Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Two Indian Army personnel including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) died after a T-90 tank barrel exploded during the annual firing at Babina Field Firing Ranges in UP, Army officials said.

Jammu Apr 19 PTI In a first a 15-year-old girl was operated for Temperomandibular joint TMJ ankylosis in an army dental unit here a defence spokesman said on Tuesday The patient daughter of a serving Junior Commissioned Officer JCO was operated by Dr V Gopalakrishnan and his team in an Army Dental Unit under the leadership and guidance of Dr Kavita Makkar the spokesman said He said this was the first such case which has been operated in a peripheral centre The girl had a fall from terrace six years back as a result her mouth opening started reducing slowly and finally it was only 3 mm which had affected her physical mental and psychological health and her studies the spokesman said quoting the doctors After examining her clinically and with radiographs she was diagnosed as a case of Post Traumatic TMJ Ankylosis he said The spokesman said she was taken up for release of ankylosis left side under general anaesthesia The mass was removed and coronoidectomy done to achieve mouth opening of 35mm on the Operation Theatre Table Temporalis Fascia and muscle were harvested and interpositioned to prevent recurrence he said He said her recovery was uneventful She is on active Physiotherapy and follow up Her mouth opening has improved to 38 mm and she is now happily preparing for her board exams The spokesman said these type of cases are usually done only in tertiary care centres PTI TAS RCJ

New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Top military doctors of the country performed the first MitraClip heart surgery in the armed forces on a junior commissioned officer (JCO) who had developed a heart failure due to infection.

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 30 (ANI): An officer and a soldier of the Indian Army lost their lives in a mysterious blast on Saturday that took place in the Naushera sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army said.

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 24 (ANI): One terrorist, associated with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Bhata Durian area of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

Srinagar: The Army has launched a major combing operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch after two soldiers including a junior commissioned officer (JCO) went missing in an ongoing operation that started on Monday. According to media reports, the JCO and a soldier went missing after the Army came under heavy firing from terrorists on Thursday evening. Two soldiers – Rifleman Yogambar Singh and rifleman Vikram Singh Negi – were killed in the encounter that erupted in Poonch-Rajouri forests, four days after five army personnel were killed in action in the same area.

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 15 (ANI): One Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and a soldier have lost their lives in a counter-terrorist operation which is underway in the Nar Khas forest area, Mendhar sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, the Indian Army said on Friday.

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] October 14 (ANI): One Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and one soldier were critically injured during a counter-terrorist operation in Nar Khas forest area, Mendhar sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, informed Public Relations Officer (PRO), Defence, Jammu on Thursday.

Kapurthala (Punjab) [India], October 13 (ANI): The family of Naib Subedar Jaswinder Singh, killed in action during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, mourned their loss as the mortal remains of the late soldier reached his native place at Mana Talwandi village of Kapurthala district in Punjab on Wednesday.

New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Condemning the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector where one Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and four jawans had lost their lives, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that the people who spread terror do not like the action against terrorism in the Union Territory and the peace that has prevailed in last two years.