Five Indian Army soldiers were killed in two separate firing incidents within 12 hours of each other at the Bathinda military station in Punjab, on Wednesday. The first incident happened in the wee hours of the day, in which four soldiers were shot dead. The second incident was apparently due to a self-inflicted gunshot. Read More

On the intervening night of April 12 and 13, alert troops of Indian Army in coordination with Jammu & Kashmir Police thwarted a cross-border attempt to smuggle weapons and cash into India from Pakistan by a drone. Read More

The strategic forces of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force carried out a joint multidomain exercise in the eastern theatre, in the first week of April. The exercise was conducted to validate joint plans for strategic airlift of specialized forces employing the IAF’s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft by landing or dropping in designated areas to provide a boost to regular ground forces engaged in combat operations. Read More

As China objected to his visit to Arunachal Pradesh, the Union home minister, Amit Shah, went ahead in launching the “Vibrant Villages” programme in the border village of Kibithoo in Arunachal Pradesh and used the occasion to deliver his message across the border by asserting that “nobody can encroach on even an inch” of India’s borderlands. Read More

Chandigarh: In order to celebrate the 104th Birth Anniversary of the Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh DFC, 4th edition of Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament-2023 is being organised by Air Force Sports Control Board at Raghbir Singh Bhola Hockey Stadium, 3 BRD Air Force S ... Read More

The Assam Rifles Commander’s Conference was conducted in Shillong from April 8-9, wherein the top brass discussed ways to further improving the operational and administrative efficiency. Read More

The Andaman and Nicobar Command conducted a large-scale Joint Military Exercise ‘Exercise Kavach’ involving the assets of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. The exercise, which began on February 23, concluded on April 7. Read More

India’s President and supreme commander of the armed forces, Droupadi Murmu, on Saturday, took a historic sortie in a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force station in Assam. Read More

The Indian Army’s Army Commanders Conference this year will be held from April 17 to April 21. During the conference, the top brass of the Army will take stock of the current and emerging security situation and challenges the force is facing and brainstorm on how to make the force future ready. Read More

After the Indian Army paved the path for women officers to take command posts in the rank of colonel in a bunch of arms and services, in January, the first batch of women officers will join the Army’s artillery arm in May as young combat officers. Read More