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Wife of Galwan hero joins Indian Army, posted in eastern Ladakh

Rekha was married to Naik Deepak Singh who was killed in action while fighting numerically superior Chinese soldiers on June 15, 2020

Woman Cadet Rekha Singh, wife of Late Naik Deepak Singh, was commissioned into Indian Army after completing her training in Chennai (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 09:50 AM IST
ByRahul Singh

Galwan brave’s wife set for army entry as lieutenant

Rekha Singh will be among the 200-odd cadets, including 40 women, who will graduate from Chennai-based Officers Training Academy on April 29

Rekha was married to Naik Deepak Singh of the 16th Battalion of Bihar Regiment who was killed in action in the remote valley while fighting numerically superior Chinese soldiers on June 15, 2020.
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 06:26 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Galwan braves get a pat on the back from Rajnath Singh in Ladakh’s Lukung

In a clip, Defence minister Rajnath Singh is seen mingling with the soldiers who were introduced to him by 14 Corps commander Lieutenant General Harinder Singh who can be heard telling the minister that the commanding officer killed in the skirmish was from their unit

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh exchanges sweets while interacting with Indian Army personnel as he visits the forward posts near LoC in Kashmir on Saturday.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Jul 19, 2020 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRahul Singh | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar

After Ladakh visit, Rajnath tweets video of meeting with soldiers who took on PLA

An attack on the commanding officer of the Bihar regiment Colonel Santosh Babu was reported to be the trigger for the June 15 scuffle.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh exchanges sweets while interacting with Indian Army personnel as he visits the forward posts near Line of Control, in Kashmir on Saturday.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Jul 19, 2020 04:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi

After Galwan fightback, 16 Bihar moving to Col Babu’s home state

16 Bihar completed its two-and-a-half-year tenure in eastern Ladakh in March-April, but its movement to the peace location was delayed because of the lockdown measures announced by the government to prevent the spread of Covid-19, an official said.

The Indian soldiers confronted the Chinese troops, who refused to remove their installations and vacate the area, triggering a violent clash that involved more than 600 rival soldiers at its peak, as reported by HT on June 22.(PTI)
Updated on Jul 10, 2020 06:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By, New Delhi:

How the Bihar Regiment removed the Chinese observation post from PP-14 in Galwan valley

Meanwhile, by the time the first Indian patrol returned from the site, the Chinese had called for reinforcements from their rear positions in the Galwan river valley who came with around 300-350 people, reports said.

As the Indian patrol reached, the sources said, the Chinese had already built up troops on higher ground around the observation post and kept the stones and weapons ready for launching an attack on the Indian troops.(AP)
Published on Jun 21, 2020 05:08 PM IST
New Delhi | ByAsian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi

In death, soldiers provide roads, street lights to their impoverished villages

Ahead of the funeral of the fallen soldiers, the local administration in some of India’s most impoverished villages were working overtime to build make-shift mud roads, first for some of these villages and also installed street lights. visiting.

Ganesh Kunjam was among the 20 soldiers killed in a clash with Chinese troops in Galwan valley of eastern Ladakh, built a concrete house for his family in a remote village in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist affected Kanker district .((Twitter))
Published on Jun 18, 2020 07:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur/Kolkata/Bhopal | ByDebashish Sarkar,Tanmay Chattarjee and Ranjan

Col Santosh Babu, killed in Ladakh clash, cremated with military honours

Amid slogans of “Colonel Santosh Amar Rahe” by thousands of people assembled there, his father Upender lit the pyre at around noon. The army jawans from 16 Bihar regiment gave a gun salute to the departed soldier.

Several senior officials from the regiment conducted the proceedings as per the military procedures, including carrying the coffin up to the pyre. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 18, 2020 04:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi

Sepoy Ganesh Hansda, 22, killed in Ladakh face-off was on his 1st posting

Ganesh Hansda, says his brother, was to be transferred but it was delayed due to the coronavirus crisis.

Ganesh Hansda was very fond of playing football and promoting Santhali language. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 17, 2020 09:01 PM IST
Hindusatn Times, Jamshedpur | ByDebashish Sarkar | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
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