It was at age 19 that Shahid Sheikh (not his real name) first fell in love with a Kalashnikov assault rifle. And soon after finishing college in Anantnag, he found a new address a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
Armed with deadly skills, he organised a series of bloody terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir in the 1990s, and became a high-value target for the security forces. But they never could get him until he decided to lay down his gun eight years ago.
The surrender marked a turning point in Sheikh’s life. Some years later, he had
The tragedy on Indian Navy's newly acquired troop carrier INS Jalashwa that left five sailors dead was caused by accidental inhalation of a poisonous gas on the vessel, it was announced Saturday.
Two officers were among the three who fell sick after the accident on the ship during an exercise in the Bay of Bengal Friday evening.
"The accident was the result of the inadvertent inhalation of H2S (hydrogen sulphide)
India is willing to meet Russia midway in its demand for an additional $1.2 billion for the modernization, refit of the decommissioned carrier aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.
Though there is reluctance to talk exact figures at this stage, with defence secretary Vijay Singh slated to lead a high-level team to Russia on February 19, defence ministry sources say India would be ready to shell out another $500-600 million to Russia for the 44,570-tonne carrier.
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