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Military, border forces recently concluded joint combat drill in NE

The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force recently concluded a monthlong joint combat exercise in the northeast with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the Sashastra Seema Bal, sources in the defence and security establishment revealed, on Thursday. The exercise took place at Mandala high-altitude area in Arunachal Pradesh. Read More
 
 

Army chopper crashes in J&K, 1 airman killed, 2 pilots wounded

An Indian Army Dhruv advanced light helicopter crashed at a remote area in Jammu & Kashmir’s Marwah area in Kishtwar district, on Thursday morning. The accident left an airman, Craftsman (Aviation Tech) Pabballa Anil, dead and the two pilots injured. Read More
 
 

Centre moves to abolish ‘archaic colonial’ cantonments, veterans react

In a major development, the Narendra Modi-led government moved to abolish Indian Army cantonments across the country after terming creating (and maintaining) them as “archaic colonial practice”. The first cantonment to be abolished is the Yol cantonment in Himachal Pradesh. Many veterans have reacted to it positively and many negatively. Read More
 
 

‘AIME – 2023’: Indian warships reach Singapore for multinational drill

To take part in the inaugural multinational maritime exercise between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India, Indian Navy warships INS Satpura and INS Delhi have reached Singapore, on Monday. The weeklong multinational naval drill, named Asean India Maritime Exercise – 2023 or AIME – 2023, will start from Tuesday and culminate on May 8. Read More
 
 

Op Kaveri: India evacuates over 2,300 nationals from civil war-hit Sudan

India has evacuated over 2,300 nationals and some others from foreign countries from the civil war-hit Sudan, as of Sunday. India’s evacuation mission, which is codenamed “Operation Kaveri”, involves all three services of the Indian armed forces – Army, Navy, and Air Force, who are working in coordination with the foreign ministry. Read More
 
 

In a first, 5 women officers commissioned into Artillery Regiment

The first batch of five women officers was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army after their successful completion of training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) Chennai on Saturday. Read More
 
 

‘You violated pacts, eroded ties,’ Rajnath tells his China counterpart

In talks during the first high-level military visit from China since the start of the Ladakh stand-off in April 2020, the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, curtly told his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, that (China’s) violation of existing agreements has eroded the entire basis of bilateral relations between the two countries. Read More
 
 

In Dantewada, Maoist attack kills at least 11 Chhattisgarh policemen

In a deadly attack on security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, on Wednesday, suspected Maoist insurgents killed 11 personnel from the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guard, which is a special anti-Maoist unit. Read More
 
 

In Qatar, trial on for 8 Navy veterans charged with ‘spying for Israel’

As Qatar starts the trial process against eight Indian Navy veterans working for the emirate’s Dahara Global – a private Qatari company, details are slowly emerging on why the Indian ex-servicemen were held and kept incarcerated in isolation in a Qatari prison for nearly a year. Read More
 
 

Assam Rifles, cops catch suspected NSCN militants in Kohima

The Assam Rifles and Nagaland Police apprehended three suspected active militants, including a self-styled captain, from the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland’s Khaplang-Niki Sumi (NSCN(K-NS)) faction from the Box Cutting area of Kohima, on April 19. Read More
 
 

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