British Army: News

11 Sep 2024

Earthquake

World's largest women-run market is in India; guess where?

Ima Keithel, which translates to "mother's market," in Imphal, Manipur, is believed to be the world's largest market run by some 3,000 "Imas" or mothers.

08 Jan 2023

Taliban

Big mouth loser: Taliban on Prince Harry's 'killed 25' remark

After Price Harry claimed that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan during his time in the military, the Taliban publicly criticized the Duke of Sussex and called him a "big mouth loser."

19 Feb 2020

Discovery

Bear Grylls teases motion poster of special episode with Rajinikanth

Thalaiva is all set to make his television debut.

01 Feb 2019

Murder

US court orders Syria to pay $302mn for journalist's murder

On Wednesday night, a court in Washington slapped the Syrian government with $302mn in damages for the death of journalist Marie Colvin.

19 Dec 2018

Germany

UK-court jails neo-Nazi couple, who named their child after Hitler

A British court sentenced a neo-Nazi couple to prison on Tuesday. The couple had named their newborn baby after German dictator Adolf Hitler and the court described the intentions of the group, they were part of, as dangerous.

25 Sep 2018

Queen Elizabeth II

UK's first Sikh-Guardsman tests positive for cocaine, could be expelled

A 22-year-old Sikh soldier, who created history by becoming the first to wear a turban during an annual parade to mark the birthday ceremony of British Queen Elizabeth II, could be kicked out from his post after he was tested positive for cocaine, media reports said.

24 Sep 2018

Aamir Khan

#ThugsOfHindostan: All looks revealed, whose did you like the most?

'Thugs Of Hindostan' is unarguably one of 2018's biggest movies. The scale on which it was shot, the cast, and the VFX involved, all have made it larger than life.

25 Apr 2018

Punjab

Last Sikh Queen's earrings fetch £175,000, 6 times auction estimate

A pair of gold pendant earrings from the collection of last Sikh Queen of Punjab Maharani Jind Kaur fetched £175,000 (Rs. 1.6cr approximately), nearly six times the guide price, at an auction.

11 Mar 2018

World

Sikh student dragged out of UK nightclub for wearing turban

A Sikh student has claimed he was dragged out of Rush Late Bar in Mansfield Nottinghamshire yesterday for wearing his religious headwear.

10 Nov 2017

India

#DefenseDiaries: Indian Army's Gorkha Rifles celebrates 200 years of service

The Indian Army's 9th Gorkha Rifles (GR) regiment is celebrating 200 years of its raising with a grand two-day function.

07 Nov 2016

Sheffield United

English footballer's dying wish-ashes to be scattered in Mizoram

Family members of Herbert Winston Vaughan, an English footballer, arrived at the Assam Rifles Lammual ground in Aizwal, the capital of Mizoram, and scattered his ashes.

09 Aug 2016

London

MI5's Anti-Terror Mind Reading Team

British domestic counter-intelligence agency MI5's Behavioural Science Unit (BSU) is a specialised team tasked with helping the intelligence agency prevent terror attacks.