India confronts Pakistan as a hostile adversary along its 3,323-kilometre western front. This frontier encompasses various states as security stakeholders, bearing the brunt of cross-border terrorism and drug-induced social upheaval. These states inc...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (File photo)New Delhi: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has sparked diplomatic spat with India following his remarks about the “suffering of Muslims” worldwide, including in India. The comments,...
Screenshot taken from a video shows a CRPF man handling an anti-drone gun in Manipur. (Via X)The state of Manipur has been in the throes of violence since May 2023, causing human misery, deaths, and large-scale displacement of people. The trigger for...
Gen Upendra Dwivedi (C) during his meeting with senior Army officers and Manipur administration and security officials. (Photo: Indian Army) Imphal/New Delhi: The Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, concluded a two-day visit to Manipur o...
BSF troops patrolling near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. (File photo)Sheikh Hasina, democracy’s child, is credited with ushering stability in economic and security ties with India after her inauguration as Bangladesh’s prime...
Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera. (Photo: Assam Rifles)Shillong/New Delhi: Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera, AVSM, SM, has officially assumed the role of the 22nd director general of the Assam Rifles – the oldest paramilitary force in India, often referred...
An Indian Army truck that was ambushed by militants in Jammu’s Kathua, in July 2024. (Photo via X)The security forces in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir have deployed complete paraphernalia of counterinsurgency capabilities to contai...
The defence secretary, Giridhar Aramane, while speaking at the second India-US defence acceleration ecosystem (INDUS-X) along with the US Indo-Pacific commander, Admiral John Aquilino, acknowledged intelligence support from the United States to count...
Maoist insurgents in a jungle camp somewhere in the so-called Red Corridor. (File photo for representation.)“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” ~ Sun TzuThe above quote by the ancient Chinese philosopher and ...
RKS Bhadauria (C), who was the IAF chief, joined the BJP within 2.5 years of his retirement from service.It is said that democracy survives and thrives on four pillars – executive, legislature, judiciary, and free and unbiased media. Howev...