An Indian Army soldier standing guard at the India Gate in New Delhi with a SIG 716 assault rifle. (India Sentinels photo.)New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council has given the go-ahead to the Indian Army to procure anothe...
New Delhi: The country is celebrating the Indian Navy Day on Monday, December 4. Later in the day, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, will visit the Sindhudurg Fort, which is on an Arabian Sea island just off the coast of Maharashtra’s Sindhudu...
File photo for representation.Jammu/New Delhi/Udhampur: Five Indian Army soldiers, including two officers were killed in action when the Indian troops were engaged in an encounter with militants in Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Two te...
Gen Manoj PandeNew Delhi: Aiming to further reinforce the robust defence ties between the two nations, Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday proceeded on an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK).The visit commences on 20th November,...
New Delhi: As the sun disappeared over the horizon on Saturday, Indian Coast Guard Ship Samar was decommissioned with full honours in a traditional armed force ceremony held at Coast Guard Jetty in Kochi.The Chief Guest of the ceremony was Addit...
New Delhi: Global defence firm BAE Systems Inc and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) have inked an agreement to bring the world-leading Articulated All-Terrain Vehicle (AATV), the BvS10, for the Indian Army.Under the agreement, L&T is the pri...
27th edition of Malabar Exercise held off Sydney (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The Quad nations – Australia, India, Japan and the United States – concluded their annual maritime drills, Exercise Malabar, on the east coast of Austra...
Vizag: Indian Naval Ship Khanjar, Mission Deployed in the Bay of Bengal, has safely brought back 36 Indian fishermen who were stranded 130 nautical miles from the Tamil Nadu coast.The fishermen were onboard three fishing vessels, which were towed by ...
Rakesh Pal. (Photo: Indian Coast Guard)New Delhi: Rakesh Pal has been appointed the 25th director general of the Indian Coast Guard. He is an alumnus of the Indian Naval Academy and joined Indian Coast Guard in January 1989.He has undergone professio...
INS Kirpan. (Photo via Twitter/@AdithyaKM_) New Delhi: India has gifted INS Kirpan, an indigenously built missile corvette, which was in service with the Indian Navy until now, to Vietnam. The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, announced this afte...