Border Security Force soldiers firing a mortar somewhere in the western front. (Photo for representation via X/@BSF_Rajasthan)When the-then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, wrote to KF Rustamji, the director general of the Border Security Force (BSF), ...
Indian Army soldiers on tanks during a Army Day parade in New Delhi. (File photo)Every year on May 1, the Indian Army observes Armour Day – a commemoration of its Armoured Corps that is equal parts history, pride, and resolve. The date marks th...
Fresh officers during a pass-out ceremony at the CRPF Academy at Kedarpur, Gurugram, Haryana. (File photo for representation.) When Parliament passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, it did more than legislate...
Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, MVC (R) (January 27, 1964–April 10, 2026) New Delhi: Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, MVC (retired), the decorated Kargil war veteran who led the Indian Army’s first successful offensive operation of the 1999 conflict,...
The top brass of Indian military during Ran Samwad – 2026. (Photo: Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff)Bengaluru/New Delhi: The chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, announced on the sidelines of India’s second triservice strate...
CRPF personnel deployed in an anti-Naxalite operation in Chhattisgarh. (File photo) Let me say this plainly, and without apology: the claim that officers of the Indian Police Service are inherently superior to cadre officers of the central armed...
A BSF solder keeping watch over the other side of the international border with Pakistan, somewhere in the western section. (File photo for representation) Let me be direct about something that tends to get buried under bureaucratic language and...
New Delhi: SMPP Limited, a Delhi-based manufacturer of ballistic protection equipment, has received an additional order for 10,000 bulletproof jackets for paramilitary forces including the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Industrial Security ...
President Droupadi Murmu New Delhi: In a powerful display of confidence in India’s indigenous defence capabilities, President Droupadi Murmu will fly a sortie in indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, ...