New Delhi: Giving a fillip to the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative in the defence sector, the ministry of defence on Thursday signed a contract with Nagpur-based Economic Explosive Ltd (EEL) for supply of 10,00,000 multi-mode...
Air Marshal Amit DevShillong: Air Marshal Amit Dev on Thursday took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Indian Air Force's (IAF) Eastern Air Command.He replaced Air Marshal RD Mathur. Prior to his present appointment, he was Air Officer in...
Mumbai: The Naval Investiture Ceremony - 2020 was held at INS Shikra on Wednesday, wherein Western Naval Command (WNC) Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar presented gallantry and distinguished service awards to recipients.The FOC...
New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard Ship Kanaklata Barua was commissioned at Kolkata on Wednesday.Additional Secretary in the defence ministry Jiwesh Nandan commissioned the ICG ship through video conferencing in the presence of ICG DG K Natarajan, GRSE CM...
New Delhi: Indian Army has lost its 27 personnel and injured 159 soldiers in the last six years due to poor quality productions of ammunition and armament by state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).So far in this year, 13 soldiers were reported to b...
Bengaluru: In yet another major fillip to indigenous programme, 300th Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-Dhruv) rolled out from Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) hangar on Tuesday.Speaking on the occasion, HAL CMD R Madhavan said ALH ne...
New Delhi: Stating that Islamabad could not make material changes in areas under its illegal occupation, India on Tuesday opposed Pakistan’s plans to hold an election in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.The Pakistan government plans to hold an elect...
New Delhi: The navies of India and Japan have concluded their 4th edition of maritime bilateral exercise JIMEX 2020. The three-day maritime exercise took place in the North Arabian Sea.Ships undertook anti-air and anti-submarine warfare exercises, we...
New Delhi: Aiming to make India as a global manufacturing destination of military platforms, reduce timelines for acquisition of defence equipment and allow purchase of essential items by the three services, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday u...
Army celebrates Gunners Day New Delhi: The Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army on Monday celebrated its 193rd Gunners Day.It is observed to mark the raising of Five (Bombay) Mountain Battery equipped with 2.5-inch guns on this day in 1827.T...