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...
The Indian Navy ships at the Jakarta port. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s two frontline warships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata, mission deployed in southeastern Indian Ocean Region, arrived in Jakarta on July 17.&ld...
Newly attested Gorkha Agniveer soldiers pose with senior officers after taking oath. (File photo)New Delhi: In what is seen as a major shift in policy triggered by personnel shortage, the armed forces are mulling to permanently retain 50 per cent of ...
Shillong: Senior Indian Army officer Lt Gen Sanjay Malik on Monday assumed the command of 101 Area at Shillong.101 Area is responsible for providing logistic support to all the formations and units that are deployed in the entire North East Regi...
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...
Agniveers pose with senior officers after their attestation ceremony at the Jammu & Kashmir Regimental Centre, Srinagar. (Photo by special arrangement.) Srinagar/Nagpur/Prayagraj: The first batch of Agniveer recruits who completed their six-...
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...
INS Vikrant (R11) and INS Vikramaditya during the exercise. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: In a first, the Indian Navy’s both battle carrier groups led by aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant have carried out one of the...
Sukhoi over IOR. (Photo by special arrangement.) New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft went on an outing over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) for eight hours, this week, the service said. This comes mid China’s expans...