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Republic Day 2024: President Droupadi Murmu approves gallantry awards to service personnel, Captain Anshuman Singh gets Kirti Chakra posthumously
Captain Anshuman Singh, who was killed while trying to save his comrades during a fire incident in Siachen, received the Kirti Chakra (Posthumous).New Delhi: On the eve of the 75th Republic Day, the president and supreme commander of the armed forces...
Know about Air Marshal PK Barbora – the Indian Air Force officer who reactivated DBO airstrip in 2008
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...
Vice Admiral Atul Anand takes over as additional secretary of department of military affairs
Vice Admiral Atul Anand. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Indian Navy’s Vice Admiral Atul Anand assumed charge of the additional secretary in the department of military affairs. Indian Army’s Lieutenant General Anil Puri held the post previ...
‘We Stared in the Eyes of Death’: The 1962 operations in Chushul
The Rezang-la War Memorial. (Photo collected by Jai Samota through special arrangement.)“We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory.” ~ Charles WolfeAfter the eight-day battle, which...
‘Har Shikhar Tiranga’: NIMAS launches unique expedition to hoist tricolour at highest point of all states
The NIMAS team at the summit of Mount Purgyal in Himachal Pradesh. (Photo by special arrangement) New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Dirang-based National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports has launched a one...
‘Death Trap’: The 1962 operations in Galwan-Chang Chenmo sector
Indian Army’s Gorkha troops sitting with China’s PLA troops somewhere in eastern Ladakh (exact location unknown). This photo was taken by a Chinese soldier days before the 1962 war started.“When we were flown into that post, we knew...
Government announces Lt Gen Manoj Pande as next Indian Army chief
Lt Gen Manoj Pande.New Delhi: The government has announced that the current vice-chief of the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Manoj Chandrashekhar Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, will be the new chief of the force, succeeding Gen MM Naravane, who will be sup...
Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar to be the next Chief of the Naval Staff
New Delhi: The Government have appointed Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar, presently Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command as the next Chief of the Naval Staff with effect from the afternoon of November 30. The present Chief of the Na...
Rear Adm IB Uthaiah takes over Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard Admiral Superintendent
Vizag: Rear Admiral IB Uthaiah took over as the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam from Rear Admiral Sreekumar Nair during a formal ceremony held on May 31.Rear Admiral IB Uthaiah was commissioned into the Indian Navy in November 1...
War veteran Maj Gen RN Chibber dies at 87
New Delhi: Maj Gen RN Chibber died on Saturday. He was 87.Gen Chibber was born on September 23, 1934 and was commissioned into the Indian Army on June 2, 1955.An outstanding officer, Gen Chibber participated in the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars, and...Results
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