Vizag: On May 21st, a glorious era will come to an end with the decommissioning of the Indian Navy’s first destroyer - INS Rajput.INS Rajput, the lead ship of the Kashin-class destroyers built by the erstwhile USSR was commissioned on May 4, 19...
Men carry a corpse on the banks of Ganga where other bodies can be seen buried in shallow graves some 40km from Allahabad.I could not but compliment the proactive steps some dynastic regimes have taken in the first half of 2020 in controlling the nov...
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the deteriorating security situation in the Gulf region, post attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf of Oman in June 2019, Indian Navy had commenced Maritime Security Operations, code named Op SANKALP, in the Gulf Region ...
CRPF personnel carry the coffin of a fallen fellow soldier in the April 3, 2021 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during his premiership, had once termed the Maoist (or Naxalite) insurgency the “biggest interna...
Doha: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart from Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Monday discussed regional and multilateral developments.“Thank @MBA_AlThani_ Deputy PM and Foreign Minister of Qatar for...
New Delhi: India and Oman on Wednesday discussed bilateral relations ranging from health to food security.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar talked to his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi and also exchanged views on regional and global issues.The...
Rafale fighter aircraftNew Delhi: A woman fighter pilot will soon join the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Ambala-based 17 Squadron, the ‘Golden Arrows’, operating Rafale fighter aircraft, sources in the defence establishments said here on...
Slt K Tyagi and Slt Riti Singh New Delhi: In a first, two women officers have been selected to join as ‘Observers’ (Airborne Tacticians) in the Indian Navy’s helicopter stream.It would pave the way for women being posted in frontlin...
Viraat moving out of Mumbai New Delhi: Indian Navy's decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat moved out of Mumbai for Alang in Gujarat, wherein it would be dismantled and sold as scrap.The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1987 and had serv...
New Delhi: The proceedings to screen women officers to grant them permanent commission (PC) has commenced at the special No. 5 Selection Board.The specially constituted board that is headed by a senior general officer, and which includes a woman offi...