Call To Youths To Join 37 Coorg Medium Regiment
AGM of T. Shettigeri Ex-Servicemen Association held Mysore/Mysuru: The 9th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of T. Shettigeri Ex-Servicemen Association, Kodagu (Coorg) District, was held at […]
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MoD allows use of military ranks by retired Short Service Commission officers
Ministry of Defence (MoD) has decided to allow the retired Short Service Commission (SSC) officers of the Army to use military ranks as applicable. The […]
Octogenarian widow of Army veteran struggles for pension
The 83-year-old wife of an Army veteran from Hunsur in Mysuru, whose family pension was discontinued more than three years ago, has been knocking on […]
War Memorial In Mysuru Should Not Be Termed As Martyrs’ Memorial Or National War Memorial: Ex-Servicemen Caution
Mysore/Mysuru: The city-based Mysuru Ex-Servicemen Movement (MEM) held its bimonthly meeting on Dec. 3 at Chamundeshwari Convention Hall, Bannur Road, Mysuru. Air Veteran Mandetira N. […]
55 Years After: A Memorial To An Indian Martyr
When I read the poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ by the English poet Thomas Gray (1751) many years ago, I found many quotable […]
Sqn.Ldr. A.B. Devayya’s Statue Unveiled At Madikeri
Image: Ex-Sergeant Deranna Gowda saluting the statue. Ex-Sergeant Deranna Gowda, who handed over a pistol to A.B. Devayya, shares his experience Madikeri: The bronze statue […]
Ex-servicemen demand pension for jawans who fought Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971
Image: CB Motaiah, Indo-Pak war veteran discharged on compassionate grounds before completing his pensionable service, has approached Mandetira N Subramani, President of VeKare Ex-Servicemen Trust, […]
EX-SERVICEMEN CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH SCHEME IS RETROGRADE AND DISCRIMINATORY. DISCONTENTMENT AMONG EX-SERVICEMEN BREWS
The retired armed forces soldiers up to the rank of Havildars in the Army, Petty officers in the Navy, and Sergeants in the Air Force, […]
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF AN ARMY WIDOW AND DENIAL OF FAMILY PENSION FOR OVER A DECADE
Mysuru, May 12 – In what could be said as a goof- up committed by inefficient and callous defence authorities in the Record Section, who […]
CORRUPTION AMONG SERVICEMEN AND EX-SERVICEMEN
By: Maj Gen S.G.Vombatkere VSM Corruption in the Defence Services (“Services” hereinafter) is nothing new. However, it never was and is not anywhere near the sheer, […]