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VAdm Sanjay J Singh takes charge as Western Naval Command chief

Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh took over as the flag officer commanding in chief of the Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command from Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi at a ceremonial parade held at INS Shikra – the naval air station at Colaba, Mumbai. Read More
 
 

NCC to enrol 40% girls by 2025, all-girl contingent to lead R-Day parade

Signifying a major push towards inclusivity and empowering young women, the National Cadet Corps has set an ambitious target of achieving 40 per cent enrolment of girl cadets by next year. Read More
 
 

First all-girl band from NE to take part in NCC Republic Day Camp 2024

For the first time ever, an all-girl band from the northeast will participate in the National Cadet Corps Republic Day Camp, this year. The band will comprise 45 girls aged 13–15 belonging to various states across the northeast. Read More
 
 

Randhir Jaiswal new MEA spokesman, Arindam Bagchi heads to UN in Geneva

Randhir Jaiswal, an IFS officer of the 1998 batch, has assumed the role of the foreign ministry spokesman succeeding Arindam Bagchi, who has been appointed India’s representative to the United Nations and other international bodies in Geneva. Read More
 
 

‘Desert Cyclone’: Joint India-UAE army drill starts in Rajasthan

India and the United Arab Emirates started their first-ever joint military exercise “Desert Cyclone”. The two-week exercise is taking place at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan. Read More
 
 

Lt Gen RC Tiwari officially takes command of Eastern Army

Lieutenant General Ram Chandra Tiwari officially became the commander of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command at its iconic headquarters in Fort William, Kolkata, on Monday. He succeeded Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita, who superannuated on Saturday. Read More
 
 

Navy steps up surveillance, patrolling in northern, central Arabian Sea

The Indian Navy has significantly increased its patrolling and maritime surveillance in central and northern Arabian Sea in response to the security incidents on commercial shipping vessels transiting through the international shipping lanes in the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea. Read More
 
 

India asks Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, Islamabad says ‘no such treaty’

India has requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, to India from its soil. Islamabad says it has no bilateral treaty with New Delhi to facilitate such a process. Read More
 
 

Govt, pro-talks Ulfa faction ink peace deal, questions linger over Ulfa (I)

The pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) has signed an agreement with the Union home ministry and Assam government to formally shun violence and disband the militant outfit. However, Paresh Baruah’s Ulfa (I) faction still remains an issue. Read More
 
 

Ex-Navy men escape Qatar death row, but quick India return unlikely

The eight former Indian Navy officers whose death sentence has been commuted by a court of appeal in Qatar will now have to serve between three and 25 years in a Qatari prison. However, it would be tough for India to get these men back to India before the completion of their sentences. Read More
 
 

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