Pensions enhanced for soldiers, junior commissioned officers

October 9th, 2009 WARSAW - Two Polish soldiers were killed and four injured Friday in an attack in Afghanistan. A bomb exploded under their vehicle in Wardak Province, in the country's central-east region, according to the Polish news agency PAP, which quoted a military spokesman in Warsaw.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of the Delhi Metro derailed near the Yamuna Bank station in east Delhi Sunday morning, disrupting train services temporarily, an official said. While no injuries were reported, a junior engineer has been suspended.

July 30th, 2009 Ousted Honduran president: Military could rebelOCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says disgruntled military officers could rebel "at any moment" against the government installed in a coup. Zelaya says he has information that some soldiers and officers are "repudiating the way in which the military leadership is directing the armed forces." He warns young officers could rebel "at any moment" and force military chief Gen.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government on Monday said that there have been 110 incidents of ceasefire violation from Pakistani side along the Line of Control (LoC) since 2006 which caused death of nine Indian security personnel. 77 such incidents occurred in 2008, 21 in the 2007 and 3 in 2006.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has accepted the one-rank-one-pension (OROP) demand for armed forces officers and personnel below officer rank (PBOR) and will also set up a separate pay panel for the military, parliament was informed Monday. However, from Defence Minister A.K.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian government Monday partially met the "one-rank-one-pension" (OROP) demand of the armed forces, announcing enhanced pensions for soldiers and junior commissioned officers (JCOs) that will entail additional expenditure of Rs.2,100 crores per year. Officers, however, who had initiated the OROP demand, have been ignored.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 34 percent hike in the defence budget for 2009-10 is driven more by the increased salaries granted to government employees on a pay panel's recommendations than by the armed forces' need for capacity building, experts say. The hike of 34 percent over last year is misleading.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's defence expenditure during 2009-10 remains unchanged from Rs.141,703 crore ($28 billion) allocated in the interim budget earlier this year - which was a hike of 34 percent over the previous year. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the budget in the Lok Sabha, had a word of cheer for soldiers and junior commissioned officers (JCOs), saying their pensions would be enhanced.

June 13th, 2009 DEHRADUN - As many as 497 cadets passed out of the Indian Military Academy here Saturday to be commissioned as officers in the Indian Army. Besides, 16 foreign cadets were also declared successful at the impressive 124th passing out parade of the country's premier military training centre.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked his cabinet colleagues to ensure the junior ministers reporting to them get meaningful roles to discharge their responsibilities. I hope you will give your junior colleagues adequate responsibility in your ministry, the prime minister said in a letter to each cabinet minister.

June 8th, 2009 2 police officers killed in AcapulcoACAPULCO, Mexico — Attackers used grenades and guns in near-simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the Pacific coast resort city plagued by drug violence. The bold pre-dawn attacks follow a spectacular four-hour gunbattle that killed 17 people — 13 suspected hit men, two innocent bystanders and two soldiers — said Daniel Velasco, an army commander in Acapulco.

June 6th, 2009 Peru: 9 more police killed in Amazon protestLIMA, Peru — Peru's defense minister says nine more police officers have been killed as security forces battle Indians in the Amazon who are protesting oil and gas exploration on their remote lands. That brings to 20 the number of police deaths.

May 1st, 2009 Colombia soldiers charged in civilians' killingsBOGOTA — Colombian authorities have arrested a retired lieutenant colonel and seven other soldiers in the killings of two civilians who they allegedly presented as guerrillas slain in combat to inflate rebel body counts. Prosecutors say five active soldiers and three retired officers were detained, including former Lt.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An army enquiry has found one junior commissioned officer (JCO) and two soldiers guilty of having killed civilians in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year, official sources said here Friday. Two civilians were killed in a shootout by soldiers of the counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles on Feb 21 at Bumai village near Sopore town.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI -Yuki Bhambri Saturday became the first Indian to win the Australian Open Junior Boys title. He beat Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany 6-3, 6-1.