Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said last week that the Indian authorities are in touch with a group of Sikhs taking shelter in a gurudwara near Kabul, and that they will be brought to India as soon as possible.

The sources said that the IAF's C-130J transport plane landed in Tajikistan for refuelling and is likely to arrive at the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Sunday.

Meanwhile, an Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft on Saturday departed from the Kabul airport with some eminent Afghan leaders, including public representatives from the Hindu and Sikh communities, as well as 85 Indians on board.

According to the information received from sources, the C-130J transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force took off from Kabul with Indian citizens and some Afghan Hindus and Sikhs.

The three dogs - Maya, Bobbi and Roobi were deployed in Kabul in 2019. They had secured the Indian Embassy at Kabul for past 3 years with great bravery, professional competence and fierce loyalty to ITBP troops.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the Nation in celebrating the historic 75th Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2021.

Twenty-three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) on 75th Independence Day.

"On tangible information of BSF a joint search was established at first Morh Kotan by police, 72 battalion BSF and army," police said in a statement.

​As per the operating procedures, the area was cordoned off by Army personal and J&K Police and soon the specialist Bomb Disposal Squad sanitized the area around to avert any tragedy.

India TV's Manish Prasad spoke about all the aspects of the escalating violence in Afghanistan with Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the powerful High Council for National Reconciliation. Here are some excerpts from the interview.

The twelfth round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Indian side on Monday.

The test was carried out against a high-speed unmanned aerial target which was successfully intercepted by the missile.

The Jammu and Kashmir police has shot down a drone carrying improvised explosive device (IED) material weighing 5 kg in the border belt of Jammu district on Friday.

Days after the attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a few photographs are making rounds on social media, which depicts Chinese workers on maintenance tasks at various CPEC projects are carrying AK-47s on their shoulders.

The launch was witnessed by the representatives of the Indian Air Force. In order to capture flight data, ITR deployed a number of Range stations like, Electro-Optical Tracking System, Radar and Telemetry.

A ceremony was held at the Naval Air Station North Island or NAS North Island, San Diego on Friday that marked the formal transfer of the helicopters from US Navy to Indian Navy.

According to the details, the encounter had broken out in Srinagar's Danmar area.

Sainik Schools are established under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence to prepare students mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA).

The search operation is underway after security forces were apprised about the presence of suspicious persons with bags in the district.

The Punjab Police on Tuesday busted a major cross-border espionage network with the arrest of two Army personnel on charges of spying and providing classified documents to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan.