Soldiers of the 9 Jat during the Battle of Chhamb during the 1971 India-Pakistan war. (Photo: Brig RA Singh (R))— By Brigadier RA Singh, VSM (Retired)The 9th Battalion of the Jat Regiment (9 Jat) was mobilized as part of 68 Infantry Brigade fro...
Two MiG-21s take off for the final time at the Chandigarh Air Force Station.Chandigarh/New Delhi: The Indian Air Force on Friday bid an emotional farewell to one of aviation history’s most iconic fighters – the MiG-21 – bringing dow...
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (2R), Saudi Arabia’s defence minister, Khalid bin Salman (L), Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif (2L) and Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. (Photo: Saudi Arabia officia...
Shehbaz Sharif (L) and Mohammed bin Salman after signing the mutual defence pact. (Photo: Saudi Arabia official release) New Delhi: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a landmark defence agreement that radically alters the Middle Eastern secur...
Vladimir Putin (L), Narendra Modi (C), and Xi Jinping at the SCO Summit in Tianjin, on September 1, 2025.The evolving strategic scenario in Asia, marked by China’s military ascendancy and America’s recalibrated foreign-policy approach, de...
Narendra Modi (L) with Xi Jinping at the SCO summit in Tianjin, on August 31, 2025. (Photo: PMO)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, held substantive talks with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, in Tianjin on Sunday, marking his first ...
New Delhi: A diplomatic letter from the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to the president, Droupadi Murmu, has sparked competing interpretations about the nature of India-China rapprochement, with Beijing attempting to downplay what sources describe as...