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Twenty-five days into J&K posting, Gaonkar dies in action in Rajouri

"What is the use of all these people here when I have lost the one person who means the most?” asks an inconsolable 29-year-old Akansha Ajit Gaonkar.

Her family had received a call from the Army at 10.30 am on Tuesday, informing them that her husband, 32-year-old Army Naik Ajit Shivaji Gaonkar, had died.

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Vasudev Balwant Phadke is a Marathi film that recalls the life and efforts of a Maratha freedom fighter, which stood against the British regime. At a time when Indians had accepted British as their true masters, Vasudevrao, as he was more popularly known, chose to ridicule the oppression and autocracy. Vasudevrao created his own army and fought against the East India Company’s rule. read more »
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Just a reminder that the War is still going on.

No, no ... not the India-Australia one ... I meant the India-Pakistan one :-[

There will be no "Man of the match" awards to the two Majors... and the only procession they will be part of is the one when their bodies are carried to the cemetery for cremation.

Sorry, my attention wavered ...what was is the score Yaar ? read more »
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On Monday evening, a group of 10 boys kicked and punched retired brigadier SC Sharma, 59, a Kharghar resident, who was returning home from a local Shiv temple with his wife, Geeta. His only crime was to ask the boys why they were sp read more »
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The Indian Army has objected to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's new garbage collection trucks that have been painted olive, making them look deceptively similar to the vehicles used by the city's defence establishments. The army believes these vehicles could be used by terrorists to target vital installations in Mumbai -- both defence and civilian. read more »
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