NEW DELHI: One Army jawan died and a few others were injured during a supervised training activity at Mamun military station near Pathankot in Punjab on Saturday as the weather conditions were “severe”, said senior officials.
The senior Army officials said that the affected jawans have been admitted at the military hospital in Pathankot and are being provided with required medical care. The officials said the weather was hot and humid when the training activity was taking place.
They said that the training activity was organised, supervised and monitored in the area under the 9 Corps of the Indian Army. They said due to “severe” weather conditions, there has been one fatal casualty and a few jawans have been admitted to the hospital.
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Army has cancelled an examination for pan-India recruitment of general duty personnel after paper was found to have been leaked, officials said on Sunday.
They further said at least three persons have been arrested in Pune so far.
“The Indian Army has zero-tolerance towards corrupt practices in the recruitment process for selection of suitable candidates,” an official said.
Based on a proactive joint operation with local police at Pune, a case of possible leakage of question paper prepared for Common Entrance Examination for Recruitment of Soldiers (General Duty) was reported last night, the official added.
While further investigations are underway, it was decided to cancel the examination to ensure continuous transparency in the recruitment process.
By Online Desk
Four soldiers have sustained splinter injuries in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam.
The militants lobbed grenade on Army’s Road Opening Party during sanitisation drill at 10.15 AM today in the area of Shamshipura, Khanabal, Kulgam.
The injured soliders have been given first aid & evacuated to 92 BaseHospital.
On January 3, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Army’s 34 Rashtriya Rifles had arrested a terror associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for being involved in providing shelter, logistics and other support to terrorists, which included transportation of arms and explosive material Kulgam.
There was an attack on the outskirts of Srinagar City, 3 policemen were injured, 2 died during treatment
On August 13, security forces demolished 3 terrorist bases in Avantipora of Pulwama.
A day before Independence Day, militants attacked the police party in Naugam in Jammu and Kashmir. Two policemen were martyred in this. According to police, 3 policemen were injured. The three were taken to the hospital, in which two policemen, Isfaq Ayub and Fayaz Ahmed, died during treatment. The entire area has been cordoned off.
The terrorist attack took place on the outskirts of Srinagar City. Earlier on Thursday, security forces demolished three hideouts of militants in Avantipora of Pulwama.
In the last few days, attacks on police party and army convoys have increased. On 12 August, security forces were attacked in Sopore of Baramulla, in which a soldier was injured. The terrorists targeted the joint party of CRPF and police.
CRPF party was attacked even a month ago
On July 1, CRPF party was attacked by militants in Sopore town of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. 1 soldier was killed in the firing and 3 were injured. 1 civilian caught in the firing of terrorists was also killed. He was accompanied by a 3-year-old grandson. The child was safely taken away by Security Forces.
128 terrorists killed by June DGP of Jammu and Kashmir Dilbag Singh said on June 30 that 128 terrorists have been killed so far. Among them were 70 Hizbul Mujahideen, 20-20 Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. The rest belonged to other terrorist organizations. According to the DGP, the launch pads of terrorists are active in Pakistan. From there, continuous efforts are being made to send terrorists to India.
