UN Peacekeeping: India, US to train African troops

Aiming to build and enhance the capacity of African nations contributing troops for UN peacekeeping missions, India and the US on Monday kicked off the third edition of a programme to train instructors from these countries. The African militar...

Eyeing permanent commission for women, Army to create “specialized cadre”

In an effort to resolve the issue of offering permanent commission to women, the Indian Army is mulling to create a “specialized cadre” system so that they can be assigned non-combatant roles. Six branches of the Indian Army have b...

Harimau Shakti ex: Indian Army demonstrates skills in radio controlled IED

The Indian Army on Wednesday demonstrated training on the assembling of a radio controlled explosive device for Malaysian Army on third day of their first-ever joint military exercise "Harimau Shakti" at Wardieburn camp in Kuala Lumpur. "India...

Amid blots of communal riots, two families set example for others

At a time when some of the Indian states are simmering with the blot of communal disharmony and the chasm among different religions of the country seems to be widening on account of some infamous hatred-fueled incidents, there are some which have set...