Armed Forces  

Here are five reasons why Balochistan wants to get separated from Pakistan and wants to form an independent nation. 

There were eight crew members and five armed forces personnel on board when the aircraft lost contact with ground control and went off radar on June 3

According to officials, an Al-Umar Mujahideen spokesperson has confirmed that its terrorists were behind the attack on armed forces in Anantnag. The spokesperson also threatened that there will be more attacks in the near future

Singh's appointment as the next navy chief was challenged by Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command Vice Admiral Bimal Verma who had approached the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT)

According to senior officials, the financial powers have been increased for all the three services. They can now buy weapon systems worth Rs 300 crore under each proposal.

 

 

Former Army chief General SF Rodrigues and former Air Force chief NC Suri claimed on Friday that they never signed the letter. "This is not Admiral Ramdas’ [top signatory] letter and it has been done by some Major Chaudhary. He has written this and it was coming on WhatsApp and emails," said Air Force chief NC Suri.
 

The BJP manifesto focusses on modernising the armed forces as well as Central Armed Police Forces to increase their capacity. It also emphasises 'zero tolerance' policy towards terrorism and extremism and says that the government will continue giving a free hand to our security forces in combating terrorism.

The BJP has promised to speed up the purchases of “outstanding defence-related equipment and weapons”. It will strengthen the “strike capability” of the armed forces.
 

Victor Banerjee reiterates that it is the armed forces and not politicians whom we need to respect. 
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the opposition, especially on Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who had asked for proof that the Indian air strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in the wake of the Pulwama attack had killed nearly 300 terrorists.
 

According to the Geneva Convention, any conflict arising between two or more countries which involves the armed forces is an armed conflict and the personnel captured during such an event has to be treated as a POW