The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, called the Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, on Wednesday, to discuss the alleged Bihar Police’s brutality against a fallen soldier’s father. Rajkapoor Singh, 70, alleged that the police manhandled him around midnight on February 25 over a dispute regarding the building of a memorial for his son. Read More

The Indian Air Force and its Japanese counterpart, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, have begun a two-day exercise called “Shinyuu Maitri” at Komatsu in Japan, on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the India-Japan joint army exercise, “Dharma Guardian”, which is currently underway at same place. Read More

The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved the procurement of and 70 HTT-40 indigenous trainer aircraft and three cadet-training ships worth ₹10,000 crore, aimed to give a boost to the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative in the defence manufacturing sector. Read More

Britain’s foreign secretary, James Cleverly, is in India for the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, which will take place here on Thursday. On Wednesday, Cleverly met the Indian foreign minister, S Jaishankar, where they discussed bilateral issues, including the progress on the “UK-India 2030 Roadmap. Read More

An alumnus of the UP Sainik School Lucknow and the prestigious National Defence Academy, Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh retired from active service on February 28, after an illustrious career of over four decades in the white uniform. Read More

Family members of one of the Galwan Valley 2020 bravehearts – Jai Kishore Singh -- alleged that the martyr’s father was dragged, beaten and abused by the Jandaha Police for building a memorial for his son on government land in Chak Fateh village of Jandaha block in Bihar's Vaishali district. Read More

Indian Navy officer Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi took over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Western Naval Command (WNC) from Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, at an impressive Ceremonial Parade held at INS Shikra on Tuesday. Read More

A fifteen days Army Attachment camp for NCC Cadets (Girls) was organised from February 13-27 at Brigade of the Guards Regimental Centre, Kamptee under the aegis of HQ UM & G Sub Area. Read More

Australian foreign minister Penny Wong will be arriving in India for the first time to participate in the G20 foreign affairs ministers meeting in the national capital. Read More

The Delhi high court, on Monday, dismissed a batch of pleas challenging the newly announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment of the Agniveers in the defence forces, stating that the scheme has been made in national interest and to ensure that the armed forces are better equipped. Read More