The Katchatheevu island, as shown by the red pin. (Google Earth image)New Delhi: A recent Right to Information query by the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president, K Annamalai, has rekindled a decades-old issue of the transfer of Katchatheevu (a...
BrahMos missiles. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has attributed the accidental firing of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile into Pakistan two years ago to a technical oversight. The incident, which occurred on March 9, 2022, raised...
An ATAGS being test-fired. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army is poised to bolster its artillery firepower along the northern borders, specifically in response to the ongoing tensions with China. In a significant move towards indigenous weapon sy...
Rajnath Singh.New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, while delivering his speech at the Times Now Summit on Thursday, said the government was open to changes in the Agniveer recruitment scheme, if deemed necessary. The Agniveer scheme, ...
Narendra Modi (L) with Bhutan’s king, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. (Photo: X/@narendramodi) New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, embarked on a significant 24-hour state visit to Bhutan, on Friday. This visit, which was initiall...
Indian Navy officers (L) along with their Mozambican and Tanzanian counterparts on board INS Tir during IMT Trilat. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The second edition of the India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IM...
An Indian Army T-90S main battle tank during a combat exercise in Rajasthan. (Photo: MoD)Mysuru/New Delhi: In a breakthrough for India’s indigenous defence industry, the state-owned Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) successfully conducted the ...
Indian and US servicemen in a warship on the first day of Exercise Tiger Triumph – 2024. (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: India and the United States have begun a bilateral, multi-service exercise – “Tiger Triumph – 2024” – ...
The Somali pirates are forced to sit together on MV Ruen while a Navy chopper keep watch after the successful MARCOS raid to free the ship. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to bring a group of Somali pirates apprehended dur...
MV Ruen. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Three months after being hijacked in the Arabian sea, the Indian Navy finally freed the Malta-flagged merchant ship MV Ruen from the clutches of Somali pirates south in the Arabian Sea in the western Indian Oce...