Some of the stories of the courage displayed by India’s armed forces, awarded for conspicuous gallantry this Republic Day.
Lt. Gen. S.K. Singh is new army vice chief
Lieutenant General Shri Krishna Singh, the Indian Army’s second senior-most officer, Tuesday took over as the new vice chief, heralding a generational change in the top brass. He is the first officer commissioned after India’s 1971 war with Pakistan to rise to the post.
Lt. Gen. S.K. Singh to be next army vice chief
Lieutenant General Sri Krishna Singh, Indian Army’s senior-most officer from the Gorkha Rifles, was Monday named as the next army vice chief.
DefSec visits LOC in Kashmir
Defense Secretary Shashikant Sharma Monday visited the Line of Control (LOC) dividing Indian and Pakistani Kashmir and was briefed about the recent ceasefire violations and infiltration attempts from across the other side, a defense official said.
Pakistani troops violate LoC five times
Pakistani troops resorted to firing and violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir five times in June and July, Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony said Wednesday.
Images: Rohtang tunnel
The South Portal, where these photographs were taken, is 15 kilometers from Manali in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.

