Lt Gen Dhiraj Shet. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, the current vice-chief of Army staff (VCOAS), has been named the next chief of the Indian Army, the government announced on Saturday. He will succeed General Upendra D...
People seen protesting against the Pakistani government in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan. (Representative photo via Facebook)New Delhi: India on Friday lodged a sharp diplomatic protest against Pakistan’s decision to hold assembly election in Gilgit...
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 ...
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...
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...
Gen Upendra Dwivedi and his wife arriving at the NDA’s Khetrapal Parade Ground, on May 29, 2026. (Photo: NDA)Khadakwasla, Pune: Forty-five years after joining the National Defence Academy’s Charlie Squadron as a young cadet, General Upend...
Lt Gen Pratik Sharma (C) being shown live images sent from a drone during Operation Sheruwali. (Photo: Indian Army)Jammu/New Delhi: Intermittent firing resumed in the Gambhir Mughlan forest area of Rajouri district on Thursday and Friday as the count...
An S-400 battery.New Delhi: India and Russia are in active negotiations for the purchase of an additional batch of S-400 “Triumf” (rechristened “Sudarshan Chakra” in India) long-range air-defence systems, Moscow confirmed on T...
An Indian Army tank and a BMP during a drill in Jammu. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army is set to bring its Mechanized Infantry Regiment and Armoured Corps under a single directorate from June 1, reversing a separation that had kept the two com...
The selfie taken by Maj Gen Sachin Mehta (L) soon after the chopper crash. (Photo via X)New Delhi: A single-engine Cheetah helicopter carrying three Indian Army officers crashed, on Wednesday, in the high-altitude terrain of Tangtse, in eastern Ladak...