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In a fresh bout of rhetorical exchanges with Pakistan, India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the Indian Army’s operation to neutralise two camps of militants across Myanmar border …
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Read MoreChina has dismissed India’s allegations that the People’s Liberation Army is assisting militants in northeast India, saying that such charges made by Indian officials are ‘absurd’ and underlined that any …
Read MoreThe attacks on Indians anywhere is simply not on. In a sign of India’s muscular and proactive policy to eliminate terrorists across the borders, Special Forces of the Indian Army, in coordination with Air Force, carried out surgical strikes inside Myanmar and killed nearly 20 of the insurgents responsible for attacking a convoy of 6 Dogra regiment of the Indian Army on June 4.
The attack in Manipur had killed 20 soldiers and injured 15 and was believed to be the deadliest attack on the Indian Army in over two decades.
The operation was carried out along the India-Myanmar International border. 21 Special Commandoes – a unit under Kolkata-based Eastern Command Headquarters- along with troops of Assam Rifles, handpicked by Delhi, went deep inside Myanmar and destroyed two camps of NSCN(K) and KYKL terror outfits hiding after their attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh last week.
Read MorePrime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully ended his visit to Bangladesh with a rousing public oration, amidst some lingering doubts expressed by the Bangladeshi media about the Teesta water sharing …
Read MoreIt promises to be a spectacular show, inviting the world to revitalize its sinews through the ancient Indian practice of yoking body, mind and spirit. With barely days to go for the first International Yoga Day, the Indian government is leaving no stone unturned to showcase the country’s greatest soft power export to a global audience, cutting across hemispheres and continents.
The UN will commemorate the inaugural edition of International Yoga Day on June 21, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and General Assembly President Sam Kutesa in attendance. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will represent India at the event, commemorating the first International Day of Yoga at the UN Headquarters in New York. It will be broadcast live at Times Square, the pulsating heart of Manhattan, to a global audience.
Showcasing Soft Power
In a curtain-raiser media event giving a peek into an array of events lined up to celebrate this high moment in yoga’s global journey, Sushma Swaraj eloquently described yoga as “the soft power of India” which can usher in lasting peace for a violence-wracked world.
Read MoreAircraft Missing-India Indian Coast Guard, along with Navy, has undertaken a massive search and rescue operation after its Dornier surveillance aircraft with three personnel on board went missing off the …
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