IAF is gender agnostic: Air
Chief Marshal
New Delhi, Sep 20: The Indian Air Force proudly says it is “gender agnostic” and in the officer’s cadre, every branch, every stream, every substream has got women officers now, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said on Wednesday. He said this in his address during an event held at Subroto Park here. “The India Air Force proudly… we say we are gender agnostic. In the officer’s cadre, every branch, every stream, every substream has got women officers now. We have had the first woman CO (commanding officer) of our combat squadron,” he said. “We have had a large number of women officers who have completed their staff course, their higher command course, their HDMC course, and so on. “So, we have little over 1,600 women in the air force today, 161 of them are from the flying branch, including 17 in the fighters,” the IAF chief said. (PTI)
NIA ups drive against Khalistanis
New Delhi, Sep 20: Stepping up its crackdown on Khalistani terrorist campaign in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday announced cash reward of Rs 10 lakh each for information leading to the arrest of ‘listed terrorists’ Harwinder Singh Sandhu a.k.a Rinda, and Lakhbir Singh Sandhu a.k.a Landa, for promoting terror activities of Babbar Khalsa International in India. As per sources, the end objectives of both Rinda and Landa are to execute the tasks which may lead to a resurgence of terrorism in Punjab, for which Pakistan’s ISI is backing them with highly-explosive Chinese grenades, AK-47 and MP-5 rifles and loads of ex-Chinese Army stock Star Pistols. “Landa is based out of Canada, while Rinda is suspected to be in Pakistan,” said the sources. The NIA had also announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh each for information on three associates of these terrorists, namely Parminder Singh Kaira a.k.a Pattu, Satnam Singh a.k.a Satbir Singh a.k.a Satta, and Yadvinder Singh a.k.a Yadda. Sources hinted that most of the Khalistani terrorists are based out of Canada, Australia and Pakistan. (IANS)