A portrait of Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat. During the last phase of the 1962 India-China war, the Indian Army units fighting in the North-East Frontier Agency (Nefa), now Arunachal Pradesh, were struggling with an acute shortage of manpower and...
Manipuri women in Chennai during a vigil calling for peace in their state. (Photo via Facebook)The Manipur ethnic violence, which started on May 3, has claimed over 150 lives and displaced more than fifty thousand people, if not more, so far. Althoug...
A French Rafale (M) landing in US aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush. (Photo: US Navy)New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council has granted the “acceptance of necessity” to the Indian Navy to purchase 26 Rafale ...
A French navy Rafale (M). (File photo)New Delhi: India may sign deals worth around ₹90,000 crore with France soon. The deals include 26 Rafale (Marine) or Rafale (M) warplanes and three additional Scorpene (Kalvari-class) submarines for the Ind...
Giridhar Armane. (File photo)New Delhi: The defence secretary, Giridhar Aramane, embarked on a two-day official visit to Myanmar, on Friday. During his visit, he called on the country’s leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is the chairman...
Indian Army troops in Manipur. (Photo via Facebook)New Delhi/Kohima: A mob of over 1,200 women interrupted an Indian Army operation against militants in Manipur’s Kamjong district and freed 12 militants belonging to the banned terrorist group K...
Arms and ammunition recovered during the operation at Kupwara’s Kala Jungle. (Photo by special arrangement.)Srinagar: The Indian Army and the Jammu & Kashmir Police launched a joint operation in the Kala Jungle general area along the line o...
Narendra Modi being greeted by Indian Americans after his arrival at New York City, on June 20, 2023. (Photo: PMO India)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, landed in New York City, on Tuesday, for his maiden state visit in the United States...
Photo for representation.New Delhi: In one of the most conspicuous moves towards theaterization of the country’s armed forces, the government has given the go-ahead for implementing a common evaluation process for promotion and posting of senio...
A SeaGuardian drone. (Photo: General Atomics) New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, gave its green signal to the armed forces to purchase 31 MQ-9B SeaGuardian, also known as Predator B, drone...