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Armour Day: Steel, spirit and the making of India’s Armoured Corps
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...
The 2569th birth anniversary of the Buddha and the significance of the holy relic exposition in Ladakh
Holy Relics of Tathagata Buddha (Photo: IBC) By Dr. Portia B. Conrad Every year, on the full moon of Vaishakha, Buddhists across the world stop. Lamps are lit. Monasteries fill with chanting. This year the day carries something extra - the ...
Indian Army seeks 159 bullet-proof troop carriers for Rashtriya Rifles’ operations in J&K, Ladakh
Representational image (Photo: X)New Delhi: To bolster protected mobility in challenging terrains, the Indian Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on April 30 for 159 bullet-proof troop carriers (BPTCs).These 4x4, right-hand-drive vehicles...
CAPFs Act 2026: A law that undermines the very forces it claims to strengthen
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)On April 9, the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026 – notified as Act No. 9 of 2026 – was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) ...
Indian Army seeks 83 tracked carriers to deploy Akashteer air-defence systems in armoured combat zones
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for 83 tracked platforms purpose-built to carry the Akashteer air-defence command-and-reporting system into mechanized combat zones, addressing a capability gap that became pa...
From blueprint to battlefield: Tata, Bharat Forge unveil DRDO-backed Vikram VT 21 prototypes
Advanced armoured vehicle manufactured by Tata (Photo: TASL)Mumbai: Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Bharat Forge, in partnership with the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), has fast-tracked the development of next-g...
Chennai startup ZUPPA supplies 500 ‘Made in India’ ‘Ajeet’ drones to Indian Army for modern battlefield operations
Chennai: A Chennai-based drone manufacturer, ZUPPA Geo Navigation Technologies, has supplied over 500 indigenously built unmanned aerial vehicles to the Indian Army over the past three months. The company described it as a milestone for domestically ...
Who was General Zorawar Singh? The ‘Lion of Ladakh’ who conquered the Himalayas
General Zorawar Singh Kahluria was one of the greatest military commanders in 19th-century India. Born in 1786 in the small hill kingdom of Kahlur in present-day Himachal Pradesh, he came from a Rajput family of the Kahluria clan – a lineage wi...
Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, ‘Lion of Ladakh’ who won India’s first Kargil victory, dies at 61
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,...
Debunking the myth of IPS superiority over CAPF cadres
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...Results
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