Govt activates 14 Territorial Army battalions

In the wake of the ongoing military conflict between India and Pakistan the central government has asked the Indian Army Chief to call out ldquoevery officer and every enrolled personrdquo of the Territorial Army TA to provide for essential guard or to be embodied to support or supplement the regular armyThe Ministry of Defencersquos Department of Military Affairs issued a notification saying ldquoThis order shall remain in force for three years with effect from 10 Feb 2025 to 09 Feb 2028rdquoldquoIn exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 33 of the Territorial Army Rule 1948 the Central Government empowers Chief of the Army Staff to exercise the powers under that rule to call out every officer and every enrolled person of the TA to provide for essential guard or to be embodied for the purpose of supporting or supplementing the regular armyrdquo reads the notificationAn army jawan in JampK File picThe TA raised on October 9 1949 completed 75 years last year and has served the nation in times of war and in humanitarian and environmental protection works through its eventful journey over the decades The government notification also said ldquoout of the existing 32 Infantry Battalions TA embodiment of 14 Infantry Battalions TA for deployment in the areas of Southern Command Eastern Command Western Command Central Command Northern Command South Western Command Andaman and Nicobar Command and Army Training Command ARTRACrdquoRajnath reviews securityDefence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed the national security scenario with the top military leadership a day after Pakistanrsquos attempts to target Indian military installations were repelled The meeting was attended by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi Air Chief Marshal A P Singh Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar SinghIndia last night thwarted Pakistan militarys attempt to hit military stations in Jammu Pathankot Udhampur and some other locations with missiles and drones ldquoIndia remains fully prepared to defend its sovereignty and ensure the safety of its peoplerdquo the defence ministry saidHome Minister Amit Shah also on Friday reviewed the prevailing situation along Indias border with Pakistan and airports sources said Apart from reviewing the security situation Shah also took stock of the steps taken to beef up security at airports across the country the sources saidPak drone attacks repulsedPakistanrsquos armed forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire western border on the intervening night of May 89 which were ldquoeffectively repulsedrdquo the Indian Army said on Friday Pakistani troops also resorted to ldquonumerous ceasefire violationsrdquo along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir the Indian Army said in an early Friday morning post on X The drone attacks were ldquoeffectively repulsedrdquo and a ldquobefitting replyrdquo was given to the ceasefire violations the army saidBSF kills seven terroristsThe BSF on Friday said it has foiled an infiltration bid from across the International Border in Jammu killing at least seven terrorists and destroying a Rangers post The terrorists were engaged around 11 pm on Thursday in Samba district after a ldquobig grouprdquo was detected by the ldquosurveillance gridrdquoThis infiltration bid was supported by fire from Pakistan Rangers post Dhandhar a BSF spokesperson said The BSF also shared a thermal imager clip of the firing and destruction of a bunker of the said post where a heavy machine gun of the Rangers was mountedUS to stay out of war VP JD VanceThe US has said it is not going to get involved in a war thatrsquos ldquofundamentally none of our businessrdquo While the US cannot control India and Pakistan it can encourage the two nucleararmed neighbours to deescalate Vice President J D Vance said in an interview with Fox News on ThursdayldquoLook wersquore concerned about any time nuclear powers collide and have a major conflictrdquo Vance said when asked how concerned the Trump administration is about a potential nuclear war Vance quoted US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio who have said that Washington wants the tensions to ldquodeescalaterdquo as quickly as possibleldquoWe canrsquot control these countries though What we can do is try to encourage to deescalate But wersquore not going to get involved in the middle of warrdquo the US VP saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params