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Ukraine has crossed the Rubicon against Russia putting Kyiv in the crosshairs
The Kyiv city centre. (Photo: Glib Albovsky/Unsplash) In nearly four decades of soldiering, this author has stood on some of India’s most unforgiving frontiers – commanded a battalion in the western sector during Operation Parakram a...
Operation Sindoor: Testimony to the BSF’s grit and fighting spirit
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), ...
Trampling of Trust: The nightmare of a ‘deshbhakt’
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)The veterans of the central armed police forces (CAPFs) have served this nation in uniform with uncommon elan, dignity, and devotion. Long after they have laid down their uniforms...
Are elections compromising our border and national security?
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)India’s elections are celebrated as the great festival of democracy – a spectacle unmatched in scale and spirit anywhere in the world. Yet, beneath the pageantry of ba...
Unveiling injustice: Have the armed forces been discriminated against? Hardly any doubt.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh (2R) with the Army chief, Gen Manoj Pande; Air Force chief, ACM Vikram Ram Chaudhari; and the Navy chief, Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar. (Photo: MoD)“Well fought Blue, Red is the Winner.” This situa...
Indian Army to introduce common uniform for brigadier and above ranks
The shoulder rank insignia of a brigadier in the Indian Army.New Delhi: Brigadiers and above ranks of the Indian Army will soon be seen wearing a common uniform irrespective of the parent regiment, the service said. The Army said this was being done ...
Today, the once-proud Indian Army seems like a crumbling edifice
Indian Army soldiers. The Indian Army, as the current service, took birth on January 26, 1950, when India became a republic. Since then, it grew in stature and is now considered one of the largest and finest armies in the world. It is a major co...
Now, soldiering in India has become unattractive profession
Indian Army soldiers near the line of actual control with China in Ladakh posing with the national flag.When soldiers and veterans demanded the implementation of one rank, one pension (OROP), their long outstanding genuine demand, many civilians star...
Agnipath recruitment scheme: How good it is to have contract soldiers in tour of duty?
Candidates undergoing physical tests at an Army recruitment drive. (Representational photo) True to its character to do everything for the first time, the Narendra Modi-led BJP government has decided, on Tuesday, to implement a new recruitment ...
Ladakh stand-off: Major General Yash Mor tells us how to end the impasse gracefully
Indian Army tents high in the Himalayas. Winter Wars – Tales of misery from Moscow to LadakhThe country waits with bated breath as corps commander-level talks go on – and on. Will status quo ante be restored? Will China resort ...Results
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