Fire & Fury Corps commander Lieutenant General Hitesh Bhalla unveils Shivaji statue at Pangong-tso, stirs controversy

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue at Pangong-tso. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The Indian Army’s Fire & Fury (XIV) Corps has constructed a 9-metre-tall statue of the Maratha warrior-king Shivaji Bhonsale I, popularly known as Chhatra...

Indian light tank ‘Zorawar’ successfully completes high-altitude firing trials in Ladakh

A Zorawar light tank during firing trials in Ladakh. (Photo via special arrangement)New Delhi: India’s indigenously developed light tank, named Zorawar, has successfully completed high-altitude firing trials in Ladakh. This marks a significant ...

Zorawar light tank inches towards production line as DRDO successfully completes Phase 1 of its field tests

Zorawar light tank. (Photo via special arrangement.) Jodhpur/New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organization has successfully completed the first phase of field-firing trials for the Zorawar light tank. These trials, conducted ...

Defence sources say Indian Army’s ‘Zorawar’ light tanks for mountain warfare to be operational by 2027

Indian tanks in Ladakh. (Representational photo)New Delhi: The “Zorawar” lightweight tank for mountain warfare, which the defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council approved as a necessity for the Indian Army in December as ...

Defence ministry approves acceptance of necessity for 24 weapons, systems, and platforms, including ‘Zorawar’ light tank

Indian tanks in Ladakh. (Representational photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has given its approval for acceptance of necessity (AoN) to acquire 24 different types of weapons, weapon syste...

Army looks forward to induct Zorawar light tank for northern borders

Indian tanks in Ladakh. (Representational photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army is looking forward to inducting the indigenously designed and developed light tank, which is named “Zorawar”. This is keeping in view the ongoing border tension wi...