Bofors 155mm artillery guns firing at enemy positions during the 1999 Kargil conflict. (File photo) “Sarvatra Izzat-o-Iqbal (Everywhere with Honour and Glory)” ~ Regiment of Artillery MottoGunners’ Day, celebrated annually...
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh. (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh has been appointed the next chief of the Indian Air Force. He will take charge as the IAF chief on September 30, from the incumbent, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudha...
The two ASW-SWC Malpe (R) and Mulki (L). (Photo: Cochin Shipyard Limited)New Delhi: The Indian Navy has given a major fillip to the country’s maritime defence prowess by launching two new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) vessels, Malpe and Mulki, a...
General Sundararajan Padmanabhan (December 13, 1940 – August 19, 2024)Chennai: General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the 20th chief of the Indian Army, passed away on Monday. He was 83. Gen Padmanabhan, affectionately known as “Paddy” w...
Lt Gen Gambhir Singh paying tribute to the fallen soldiers at the Gajraj Corps War Memorial in Tezpur, Assam, after assuming command of the corps. (Photo: Indian Army) Tezpur: Lieutenant General Gambhir Singh, AVSM, YSM, has taken over as ...
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...
Lt Gen Sadhana Saxena Nair. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: Lieutenant General Sadhana Saxena Nair, VSM, became the first woman to assume the pivotal role of director general of the Indian Army’s medical services and will command the Army Medica...
Incessant rains triggered flooding in the hilly district, which caused massive landslides resulting into mudslides that buried hundreds of houses and people. (Photo via X)Kochi/New Delhi: Kerala’s hilly district of Wayanad continues to grapple ...
Gen Manoj Pande (L) passing the baton of the Army chief to Gen Upendra Dwivedi. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: General Upendra Dwivedi has officially taken the reins as the 30th chief of the Indian Army. The change of command ceremony, held at ...
Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar (L) handing over the Navy chief’s baton to Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi. (Photo via special arrangement.) New Delhi: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi assumed command as the 26th chief of the Indian Navy, on T...