girish Kumar, BBMP, Karnataka's civic body has named a road in Yelahanka after him, who was killed in terrorist attack at Nagrota in November 2016
IndiaDec 16, 2018, 4:45 PM IST
IndiaDec 16, 2018, 11:52 AM IST
PM Modi leads nation on Twitter to salute 'indomitable spirit' of heroes who routed Pakistan in 1971 war
Forty-seven years ago, on this very same day, the chief of the Pakistani forces, General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops surrendered to Indian Army and Bangladesh Forces called the Mukti Bahini.
IndiaDec 3, 2018, 2:03 PM IST
(In Pics) INS Arihant: Navy's crown jewel and India's protector against 'nuclear blackmail'
New Delhi: Ahead of Navy Day, on December 4, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba reminded the nation that after the first deterrence patrol of the indigenously-built nuclear-propelled submarine INS Arihant, India has activated the third and most reliable part of the nuclear triad — the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon by air, land and sea.
India became the sixth country to have a nuclear triad after the US, UK, France, Russia and China.
NewsJul 26, 2018, 9:02 PM IST
IndiaJul 26, 2018, 7:11 PM IST
Kargil Vijay Diwas would not have been possible if BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar had not insisted on it in Parliament
It was BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who raised the issue in Parliament in 2009 and ensured that the war heroes were remembered every year on 26 July.