New Delhi: The government on Monday announced outgoing Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat as first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).He is set to retire as Army Chief on December 31.The CDS will function as a single-point adivsor to the government on matters rela...
New Delhi: Outgoing Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.Gen Rawat, who is due to retire on Tuesday, is widely tipped to be anointed as the first Chief of Defence Staff.The CD...
New Delhi: Indian Army on Saturday rescued over 1500 tourists who were stranded between 13th Mile to Natu La in Sikkim.“On December 27, approximately 1500 to 1700 tourists got stranded due to heavy snowfall between 13th Mile to Natu...
Yangon: A cycling expedition consisting of staff from National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) based in Dirang reached Yangon on December 25, 2019.It has three serving Indian Army officers and a civilian instructor.It will be cy...
New Delhi: Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday asserted that the Indian armed forces is an "extremely secular" entity driven by the principles of insaniyat (humanity) and sharafat (decency).His comment came a day after he said s...
New Delhi: Amidst ongoing protest over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizen (NRC) across the country, Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday students leading crowds to carry out arson and violence is not leadership....
New Delhi: In a landmark decision aimed at bringing reforms in higher defence management in the country, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved to create the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in the rank of a four-star General with salary and perquisites...
New Delhi: With an aim to retain the skilled workforce, the Indian Army has come up with a proposal to raise the retirement age of over three lakh foot soldiers in non-combatant role upto 58 years.However, for implementation of such policy it needs g...
New Delhi: Aiming to keep Indian Army combat ready in all situations, India will sign a pact with the US for acquisition of six Apache combat helicopters next month.“We will sign the deal in January 2020 for procurement of Apache choppers. It w...
Shillong: The eighth edition of Indo-China joint training exercise Hand-in-Hand 2019 culminated on Friday at Joint Training Node in Umroi of Meghalaya.The exercise was aimed at practicing the joint drills of counter terrorism operations in a semi urb...