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...
Agni Prime during its test-firing from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island. (Photo by special arrangement.)New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested Agni Prime, the new-generation Agni intermediate-range...
Boris Pistorius (L) with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, on June 6, 2023. (Photo by special arrangement)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, held a bilateral meeting with Germany’s defence minister, Boris Pistorius, in the national capit...
Gen Manoj Pande. (File photo)New Delhi: To further enhance the defence ties between India and Bangladesh, the Indian Army chief, General Manoj Pande, landed on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, on Monday.During his stay in the country, he will be meetin...
Flag of Indian armed forces. New Delhi: In what is seen as a major step towards compartmentalization of the country’s armed forces into integrated theatre commands, the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force will cross-post mid...
Rajnath Singh in Nigeria (PC: Defence Ministry)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has attended the swearing-in ceremony of president-elect of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja on May 29.In addition to senior defence ministry officials, ...
An IAF Apache AH-64E somewhere in Ladakh. (File photo)Gwalior: An Indian Air Force Apache AH-64E combat helicopter made an emergency landing near Bhind in Madhya Pradesh while it was carrying out routine operational training, on Monday. No casualty h...
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...
The red circles in this map roughly shows the areas where Indian and Chinese troops had skirmishes between 2020 and 2021 in eastern Ladakh. (CIA map via Wikipedia) New Delhi: The Indian Army has rejected China’s demand for a buffer zone i...