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‘Jai Hind’: Celebs rally behind Indian military’s strikes in Operation Sindoor
Hours after India launched Operation Sindoor, celebrities including Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, and Chiranjeevi took to social media to hail the armed forces
Published on May 07, 2025 10:44 AM IST
Aadrika Sominder
Salman Khan to play Army officer in next film based on 2020 Galwan clash: Report
The narrative will reportedly draw inspiration from a chapter in India’s Most Fearless 3, a bestselling book by Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh.
Published on May 01, 2025 01:52 PM IST
Samarth Goyal
Army strength unaffected by lack of fresh Nepali Gorkha recruits: Gen Dwivedi
For over four years, the prestigious Gorkha battalions have faced an unprecedented challenge due to the absence of fresh Nepali recruits.
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:26 PM IST
WW2 veteran from Punjab recalls century of snapshots on 100th birthday
Lance Naik Charan Singh, a WWII veteran, celebrated his 100th birthday with army honors, sharing memories and health tips from his simple village life.
Updated on Sep 10, 2024 08:10 AM IST
Vedant Chandel, Chandigarh
Kargil Vijay Diwas: I can still feel him running to me, says war hero's brother
Each time Vijender Thapar heads out for a run, he feels the powerful presence of his brother, Kargil hero Vijyant Thapar, jogging along, inspiring him.
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 01:08 PM IST
Colonel Manpreet Singh’s grief-struck family proud of his 20-year service
The Colonel’s mortal remains are scheduled to arrive at the Army Headquarters in Chandigarh on Friday morning, with the cremation ceremony set to take place during Friday afternoon
Published on Sep 15, 2023 04:06 AM IST
Robert Abraham, Chandigarh
Review: Faithful Fighters by Kate Imy
An attempt to understand the development of the army of undivided India as an institution within the broader sociocultural context, Kate Imy’s Faithful Fighters examines the army’s cultural history and dynamics and looks at it as an institution which played an important part in defining the modern Indian identity.
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 05:17 PM IST
Rana TS Chhina
UK imposes export bar on painting of Indian soldiers during World War I
The painting is extremely rare in depicting active Indian participants in the First World War.
Published on Apr 15, 2023 05:30 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Ambala Christian cemetery in ruins amid battle for possession
One party claims burial ground belongs to the Church of England, another says it’s common property belonging to the Christian community with the government of India as the landlord and the British high commissioner holding occupancy rights
Updated on Nov 17, 2020 11:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ambala | Bhavey Nagpal, Ambala
Boris Johnson pays tribute to British Indian Army of World War-II
In a message for the Remember Together campaign, set up to honour the millions of Commonwealth troops who joined the war effort as part of the then British Empire, Johnson said it was important to remember their sacrifice and celebrate their achievement.
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 07:58 PM IST
London | Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C
Roundabout: Portrait of a village in Punjab before the sundown of Partition
Chandigarh-based writer, psychologist and activist Ranjit Powar’s debut novel Dusk over the Mustard Fields captures the composite culture of undivided Punjab, which, however, is not without its class, caste, communal and gender inequities
Updated on Oct 10, 2020 09:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Nirupama Dutt
75 years later, mortal remains of World War-II sepoys brought home
Ramesh said the army contacted him on the basis of the pension records. “My great grandfather Pat Ram had been getting the pension of Palu Ram since he was reported missing in action.”
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 07:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hisar | Bhaskar Mukherjee
Delhiwale: A bench for remembrances
A new place to linger about and to dwell upon the departed
Updated on Apr 09, 2019 01:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Mayank Austen Soofi
Meet the preserve army of Landour
For 91 years, Prakash & Co has served jams and spreads to the hill station’s schools, hotels and residents, its recipes flavoured with the region’s colonial past.
Updated on Jan 13, 2019 10:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Paramita Ghosh
Review: Kitty’s War by Daman Singh
Set in a quaint railway colony in 1941 when the Japanese forces are advancing towards India, Daman Singh’s Kitty’s War is genuine in its words and message
Updated on Oct 27, 2018 12:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Prerna Madan
Arunachal to build war memorial in honour of Moga Param Vir Chakra awardee Subedar Joginder Singh
Born on September 26, 1921, at Mahalakalan in Moga district of Punjab, Singh joined the British Indian Army in 1936 and served in the 1st battalion of the Sikh Regiment.
Updated on Oct 28, 2018 12:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | HT Correspondent
Punjab School Education Board includes poem on Battle of Saragarhi in Class 5 Punjabi textbook
The valour and sacrifice of 21 Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army who fought the Afghans in 1897 is now part of the school curriculum.
Updated on Apr 13, 2018 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
MP raises Jallianwala Bagh massacre in UK House of Commons
Hundreds were killed when troops from the British Indian Army led by Brig Reginald Dyer opened fire on unarmed protesters at Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919.
Updated on Mar 15, 2018 08:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar