Veterans at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding for implementation of one rank, one pension. (File photo)New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has approved the revision of pension armed forces’ pensione...
The remains of Indian Army truck that met with the fatal accident. (Photo via Twitter/@ashokkmrsingh)New Delhi: The Indian Army lost 16 soldiers, including three junior commissioned officers (JCOs), when a truck carrying them skidded while taking a s...
Indian tanks in Ladakh. (Representational photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has given its approval for acceptance of necessity (AoN) to acquire 24 different types of weapons, weapon syste...
Mahar Regiment’s Lt Gen C Bansi Ponnappa (2nd from left) shakes hands with 8 Squadron’s AVM MS Deswal after signing the “Charter of Affiliation”. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The Indian Army’s Mahar Regiment and the In...
Defence minister Rajnath Singh (C) with Adm R Hari Kumar and others on INS Mormugao’s deck during the destroyer’s commissioning.Mumbai: The Indian Navy commissioned the country’s latest guided-missile destroyer, Mormugao, into the f...
Mormugao during delivery to the Indian Navy. (Photo: Defence ministry)New Delhi: The Indian Navy will commission its latest stealth guided-missile destroyer, Mormugao, on Sunday. It is the second ship of Project 15B. The defence minister, Rajnath Sin...
Narendra Modi (L) and Vladimir Putin. (File photo)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, had a telephone conversation with the president of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday.In a media release, the foreign ministry said the two l...
File picNew Delhi: Amid fresh spike in border tension with China at Yangtse in Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Air Force commenced a two-day major exercise on Thursday in northeastern region of the country, with involving all its frontline platforms, i...
Agni V during a trial. (File photo)New Delhi: India test-fired its latest version of Agni V missile in full operational mode. The user trial of the intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with a stated range of 5,500 kilometres was conducted from...
Pakistan’s Lt Gen AAK Niazi (right) signing the instrument of surrender under the direction of Indian Army’s Eastern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen JS Arora (left) in Dhaka, on December 16, 1971.India and Bangladesh celebrate Vijay Diwas on Dece...