Happy Raja (ରଜ)!
ରଜ ("RawJaw"), is a three-day-long festival of Odisha wherein girls wear new clothes/ make-ups, eat good food, enjoy 'jhula', games and spend time with their friends.
These three days are considered the most pampered days for daughters in a year :)
Remembering saviour of J&K, the great warrior Brig. Rajinder Singh Ji on his Jayanti. The nation remains forever indebted to his supreme sacrifice & love for motherland. His life, unmatched gallantry continue to inspire every Indian to uphold ideals of duty & service to nation.
The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, presently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff in the substantive rank of General with effect from the afternoon of 30 June 2026.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy and an Armoured Corps officer, Lt Gen Seth brings with him nearly four decades of distinguished service, marked by extensive command, staff and strategic appointments across diverse operational and institutional domains.
He will assume office upon the retirement of General Upendra Dwivedi on 30 June 2026.
Read here: https://t.co/8eDZP3vp22
A historic day for India’s Armed Forces.
For the first time, women cadets trained through the NDA pathway have been commissioned as officers.
▪️ 9 women cadets passed out from IMA and joined the Indian Army
▪️ 5 women cadets graduated from the Air Force Academy and joined the Indian Air Force
President @rashtrapatibhvn reviewed the IMA Passing Out Parade, while Defence Minister @rajnathsingh witnessed the commissioning at the Air Force Academy.
@shivanipost@aajtak Amid very narrow and very slow career growth prospects in Armed Forces, I guess, this is the only way to secure a guaranteed rise to such ranks :)
Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar on the violent protests in PoK: "People are being oppressed... many have died. The world doesn't know the full story." He has urged the UN Human Rights Committee to investigate the crackdown. Heavy clashes reported, with multiple deaths amid demands for rights & autonomy. #PoK #Kashmir
The suppression of peaceful voices through force and the loss of so many lives in POJK is deeply disturbing! It should serve as a wake up call for those who once advocated a different theory and today claim to be the biggest nationalists!
"We used to hear that Pakistan has made atom bomb for India. But you couldn't do anything to India. So use it on us, azad Kashmir and eliminate us all. You humiliate us, oppress us, it's better that you kill us all" said
Saqib Ilyasi, a core committee member of J&K-JAAC amid ongoing protests in PoJK.
Pakistani illegal occupation should be uprooted from PoJK!
🚨 We are asking for healthcare facilities, we are asking for affordable flour.
For this “crime,” have you martyred our youth?
You will have to answer for this in the court of the people, and also in the court of Allah.
You will also have to answer to the oppressed people of Pakistan.
— Umar Nazir Kashmiri
#Gravitas | After a relative lull in cross-border attacks, Pakistan launched fresh air strikes on Afghanistan, killing at least 13 civilians.
This is perceived as a tactic to deflect attention from the crackdown by Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's forces in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. However, Pakistan claimed that 26 TTP fighters were killed in this strike. Amid this, protests are still raging in PoK
@MollyGambhir has more
The Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation that crashed upon take-off was carrying back up support for military action on protestors in POJK. All 21 personnel on board dead.
The apparatus of control is collapsing under its own weight.
Perhaps a demonstration in Srinagar against the atrocities committed by Pakistani imperial forces against our brothers and sisters of Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, would be appropriate. Or, at the least, a statement from someone in Kashmir.
The people there are demanding basic rights, like food and electricity. Of course, their movement is rooted in the denial by the Pakistani State of their inalienable human and political rights for almost eight decades
We, at this side of the LOC must stand by them.
In addition, our security apparatus needs to be very vigilant. To my mind, the ISI, through its terrorist proxies, will attempt to disrupt peace on this side.
Having studied the Pakistani Military Establishment and their Pakistani Punjabi mindset for decades, I am pretty sure something sinister must be cooking in Rawalpindi.
🚨 BIG
⚡According to reports, the protests in Kashmir have grown significantly in scale & intensity. The demonstrators have reportedly vowed that they will either achieve an independent Kashmir & declare it a separate state, or sacrifice their lives in the struggle.