New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has sanctioned two crucial defence acquisitions on Wednesday, which are aimed at substantially enhancing the country’s military capabilities. The CCS ap...
BAE Hawk Mk-132s from IAF’s Surya Kiran Acrobatic Team during an airshow held at Chennai’s Marina Beach, on October 7, 2024.“Nabhaḥ Spr̥śaṁ Dīptam (Touch the Sky with Glory)”~ Indian Air Force MottoT...
Bofors 155mm artillery guns firing at enemy positions during the 1999 Kargil conflict. (File photo) “Sarvatra Izzat-o-Iqbal (Everywhere with Honour and Glory)” ~ Regiment of Artillery MottoGunners’ Day, celebrated annually...
Muktesh Pardeshi.New Delhi: Muktesh Pardeshi has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Turkiye (Turkey), marking a pragmatic diplomatic shift at a time when relations between New Delhi and Ankara have been lukewarm. Pardeshi, a senior In...
INS Vikrant seen sailing with four MiG-29K fighters flying over it. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, has officially joined the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet, the Navy said ...
Screenshot taken from a video shows a CRPF man handling an anti-drone gun in Manipur. (Via X)The state of Manipur has been in the throes of violence since May 2023, causing human misery, deaths, and large-scale displacement of people. The trigger for...
A BSF soldier near the LoC. (File photo)Jammu: Pakistani troops opened fire from across the line of control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector targeting Indian posts without any provocation in violation of the ceasefire agreement, in...
Security personnel in a Kashmir village during a cordon-and-search operation. (File photo)Earlier, the ongoing 35-year-long militancy, insurgency, and terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir was predominantly a Kashmir-centric phenomenon with sporadic attac...
INS Arihant. (File photo)Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy got its second nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine, on Thursday. The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, commissioned the nuclear submarine capable of carrying nuclear-tipped ballistic...
An Indian Army soldier standing guard at the India Gate in New Delhi with a SIG 716 assault rifle. (India Sentinels file photo.)New Delhi: India has finalized a deal with the United States to procure an additional 73,000 SIG Sauer’s SIG 71...