'Most difficult operation done by any army in the world'

'Khalistan would have been in existence today, but for the army.' IMAGE: Then Lieutenant Colonel Israr Khan, extreme right, back, with General Arun S Vaidya, Mahavir Chakra and Bar, then chief of......

'19 dead. 53 wounded. The battle was ferocious'

'In the 1971 War my battalion suffered 4 casualties after fighting for 14 days.''In Operation Blue Star, I lost 19 men in just one hour.' IMAGE: Then Lieutenant Colonel Israr Khan (4th from right)......

'We had to save India from breaking apart'

'I told them I am a Muslim, you are Sikh, you are Hindu, but we have one country to save.' IMAGE: Brigadier Israr Khan receives the Kirti Chakra from then President Zail Singh in 1985. Photograph:......

'If you're a soldier, you have to put fear away'

'I'm now living under threat, but life has to go on because as a soldier, you can't run away from it.' IMAGE: The Golden Temple in Amritsar. Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar, PVSM, AVSM, Vir......

Vijay Hazare Trophy round-up: Karnataka win thriller; Delhi beat Kerala

A round-up of Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played across the country on Saturday Ganesh Sathish stars in Vidarbha's 68-run win over Haryana IMAGE: Tamil Nadu’s Dinesh Karthik in action during......

Pakistan's oldest living Test player passes away

IMAGE: Imtiaz Ahmed. Photograph: L. Blandford/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images. Pakistan cricket, on Saturday, lost its oldest living Test player Imtiaz Ahmed after he passed away in Lahore......

Azhar's son Asaduddin named in Uttar Pradesh squad

Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin's son Asaduddin took his first major steps in his cricketing career when he was on Friday named in the Uttar Pradesh One Day squad for the forthcoming Vijay......

Mehran airbase attack: 3 Pak naval officers punished

Three senior officers of the Pakistan navy have been penalised after a court martial found them guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty during a deadly Taliban attack on a key naval airbase in......

6 militants convicted for plot to kidnap Tendulkar

A Delhi Court on Friday convicted six Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami(HuJI) militants, including three Pakistanis, for plotting to kidnap cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in 2002. Additional......