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...
New Delhi: Chachin Grazing Festival was celebrated with great fervour by the local graziers of Tawang region near Bumla Pass in Arunachal Pradesh from July 14 to July 15.The two-day event held at Chachin saw enthusiastic participation from Graziers f...
French President Emmanuel Macron confers the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on PM Modi (PC: Twitter/MEA)New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France's highest award, on July 13 by ...
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’...
A French navy Rafale (M). (File photo)New Delhi: India may sign deals worth around ₹90,000 crore with France soon. The deals include 26 Rafale (Marine) or Rafale (M) warplanes and three additional Scorpene (Kalvari-class) submarines for the Ind...
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 ...
Indian Army soldiers rehearsing in New Delhi before leaving for Paris to take part in France’s Bastille Day parade. (Photo by special arrangement.) New Delhi: An Indian contingent comprising 269 personnel from the triservices left for Pari...
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...