FLY91 announces 50% discount on base fares for defence personnel PUNE: In honour of the service of Indian armed forces personnel, FLY91 has announced a 50 per cent discount on base fares for defence personnel and their immediate families. The regional airline has also allocated special seats and additional baggage allowance as a gesture of…
NEW DELHI: To mark the success of ‘Operation Sindoor’ and honour war heroes and the armed forces, the railways will play patriotic jingles after announcements at stations as well as ‘earmark’ seats for defence personnel in all reserved coaches and waiting areas. The initiative also includes having exterior wraps on coaches to showcase the operation’s…
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has targeted a convoy of Pakistani army personnel in Quetta, killing 10 soldiers in an IED attack. This attack comes days after a terror incident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. The BLA has claimed responsibility for the attack, which has been confirmed by the Pakistani Army. The area has been…
72 Navy personnel complete Hatha Yoga training at Sadhguru’s Isha Yoga Center Isha Foundation‘s Sadhguru Gurukulam recently concluded a 15-day Classical Hatha Yoga “Train The Trainer” Residential Program for Indian Defence Forces. Held at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore from March 17 to March 31, the program trained 72 Navy personnel to teach Hatha…
File Photo: An anti-Naxal operation in progress NEW DELHI: Two Special Task Force (STF) personnel were injured after Naxalites triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said. The explosion occurred amid ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the region.Bijapur SP Jitendra Yadav said that the explosion occurred in the Madded police station…
An encounter between security forces and suspected terrorists erupted in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday evening during a search operation launched by security personnel in Sanyal village, located near the International Border in the Hiranagar sector. The operation was initiated following credible intelligence regarding the presence of armed militants in the area. Officials…
A senior official at the main U.S. aid agency, which is being dismantled by the Trump administration, told employees to clear safes holding classified documents and personnel files by shredding the papers or putting them into bags for burning, according to an email sent to the staff. The email sent by Erica Y. Carr, the…
NEW DELHI: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) turned down the request from a female staff to undergo a gender change procedure, citing the Central Armed Police Forces medical wing’s opinion that this may have a “bad impact on the psychology and behaviour pattern of force personnel.”Earlier, ITBP sought guidance from the ministry of home affairs…
LONDON: The Royal Navy has announced its personnel will now be allowed to wear cultural dress such as saris as part of their formal dress code to make its uniform policy more inclusive.Personnel are now permitted to wear saris, salwar kameez, lehengas and other cultural dress, beneath their mess jackets at formal mess dinners following…
Army personnel pose for a picture with the National Flag along the Line of Control (LoC) amid sub-zero temperatures ahead of Republic Day, in Kupwara on Friday. (ANI) NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu approved gallantry awards for 93 personnel from the armed forces and central armed police forces on the eve of Republic Day. These…