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General Vishwa Nath Sharma – June 4, 1930–July 31, 2026 (India Sentinels rendition of an old official photo.)New Delhi: General Vishwa Nath Sharma, the first president’s c…
Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi at the launch of the book "Operation Sindoor: The Untold Story" (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: Amid dissonance on the formation of theater comm…
The Golden Temple.New Delhi: A major controversy has erupted in the country following contradictory statements about whether air-defence systems were deployed at the sacred Golden Temple in…
New Delhi: One of the oldest units of the Indian Army, the 5th Battalion of the Rajput Regiment, which has the distinction of having taken part in several operations and wars ever since it&…
The “memorial” erected by 8 Kumaon troops at the spot, in October 2020, where Maj Shaitan Singh’s body was found, in February 1963. (Photo: X/@kstanzinladakh) New Del…
The red circles in this map roughly shows the areas where Indian and Chinese troops had skirmishes between 2020 and 2021 in eastern Ladakh. (CIA map via Wikipedia) New Delhi: The Indi…
A ground in the Yol cantonment. (Photo: Defence PRO) New Delhi: In a major development, the Narendra Modi-led government moved to abolish Indian Army cantonments across the country aft…
Sentries at the entrance of the Bathinda military station. (Photo via Twitter)Bathinda/New Delhi: Five Indian Army soldiers were killed in two separate firing incidents within 12 hours of e…
The Pangong lake in Ladakh. (Photo: Twitter)New Delhi: India has lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points near the line of actual control in eastern Ladakh, several media reports citing the cont…
Admiral Hari Kumar receives guard of honour in New ZealandWellington: Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar visited New Zealand from September 1-October 1 and discussed the ways to expand …
Indian troops surrendering at the Namka-chu area. This is part of the series on the 1962 India-China border war that seeks to debunk the myths, misinformation and politics spun around …
A Google satellite map marked with approximate points were Indian and Chinese troops are placed in the stand-off at Pangong-tso.New Delhi: Indian and Chinese troops have started to disengag…
