HTS fighters in Damascus. (Photo via X)New Delhi: The decadelong Syrian civil war reached a dramatic turning point as the government of President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, and Damascus fell into the hands of the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham...
[This is an excerpt from Iqbal Chand Malhotra’s book “The Nukes, The Jihad, The Hawala, and Crystal Meth: A Tale of Treachery, published by Ink.]As Trump’s presidency wound down, numerous reports emerged from the Pentagon, the Afgha...
Army personnel stand guard near razor-wire barricades outside Manipur’s Leimakhong Army Camp of the 57th Mountain Division. (Photo via FB)In the lush hills and valleys of Manipur, the humanitarian tragedy of unprecedented magnitude continues to...
Rajnath Singh (L) and Pat Conroy. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh)New Delhi: India and Australia have taken a major step in strengthening their defence ties by signing an agreement allowing mutual midair refuelling of military aircraft. This agreement, annou...
Australian troops (near side) and Indian troops during the closing ceremony of AustraHind 2024. (Photo via special arrangement.) Pune: The third edition of the India-Australia joint military exercise, AustraHind – 2024, successfully c...
Rajnath Singh (L) wih Admiral Dong Jun in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, engaged with his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, during the 11th Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (AD...
Imphal/Aizawl/New Delhi: Manipur’s Imphal valley witnessed widespread violence and unrest on Friday and Saturday following the discovery of bodies suspected to be those of six people kidnapped earlier in the week. This prompted the state govern...
Security personnel patrol a village in Manipur.Guwahati/Imphal: In view of the worsening security situation in Manipur, the Union home ministry has dispatched an additional 20 companies of central armed police forces (CAPFs) to the state to control t...
New Delhi: The Indian Army, in collaboration with the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, is currently conducting a high-intensity triservice military exercise named “Exercise Poorvi Prahar” (Exercise Eastern Strike) in the forward area...
New Delhi: The fifth edition of the Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise, VINBAX 2024, started on November 4, 2024, at Ambala, Haryana. This exercise marks a significant expansion in scope with the inclusion of personnel from both the Indian Army an...