Nirmala Sitharaman before presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 before Parliament.New Delhi: The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced a defence budget of ₹6.81 lakh crore for the fiscal year 2025-26, on Saturday, marking an increase of...
Military bands playing a tune during the Beating Retreat ceremony.New Delhi: A crisp winter evening in the national capital witnessed the majestic Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk, bringing the curtains down on the Republic Day celebrations. &...
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh.New Delhi: The Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, expressed significant concerns regarding the protracted delays in the delivery of Tejas fighter jets by the state-run aircraft maker Hindust...
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, (4R), Lt Gen Manjinder Singh (3L), Ankit Mehta (3R) among others during the seminar. (Photo: Indian Army)Jaipur: The Gyan Shakti Think Tank (GSTT), established under the Indian Army’s Sapta Shakti Command (South-West...
Col Prasad Bansod testing the Asmi machine pistol. New Delhi: In a move towards bolstering the country’s domestic defence sector and augmenting its close-range combat capabilities, the Indian Army has inducted 550 units of the “Asmi&...
COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi (5L) and other senior Army officers pose before the refurbished T-90 at the EME’s 505 Army Base Workshop. (Photo via special arrangement.) New Delhi: In line with the Indian Army’s ongoing “Decade of Tr...
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh.New Delhi: The Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, voiced his concerns about India’s waning technological edge in aerospace capabilities compared to China. ACM Singh emphasized the vital import...
Rajnath Singh. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh) Lucknow: The defence minister Rajnath Singh took centre stage at the inaugural Joint Commanders’ Conference in the Uttar Pradesh capital, Lucknow, on Thursday. The event, themed “Sashakt aur Su...
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 ...
India celebrated its 78th Independence Day on August 15, 2024.New Delhi: India celebrated its 78th Independence Day on Thursday with grand festivities and patriotic fervour across the nation. The theme for this year’s celebrations was &ldq...