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On June 9, 1999, NK Kalia had received the body of his son – Captain Saurabh Kalia – mutilated and disfigured. His ear drums pierced with hot iron rods, eyeballs carved out with knives, genitals chopped off, every bone broken and splintered. It has been subjected to the most brutal of torture by the Pakistan Army violating the Geneva Convention.
Twelve years later, 62-year-old Kalia is still fighting for justice – he wants the act to be declared a war crime by the UN. But no action taken yet even after numerous letters to the our Central Government.

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A flood victim being evacuated from Malkangiri area in Orissa

A flood victim being evacuated from Malkangiri area in Orissa

The Indian Navy has supplied over 30,000 kg of relief materials and deployed its warship besides several choppers in its operations in flood-hit Orissa.

INS Airavat, amphibious vessel along with a Chetak helicopter and divers have been deployed off Paradip coast and two UH3H choppers have been positioned at Bhubaneswar airport for the relief operations .

The choppers have carried out air drop sorties in Fanki, Puri, Jagatsingh Pur, Kendra Para, Cuttack, Nayagarh and Paika areas and a total of about 31,000 Kgs of relief material was dropped upto 15 Sep 2011

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Golden Arrows, the gallant 17 squadron is celebrating its 60th anniversary

Golden Arrows, the gallant 17 squadron is celebrating its 60th anniversary

‘Golden Arrows’, the gallant 17 squadron of the Indian Air Force is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Formed in 1951 at Ambala with Harvard IIB aircraft, the squadron saw action in 1965 and 1971 wars. It also played a key role in ‘Op Safed Sagar’, the Kargil conflict in 1999 and earned the highest number of gallantry awards in the IAF including a Vir Chakra (Posthumous) awarded to Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja.