Rakesh Pal. (Photo: Indian Coast Guard)New Delhi: Rakesh Pal has been appointed the 25th director general of the Indian Coast Guard. He is an alumnus of the Indian Naval Academy and joined Indian Coast Guard in January 1989.He has undergone professio...
Kargil Vijay Diwas RunKargil: In remembrance of 1999 Kargil war heroes, over 300 runners participated in Kargil Vijay Diwas run at Drass in Ladakh on Sunday.The participants were from different walk of life, including security and armed forces, veter...
Indian Army contingent before leaving for Mongolia. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The armies of India and Mongolia will begin their 15th edition of bilateral joint military exercise “Nomadic Elephant” from July 17 at Ulaanbaatar.For this...
A French Rafale (M) landing in US aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush. (Photo: US Navy)New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council has granted the “acceptance of necessity” to the Indian Navy to purchase 26 Rafale ...
Flag of the Indian armed forces.New Delhi: The Indian military is likely to get its first integrated theatre command in August, at least two media outlets reported on Wednesday. This is going to be the first major reorganization of the country’...
Guwahati: The Indian Army has announced the commencement of Phase II of Agniveer recruitment process which has already begun from June in various parts of India.“This phase marks a significant milestone in the Indian Army’s effort to tran...
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...
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...
Women in Imphal hold a candlelight vigil to end the ethnic violence that has gripped the state since early May. (Photo: Twitter)Manipur is a landlocked state that shares a 398-kilometre international border with Myanmar. The international border is h...
INS Kirpan. (Photo via Twitter/@AdithyaKM_) New Delhi: India has gifted INS Kirpan, an indigenously built missile corvette, which was in service with the Indian Navy until now, to Vietnam. The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, announced this afte...