Kolkata: In a swift operation, the Indian Coast Guard on Monday rescued 511 personnel stranded at sea in two different ferries, off Kakdwip in West Bengal.On Monday morning, Haldia-based Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 8 received a message from...
New Delhi: The Indian and French navies have commenced 21st edition of their bilateral maritime exercise “Varuna” on the western seaboard from January 16.The joint exercise was initiated in 1993 but it was christened as Varuna in 2001 and...
Photo for representation.New Delhi: The Indian Army is planning to induct women officers in its artillery regiments, sources in the defence establishment said. The Army is said to have sent a proposal to this effect to the government for approva...
An Indian soldier keeps watch at the LoC in Kashmir. Capturing Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is an ambition repeatedly expressed by our politicians, sometimes directly and sometimes through the military top brass. After the-then chief of Army staff,...
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force are all set to hold a two-week joint air drill – “Exercise Veer Guardian – 2023” – at Japan’s Hyakuri airbase, the IAF said. The exercise will start ...
File photo of a January 2021 drug haul by the BSF in the Fazilka district’s Abohar sector.Amritsar: In a breakthrough against the transborder narcotics-smuggling network in Punjab, the Border Security Force and Fazilka Police, in a joint operat...
An Indian Air Force B-24 Liberator. This is the story of the Indian Air Force’s first heavy bomber and the indigenous “jugaad” (ingenuity) that helped the service develop this capability, as told by the force itself on social m...
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force, on Thursday, said it has successfully test-fired a longer-ranged version of the Brahmos air-launched supersonic cruise missile against a ship target from a Sukhoi-30MKI aircraft.The service said the missile achieved t...
Zelenskyy (L) with Modi. (File photo)New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Monday, during which the two leaders discussed about the ongoing war between Russia and Ukrain...
Agniveer aspirants appearing for written test. (File)Srinagar: The first batch of recruits under the newly introduced Agnipath recruitment scheme from the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir has joined the Indian Army for training, the Defence PRO...