The triservice insignia of India.New Delhi: The Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) is gearing up to launch a five-day crash course for senior military officers to foster greater jointness and integration among the three military services. Th...
Security personnel in a Kashmir village during a cordon-and-search operation. (File photo)Earlier, the ongoing 35-year-long militancy, insurgency, and terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir was predominantly a Kashmir-centric phenomenon with sporadic attac...
Gen Anil Chauhan (3L) and Maj Gen Ibrahim Hilmy (3R) during their dialogue in New Delhi, on September 7, 2024. (Photo: X/@HQ_IDS_India) New Delhi: The chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, held talks with Major General Ibrahim Hilmy, the...
The cache of arms, ammunition, and other equipment recovered from the Maoists at the encounter site. (Photo via X)New Delhi: In a major encounter between security forces and Maoists in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district, on Thursday morn...
The Indian Army plans to replace its ageing T-72 tanks with FRCVs. (File photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, approved 10 capital acquisition proposals amounting to ₹1.45 lakh crore f...
Jodhpur: The second phase of Exercise Tarang Shakti – 2024, India’s largest multinational air exercise, commenced at the Jodhpur Air Force Station, Rajasthan, on August 30. This phase, which will run until September 14, will see the ...
An IAF Sukhoi-30MKI. (File photo)New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security, the government’s highest decision making body, has granted approval for the procurement of 240 AL-31FP engines for the Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi-30MKI fighter ...
The Indian Army has already started posting women in its Regiment of Artillery and in forward posts, such as Siachen Glacier. (File photo for representation.)New Delhi: In a first move of its kind, the Indian Army’s Remount Veterinary Corps has...
An Indian Army soldier practising with a SIG 716i assault rifle. (File photo)Recently, the Ministry of Defence concluded a deal with the United States-based SIG Sauer Inc to import 73,000 SIG 716i “patrol” rifles for ₹840 crores to ...
DK Sunil (L) taking charge from CB Ananthakrishnan at the HAL headquarters in Bengaluru. (Photo via special arrangement.)Bengaluru: Dr DK Sunil has officially taken charge as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of the state-run Hindustan Aeronau...