2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal story: Khetarpal played a pivotal role in the Battle of Basantar, one of the Indian Army’s decisive operations on the Western Front in the 1971 War. A new film about his life stars Agastya Nanda and Dharmendra.
The country has long been burning in the fire of discontent, but this is not because of the conflict between the Awami League and the BNP, not because of the conflict between Hasina and Yunus.
The crossing of the Madhumati river is the widest opposed river crossing in the 1971 war with Pakistan in both the eastern and western sectors, according to military historians.
I dream of becoming a wood mouse someday. They don’t know religion, caste or creed. They steal paddy sheaves from our fields and feast with them in my neighbours’. Perhaps, then, I would be able to find my neighbour
During the first bilateral between the countries in 13 years, Pak Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that all issues pertaining to 1971 had been settled. Dhaka bluntly rejected the claim
Parulkar, who had been ailing for some time, breathed his last at his home in Pune on Sunday morning, his family members said. He is survived by his wife Rajlaxmi and two sons Aditya and Sachin.
For Bangladesh, it has been a year of “rule by committees”, including the “reform” commissions which were delegated with the task of formalising the textual aspects of the revolution
Sheikh Hasina crimes charges: The International Crimes Tribunal was formed under a 1973 Act that was meant to prosecute war criminals during the 1971 war with Pakistan. Ironically, it was Hasina who revived it later on.
As part of the ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ celebrations, the Suryakiran Aerobatic Team of the Indian Air Force (IAF), did a flypast in Mumbai, Pune & Goa. The planes could be spotted at Worli and later at Gateway of India.
Iran mission uses donations to buy 40 tonnes of medicine, unable to send them home
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A 40-tonne shipment of medicines bought by the Iranian embassy in India is stranded in New Delhi due to a damaged aircraft. The embassy is seeking alternative ways to deliver the urgently needed medicines, as pharmaceutical companies in Iran are under attack.
