New Delhi: The Number 4 Squadron (Oorials) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) based at Air Force Station Uttarlai (Barmer) is converting from the MiG-21 to the Su-30 MKI, marking a watershed moment in the history of the squadron which was operating the Mi...
Jaipur: Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday retired one of its three remaining squadrons of the Russian-origin MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft. It flew in the skies of Uttarlai in Barmer district of Rajasthan.The ageing fighters will gradually be replaced...
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (December 10, 1950–October 30, 2023)Shillong: Former Indian Air Force vice-chief Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (retd) passed away on Monday after illness at the age of 72 years in Delhi. The officer was known...
Israel flattened neighbourhoods after neighbourhoods in Gaza through air and artillery strikes in retaliation to Hamas’s surprise attack that saw over 1,200 Israelis dead, so far. (Photo via Twitter)Four days have passed since the sudden rocket...
Since the Hamas incursion into Israel and the killings of nearly a 1,000 Israelis, Tel Aviv has bombed over 1,500 targets in the Gaza strip, levelling high-rises and buildings, including mosques and schools. (Photo via Twitter.)New Delhi: Israel was ...
Photo for representation. New Delhi: A suspected case of attempted fratricide has been reported in Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir, on Thursday, in which three officers of the 48 Rashtriya Rifles regiment have sustained gunshot wounds.Th...
The Assam Rifles is a CAPF under the administrative control of the Union home ministry while its operational control is with the defence ministry. (Photo via special arrangement.)India shares land borders with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan...
SIMBEX concluded in SingaporeNew Delhi: Navies of India and Singapore concluded their 30th edition of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) in Singapore, which saw participation of Indian Naval Ships Ranvijay (guided-missile Destroyer)...
Indian Army chief Gen Manoj Pandey New Delhi: Mulling over emerging geo-strategic contours, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande has pointed about the rise of China and its “belligerence” is presenting a threat to the “rule ba...
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, skipped the G20 summit that was held in New Delhi recently. This is something he hasn’t done since taking over the presidency of China, in 2012. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, he attended the summit virtua...