An Indian Army soldier practising with a SIG 716i assault rifle. (File photo)Recently, the Ministry of Defence concluded a deal with the United States-based SIG Sauer Inc to import 73,000 SIG 716i “patrol” rifles for ₹840 crores to ...
DK Sunil (L) taking charge from CB Ananthakrishnan at the HAL headquarters in Bengaluru. (Photo via special arrangement.)Bengaluru: Dr DK Sunil has officially taken charge as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of the state-run Hindustan Aeronau...
An artist’s impression of INS Arighat. (Illustration via Wikipedia/Creative Commons) New Delhi: On the day of the commissioning of India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN), INS Arighat, Beijing’s mouthp...
The Nepali foreign minister, Arzu Rana Deuba (R), with the Indian foreign minister, S Jaishankar, in New Delhi, on August 19, 2024. (Photo: X/@EONIndia)This month’s Maldives visit of the foreign minister, S Jaishankar, and the Nepal trip of the...
Gen Upendra Dwivedi (C) during his meeting with senior Army officers and Manipur administration and security officials. (Photo: Indian Army) Imphal/New Delhi: The Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, concluded a two-day visit to Manipur o...
Narendra Modi (L) with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace. (Photo: X/@narendramodi) New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, made a landmark visit to Ukraine, marking the first time an Indian leader has visited the country since it gai...
The Sikhs consider Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as a living guru. New Delhi: The government, on Friday, said it has addressed the issue of the seizure of two swaroops (copies) of the Guru Granth Sahib by Qatari authorities. The incident had sparked ...
Large parts of Bangladesh, including several cities, have been inundated by floods waters. (Photo via FB)New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (foreign ministry) has issued a statement, on Thursday, clarifying that the recent floods in Banglade...
Inspector Kuldeep Kumar. (Photo: CRPF) Udhampur: A fierce gunbattle erupted between security forces and militants in the Cheel area of Dudu in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday, resulting in the death of a Central Reserve Police Force inspector, on ...
General Sundararajan Padmanabhan (December 13, 1940 – August 19, 2024)Chennai: General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the 20th chief of the Indian Army, passed away on Monday. He was 83. Gen Padmanabhan, affectionately known as “Paddy” w...