SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Exactly 75 years ago troops of the Army’s 1 Sikh Regiment had arrived at the old airfield of Srinagar, carried in Dakota aircraft, to protect Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistani forces.It was the first military operation of Independent India, a move that changed the course of the 1947-48 War. The first of
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: India’s northward journey of development will be complete after reaching Gilgit and Baltistan, parts of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday while referring to the 1994 resolution passed in the Parliament on getting back the territories “under illegal occupation” of the neighbouring country. Singh, who was addressing the Shaurya Diwas function here to mark India’s first military victory after independence, also said that Pakistan is “committing atrocities” against people in its occupied […]
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Exactly 75 years ago troops of the Army’s 1 Sikh Regiment had arrived at the old airfield of Srinagar, carried in Dakota aircraft, to protect Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistani forces. It was the first military operation of Independent India, a move that changed the course of the 1947-48 War. The first of the Indian Army soldiers dispatched for the mission had landed at then dusty airfield on October 27, 1947 to repulse Pakistani forces. This day […]
Srinagar, Oct. 27 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Pakistan is “committing atrocities” against people in its occupied Kashmir and will have to bear its consequences. Hinting at retrieving Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the minister said the goal of overall development in the twin Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will be achieved “after reaching Gilgit and Baltistan” — parts of PoK. “We have just begun our journey of development in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. We will achieve our goal when we reach Gilgit and Baltistan,” Singh said addressing the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ event — enactment of landing at Srinagar by Indian Air Force on this day in 1947. Referring to the “atrocities” committed by Pakistan against the people in PoK, the defence minister said the neighbouring country will have to “bear its consequences”. Accusing Pakistan of shedding crocodiles’ tears in