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HONOURED: 1971 is the story of a group of Indian POWs daring escape after the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

HONOURED: 1971 is the story of a group of Indian POWs daring escape after the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

1971 bags National Award for best feature film

The 55th National Awards announced on Monday brought glory to 1971, Amrit Sagar's grim and realistic take on a group of Indian POWs daring escape after the 1971 Indo-Pak war. The film took home the National honour for being the Best Hindi Feature Film.

WAR HERO: Radhe Shyam Tiwari received seven bravery awards including the Mention-in-Dispatch.
DATE WITH HISTORY: Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina
HIT COMBO: Indian Films-Studio18 slate includes blockbusters Jab We Met, Welcome and Singh Is Kinng.
PORTRAIT OF COURAGE: Suman Purohit believes her husband will return home one day.
DATE WITH JUSTICE: Automobile dealer Krishan Sikand was murdered in October 1982.
HER LAST WORDS: Assassinated Pakistani leader
TEEN TO LEADER: Sixteen years after Shimla summit, Benazir became Pakistan
MISSILE WARS: Cruise missiles are more difficult to detect than ballistic missiles, which are the traditional delivery systems for nuclear weapons.

India set to answer Pakistan's cruise missiles

India’s new missile defence programme will focus solely on intercepting cruise missiles.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-set-to-answer-pakistans-cruise-missiles/54298-3.html

NEVER-ENDING PROCESS: Both Jasbir and Damyanti firmly cling on to the belief that miracles do happen.

PoW kin return, search goes on

The families of the 1971 war prisoners, who were in Pakistan, have returned to India empty-handed, but hope still lives on.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pow-kin-return-search-goes-on/42938-3.html

LONG WAIT: Damayanti has been searching for her husband for last three-and-a-half decades.

Kin claim evidence of PoWs in Pak

Damyanti Tambay has failed to trace her husband in Pak so far, but claims she has collected evidence during her visit.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kin-claim-evidence-of-pows-in-pak/42628-3.html

UNENDING WAIT: Hope has triumphed over logic for the families of Indian PoWs for the past 37 years.

Indian families hunt for PoWs in Pak

14 Indian families cross over to Pak in search of their kith & kin who have been missing since the Indo-Pak war of 1970.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-families-hunt-for-pows-in-pak/41955-3.html

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