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13/09/2014

J&K floods: Modi govt ignores separatists inciting flood victims; over 130,000 rescued

Srinagar: As the armed forces continue to carry out massive relief operations in flood ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, some separatists, who fear alienation, are making continuous efforts to disrupt relief operations in the Valley.

However, the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to ignore such attempts by separatist elements to disrupt relief operations in the Kashmir Valley.

”We have closed our eyes. We are not looking towards them (separatists). We are determined to provide relief to people, no matter how difficult the situation is. The relief and rescue mission will continue,” Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.

The Centre has said that its main focus was on helping people to recover from the worst-ever floods in 109 years.

The Home Minister’s remarks came at the backdrop of reports that some separatists were trying to instigate people in the state to pelt stones at rescue teams.

Reports have been doing rounds that some separatist elements in the Valley were trying to spark violent protests and provoking people against the armed forces.

The forces working on the ground have been advised to mainly focus on humanitarian work and take precautionary measures so that situation doesn't go out of control.

An article published in ANI website says: One wonders where the inestimable Syed Ali Shah Geelani and his gang of so-called separatist leaders have disappeared. Are they not self-proclaimed true voices of Kashmir? Are they not the torch bearers of the Kashmiri struggle and custodians of Kashmiriyat? Why are they silent today? Why are they not out in the streets with their cadre supervising relief work, or at least standing by with those who follow them in their incessant stone pelting?

The Omar Abdullah government has been at the receiving end for slow rescue efforts. The locals have heavily criticised the state government and have praised the armed forces which are relentlessly carrying out the rescue operations.

Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag is himself overseeing the relief work and has assured the nation that the soldiers will not return to the barracks until every person is rescued in the flood-hit state.

Over 130,000 rescued

Over 130,000 people were rescued till Friday, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the nation to contribute generously and to "stand shoulder to shoulder" with the distressed people of Jammu and Kashmir which has been the worst floods in six decades.

Describing the floods as unprecedented, Modi said that a large number of people have died or have been temporarily displaced.

08/09/2014

Indian armed forces continue flood relief operations in full swing in J&K

The State of Jammu & Kashmir has experienced torrential rains since last one week. Armed Forces are carrying out flood relief and rescue operations in the entire State in heavy rains and extremely bad weather conditions.
130 Army columns have been deployed rescuing more than 14800 people so far. 50 Army Medical Teams have also been deployed in alongwith these columns to provide immediate medical assistance to the injured and sick people. Air Force has deployed 16 Medium Lift Helicopters, 9 Light Helicopters and 7 Transport Aircraft for the rescue and flood relief operations. Six NDRF Teams equipped with boats and other flood relief stores and equipment were airlifted by Air Force from Delhi, Bathinda, Pune and Ahmedabad to Srinagar and Avantipur. An Air Force Rapid Action Medical Team was also flown in from Delhi by a C-17 aircraft for augmenting the medical support in Avantipur. An Army Engineer Task Force was airlifted from Adampur to Srinagar by a C-130J aircraft. Arrangements have been made for airlifting 10,000 blankets and 3000 tents from stores of the Armed Forces at Kanpur to the affected areas. In addition, 85 Tons of medicines provided under the aegis of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Red Cross are being airlifted from Delhi to Jammu and Kashmir by an IL-76 aircraft. In all 30 sorties were flown by Air Force transport aircraft and helicopters today airlifting about 110 Ton load and evacuating more than 160 civilians.

06/09/2014

IAF Deputy Chief of Air Staff flies Tejas aircraft.
IAF Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SBP Sinha had first hand experience and feel of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (trainer version). Air Marshal Sinha was on a two day visit to Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) in Bangalore wherein he took a review of various aspects of Tejas programme.
The first flight by a senior officer of the rank of Air Marshal from Air HQ was a joyous occasion for all the stake holders of the programme such as ADA, HAL, National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC), DGAQA and the IAF whose focused and synergized efforts contributed to the success of the project in large measures.
Expressing his happiness, Shri PS Subramanyam Programme Director (Combat Aircraft) and Director ADA said, “This flight of Tejas by a senior IAF commander indicates the high degree of confidence in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft.”

03/09/2014

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Indonesian Naval ship KRI B**g Tomo (Multi-Role Light frigate) is currently visiting Indian naval port Kochi. Inducted into Indonesian Navy at UK recently, KRI B**g Tomo frigate is on enroute passage to Jakarta.
KRI B**g Tomo frigate Commanding Officer Captain Yayan Sofyanand and Col Arif Harnanto,the Indonesian Resident DA at New Delhi had an interaction with Chief of Staff of Indian Southern Naval Command .
During the visit, various interactions with Southern Naval Command have been planned. Other activities include exchange of visits by specialist officers and men from both the navies. Indian Navy personnel will be visiting the newly inducted Indonesian Naval ships and Indonesian personnel will also be visiting training facilities at Southern Naval Command. Indonesia has inducted three such multi role light frigate which equipped to combat surface and sub surface threat. Two more ships of the same class are planned to visit Kochi in mid Sep 14.
KRI B**g Tomo frigate will be departing from Kochi on 04 Sep 2014.

29/08/2014

There are several territorial disputes in the South China Sea between many of the countries in south-east Asia. One common denominator is China. As it struggles to cope with the energy needs of its people a long shadow is being cast over territories such as the Spratleys, Paracel Islands and the many reefs boasting large reserves of gas or oil. Confrontations at sea are nothing new but they are becoming more common place. Countries like Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines are aware these problems will not go away and are now looking for solutions to protect their navies, fisherman and commercial traffic. India continues to build up a big blue-water fleet too which is a concern for Pakistan and even China. Then there are the pirates, terrorist and smugglers. The South China Seas, Indian Ocean and surrounding waters can be an unhappy place at times. In March we lost Malaysian Airlines MH370 and the search for the stricken Boeing 777 highlighted the lack of decent airborne maritime surveillance aircraft in many parts of the region.

27/08/2014

Technical Developments Changing Coin Strategies And Tactics

Increasingly the counter-insurgency operations are throwing up new tactical and strategic challenges for the commanders and the political leadership as they seek to de-centralise tactical decisions to ground commanders and provide the forces technology rich, stand-off weaponry.
Pravash Kumar Mishra

At present due to various technical developments in COIN, particularly in weapons, ammunitions, field uniform, air cover, surveillance/technical/ communication equipments, anti-ballistic, anti-mine and anti-blast all terrain vehicles, the strategies and tactics in counter insurgency operations in Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Assam and all Maoist affected states require a change.
The impact of such developments also depends upon the new tactics adopted by various militant groups (own and foreign mercenaries) operating in India including the Maoists. The Maoist insurgency had spread to 20 of the 28 states. As of now, 182 districts are disturbed by Maoists, 83 partially and 35 badly. The whole of J&K and the entire north-east keep Army and paramilitary forces occupied in countering various Indian and foreign militant groups. At present, the uses of helicopters are mostly for casualty evacuation, troop mobility and other logistics roles. Air Force, BSF, civil helicopters and UAVs are now deployed in support of all COIN.
The tactics now adopted in a COIN is, maximum de-centralisation of control, leaving the command to field commanders to take decisions. Maoist insurgency is a pan-Indian problem. As a strategy, CRPF along with BSF, RPF, CISF, ITBP, NSG, state IRB/commando forces and SSB are deployed to contain insurgency. The strategy of insurgents varies from state to state excluding Maoists’, which is common in all the affected states. The new training tactics adopted by the COIN troops include hostage crisis, rescuing citizens abducted by Maoists, providing proximate security to VIPs on visit to infested areas, resolving su***de attacks, counter terrorist operations, casualty evacuation by air and quick reaction in providing logistics and reliable communication to the spot. Additional 15 Nishant Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and about 50 OFB Kolkata made counter-land mine vehicles had been provided to field areas to protect troops from hidden mines.
First time the drone camera was used at Saharanpur on 27 July 2014 to keep riot affected areas under surveillance. Economic, political factors and nexus between Maoists-politicians-police-bureaucrats and businesspersons provided tactical gain to insurgency. Indirect finance provided to insurgents gave them superior technology, arms and modern equipments and latest communication devices.

25/08/2014

LATEST UPDATE OF PAKISTANI ATTACK ON INDIAN BORDER
Pakistani Troops Attack 35 BSF Posts on International Border

In what is possibly the biggest ceasefire violation since the Narendra Modi government took charge in May, Pakistani troops have targeted 35 Indian posts at the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir.

There was unprovoked, heavy mortar shelling and machine gun fire from Pakistan, on Border Security Force (BSF) posts at Ramgargh, Arnia, RS Pura and Kanachak sectors, officials said.

The firing started at 10 pm last night and is still on, intermittently. The BSF has retaliated.

Two civilians are said to have been injured in the firing.

In the past two weeks, incidents of ceasefire violation have been reported almost every day; there have been over 70 since the BJP came to power.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday that there have been a series of "provocations" by Pakistani Army and the country's armed forces are "fully protecting both our territory and people".

"Whatever response is required are being adequately made by them," Mr Jaitley said.

Amid a spike in border hostilities, India last week suspended Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan over its envoy's meetings with Kashmiri separatists. The talks were scheduled for today.

23/08/2014

India commissions indigenously guided missile destroyer INS Kolkata

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned INS Kolkata into the Indian Navy at a glittering ceremony at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Kolkata is the lead ship of the indigenously designed and constructed Kolkata-class guided missile destroyers, built by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
Admiral RK Dhowan said that commissioning of INS Kolkata is a milestone in the self-reliance programme of the Navy and stressed that indigenisation of platforms, weapons, sensors and equipment, through public as well as private sectors, will continue to remain a focus area. He emphasized that the ‘Roadmap for the Navy’s expansion and growth would continue to remain firmly anchored on Self-reliance and Indigenisation’.
The Project 15A Kolkata class destroyers are follow-on of the legendary Project 15 ‘Delhi’ class destroyers which entered service in the late 1990s. Conceived and designed by Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, the ships have been christened after major port cities of India viz. Kolkata, Kochi and Chennai. The keel of Kolkata was laid on 26 Sep 03 and the ship was launched on 30 Mar 06. Regarded as the most potent warship to have been constructed in India yet, this magnificent ship measures 164 meters in length and approximately 18 meters in width and has a full load displacement of 7400 tonnes. The ship has a Combined Gas and Gas (COGAG) propulsion system, consisting of four powerful reversible gas turbines and can attain speeds in excess of 30 knots. The ship’s electric power is provided by four gas turbine generators and one diesel alternator, which together produce 4.5 Mega-Watts of electrical power, enough to light up a small town. The ship has a complement of 30 officers and 300 sailors.

22/08/2014

Afghanistan, indeed the world, is holding its breath as the date for US/ISAF withdrawal approaches. No one can tell what will happen to the country after that. Will all the gains of the past decade go up in flames? Or will pragmatism prevail, writes Pinaki Bhattacharya.

Even as the 2014 date for withdrawal of ‘combat troops’ of the US and NATO-built International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) get closer, the unanimity between the American experts about the fate of the Afghan front is disintegrating faster than the fragile peace in certain areas of country.
Currently, the American policy establishment is worried about the phenomenon of the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) and the Afghan Police killing their US trainers and handlers. While that is being considered as a clash of cultures and traditions between the trainers and their wards, the incidents are being seen as a phenomenon that would bring further decline in the support to the war in the US or even an American Congressional action in terms of a reduction in the multi-billion dollar funds that they grant for Afghanistan. Without that hand-out the Hamid Karzai government would not even be able to pay salaries to the police forces and the ANSF.

20/08/2014

India celebrates 68th Independence day

Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi unfurled the National Flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2014 to celebrate the 68th Independence Day. After unfurling the Tricolour, Mr. Modi address the nation. On arrival at Lahore Gate of Red Fort, the Prime Minister was received by the Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh and Defence Secretary Shri RK Mathur.
Defence Secretary introduced the General Officer Commanding, Delhi Area, Lt. Gen Subroto Mitra to the Prime Minister. The GoC Delhi Area then conducted the Prime Minister to the Saluting Base where a combined Inter-Services and Police Guards presented general salute to the Prime Minister. Thereafter, Mr. Narendra Modi inspected the Guard of Honour.
The Guard of Honour contingent for the Prime Minister consisted of one officer and 24 men each from Army, Navy, Air Force and Delhi Police. The Guard of Honour was positioned directly in front of the National Flag across the moat below the ramparts.
This year, Army being the coordinating Service, the Guard of Honour was commanded by Lt Colonel Anoop Kumar Yadav from the Indian Army. The Army Contingent in the Prime Minister’s Guard was commanded by Major Sankalp Rathore, the Navy contingent by Lt Cdr Abhishek Dubey, while Sqn Ldr NS Praveen lead the Air Force contingent and the Delhi Police contingent by SDPO Shri Ingit Pratap Singh.
The Army contingent for Prime Minister’s Guard is drawn from the 8th Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry (Siachen). The battalion was raised as the First Battalion Border Scouts by volunteers who took up arms in the aftermath of communal passion and the smouldering embers of partition to check the multitude of Kabailies intruding into Poonch on 18 December 1947. Born in Battle and Purified in Blood, the battalion was re-designated as 08th Jammu & Kashmir Militia on 15 April 1948.
In 1971 war, the battalion was outnumbered but never outclassed in valour and fought the defensive battle successfully despite enemy’s passion for Chhamb. For this the battalion was awarded Battle Honour – Laleali and Piquet 707. The Regiment was rechristened Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry on 27 April 1976.
During the Siachen tenure in June 1987, the battalion created history by capturing ‘Quaid Post’ at an altitude of 21,153 feet, the highest battlefield in the world. The post was renamed as ‘Bana Top’ in honour of Naib Subedar Bana Singh, Param Vir Chakra. The battalion was awarded COAS Unit Citation in 2001 for its sterling performance in Jammu & Kashmir, Poonch Sector. The Battalion established the United Nations Mission in Sudan 2006 and was conferred with United Nations Unit Citation in the year 2007 for handling the bloodiest of clashes ever in the history of Sudan.
The Battalion is presently one of the most decorated battalions of the Indian Army with Naib Subedar Chuni Lal, Ashok Chakra (Posthumous), Vir Chakra, Sena Medal as one of the most decorated soldier. Presently, the Battalion is performing the prestigious duty of Ceremonial Army Guard to the President of India.

19/08/2014

Indian skipper MS Dhoni's security reduced from Z to Y category

The security cover to Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been downgraded to Y from Z category by Jharkhand government, the state's top police officer said on Monday.

The decision to reduce the security category of Dhoni was taken at a recent review meeting on security-related matters being provided to important personalities, Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar said here.

He said the decision was taken on the basis of intelligence information that the cricketer has no threat.

The DGP said Dhoni used to get nine police personnel as per Z category security and following downgrading of security to Y category he would be provided with seven police personnel.