Why not a separate Armed Forces Pay Board?

Defence Chiefs were not happy with the 6th Pay Commission recommendations and now the government has fuelled the resentment in the forces even more. The government should take steps to save the military and its veterans from despondency.

We have forgotten them and we will forget them again

As a nation, we have always displayed only callous indifference towards these soldiers who have fought to preserve the country’s freedom and integrity. History shows that only those nations survive who honour their soldiers.

Kapil Dev commisioned into the Indian Army

Beginning a new innings in his life, India’s favourite cricketing hero and world cup winning captain of 1983, Kapil Dev was commissioned into the Indian army in the 150 TA (Infantry) battalion of the Punjab Regiment as an honorary lieutenant colonel. Known as the Haryana Hurricane, this great Indian all rounder was born in Chandigarh