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On Gorkha Agniveer issue, Nepal’s foreign minister Khanal says ‘if India wants, we can discuss’
A Gorkha Rifles contingent marching on an Independence Day in New Delhi. (File photo)New Delhi: Nepal’s visiting foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, has said that if India wishes to resume talks on Nepal’s suspension of Gorkha recruitment in...
Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi: A tenure defined by steel, sea, and Operation Sindoor
Adm Dinesh K Tripathi and Adm Krishna Swaminathan (L) at South Block New Delhi: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi retired on May 31, 2026, as the 26th chief of the naval staff, closing a 25-month tenure that will be remembered for record ...
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan becomes 27th Indian Navy chief amid generational changes in force
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan. New Delhi: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took command on Sunday as the 27th chief of the naval staff. He now steps into the role at a time when the service is pushing hard on modernization and facing intensifying strat...
General NS Raja Subramani takes charge as India’s third CDS, inherits an unfinished revolution
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...
CDS General Anil Chauhan retires, leaves behind legacy of military reform
Gen Anil Chauhan.New Delhi: After more than four decades in uniform, the chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, hung up his boots on Saturday. This brings to a close one of the most consequential tenures in India’s higher defence establi...
The Architect of Jointness: General Anil Chauhan and the transformative legacy he leaves behind
CDS General Anil Chauhan. (File photo)— By Dhanashree ValunjkarOn May 14 in the wood-panelled hall of the Manekshaw Centre at Delhi Cantonment, General Anil Chauhan, the second chief of defence staff, delivered what may well be remembered as on...
Explained: CDS ‘advisor to who?’ and ‘first among equals’ debate
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani will assume the post of India’s 3rd CDS on May 31, 2026. (File photo) New Delhi: When the post of chief of defence staff was created in late 2019, it was welcomed with fanfare and, almost immediately, misread. That...
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan: Meet the new chief of Western Naval Command
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The government has appointed Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan as the next flag officer commanding in chief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. VAdm Vatsayan,...
From Garhwal Rifles to CDS: Who is India’s new military chief NS Raja Subramani?
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani meets soldiers (File photo)New Delhi: The government has appointed Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani as the next chief of defence staff (CDS), filling the country’s most senior military post as the incumbent, Ge...
India moves to build layered air-defence architecture after Operation Sindoor
Lt Gen Zubin A Minwalla.Jaipur: A year after Operation Sindoor reshaped India’s military thinking, the country’s armed forces are accelerating a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s air-defence framework – one designed to c...Results
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