Senior Army officers from the Red Shield Division pose with veterans during the ESM rally in Senapati district, Manipur. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)Kohima/New Delhi: Continuing their efforts to connect with veterans, the Indian A...
The India-Myanmar border is shown inside the red box. (Google Maps)“Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation.” ~ Kirstjen Nielsen, former US secretary of homeland securityBorder security i...
Tharaka Balasuriya. (Photo: X/@TharakaBalasur1)New Delhi: Sri Lanka reaffirmed that it will not allow any other country to use its territory to harm India’s security interests, as a Chinese spy ship was seen in the Maldives waters on the same d...
S Jaishankar (R) with Antony Blinken in Munich. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar)New Delhi: India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, and the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Munich Security Con...
Security forces in Jammu & Kashmir during an encounter with militants. (File photo for representation.)In 1987, as a young Indian Army captain, I trudged every nook and corner of the Uri bowl without fear and scepticism, enjoyed the scenic beauty...
Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League won 252 out of 300 parliamentary seats in Bangladesh’s 2024 general election. (File photo)New Delhi: The Awami League (AL), led by Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has won a fourth consecutive...
Randhir Jaiswal (L) and Arindam Bagchi. (Photo: X/@MEAIndia)New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has a new face to represent it to the media and the public. Randhir Jaiswal, an IFS officer of the 1998 batch, has assumed the role of the foreign...
Fresh BSF recruits celebrating after their passing-out parade in Srinagar. (File photo for representation.)Morale and motivation are the vital cornerstones of any efficient force, and the CAPFs are no exception. They are intertwined; neglecting one w...
UN general assembly during Gaza ceasefire vote. (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi: India seems to have changed its recent stand on the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and voted in favour of a United Nations general assembly resolution calling for a ceasefir...
Hamas fighters in Gaza. (File photo)The Hamas cross-border attack on Israel, on October 7, 2023, and successful infiltration by breaching the border wall between Gaza and Israel brings into focus the perils of the routine paradigm of border guarding....