Harassing girls gets IAF man arrested

VARANASI: The Government Railway Police (GRP) Mughalsarai on Sunday arrested an Indian Air Force personnel Shailendra Kumar for alleged sexual harassment of girls travelling in a train. According to reports, a group of students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Madhepura in Bihar had gone to Delhi on an educational tour. On Saturday evening they boarded a sleeper coach of 2394 Sampurna Kranti Express at New Delhi railway station to reach Patna. Kumar,...

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Jawan at Alandur Dargah called us terrorists, Visitors inform police

CHENNAI: Two city residents have lodged a police complaint against an armyman guarding the Army quarters at Alandur, accusing him of terming them terrorists and restricting them from entering a dargah located on the Army property.A Ibhrahim Sheriff and S Ayub Sherif, residing at Alandur, stated that they were entering the dargah on Friday for prayers when the armyman stopped them and sought their identity cards.According to their complaint with...

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Colonel accused of sexually harassing colleague's wife, 4 other women

After the incident of a Brigadier in Jammu harassing his assistant, another case of misbehavior has come to light in Army. A colonel deployed in Sri Ganganagar of Rajasthan is accused of sexually harassing the wife of a fellow colleague and four other women. According to sources in Army, the incident happened when the commanding officer was sitting in the mess of the unit with colleagues and their wives. Drunk officer touched colleague's...

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SC blasts Army for eyewash in arms sales scam

Dhananjay Mahapatra. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rapped the Army for letting off senior officers with "pittance of a punishment" for illegally selling non-service pattern weapons in border districts of Rajasthan and sought the Centre's view in two weeks on reopening the cases to award deterrent punishment A bench of Justices H L Dattu and S A Bobde said the weapons could have fallen in the hands of terrorists or gangsters who could...

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Sodomy charges against Brigadier at LoC

Manu Pubby.  A Brigadier commanding a critical Army formation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir has been placed under investigation after facing allegations of personal misconduct, including alleged sodomy of a junior colleague, sources told India Today. The officer, who had taken command of a brigade that comes under the Rajouri-based 25 Infantry Division, is facing a detailed inquiry after the complaints surfaced a few...

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IAF Chief hints at induction of women officers in combat roles

Induction of women officers in combat roles in the Indian Air Force (IAF) now seems possible.IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha indicated this in an interview with India Strategic magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) when he said that their chances ‘in the near future are very bright’.He pointed out that IAF had already opened all branches for induction of women as Short Service Commission (SSC) officers, except in the fighter stream of the...

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Notice served to Army Chief in dacoity case

Prabhati Nayak Mishra. A two-judge Supreme Court bench on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and to Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, seeking their response in a case of alleged dacoity by army officials in Assam in 2011. The petitioner in the case has also sought a probe against General Suhag, who was then the head of Dimapur-based GOC 3 Corps, for inaction. The alleged dacoity took place at the house of Renu Gogoi in Jorhat, Assam...

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Sexual harassment of officers' wives: Army closes case against Col Grewal as trial becomes time-bound

Bhartesh Singh Thakur. The army has closed the case against Col Navin S Grewal of 13 Sikh Light Infantry, accused of sexually harassing junior officers' wives, as the General Court Martial (GCM) going on against him at Ferozepur became time barred.The orders issued by the Army Commander, Western Command, were conveyed to Col Grewal on Tuesday."According to the law, a GCM has to start within three years of the knowledge of the...

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Shame: Army man tries to molest 17-year-old girl on-board train

Guwahati: An Army man put the nation to shame on Tuesday after he was alleged of sexual harassment. The man tried to molest a 17-year-old girl on-board Dibrugarh-Delhi Rajdhani Express on Tuesday. According to the NF Railway spokesperson, the girl accompanied by her uncle was travelling in three-tier AC compartment of the train. Loud noises were heard from the compartment at around 4 am as she raised alarm when the army man tried to molest...

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Navy Seeks to Oust Squatter Army From Prime Delhi Plot

N C Bipindra. NEW DELHI: Away from the high seas, the Indian Navy has won a battle of sorts after 20 long years, wresting a key piece of land for building its headquarters in leafy Lutyen’s Delhi. However, there is still a lot of ground the force has to cover before its coveted headquarters takes shape. As of now, the Navy is ready to lay the foundation stone for the new building on 5.41-acres on August 20. It is also ready with a blueprint...

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