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 ...
HAL and Safhal officials shaking hands after signing the contract. (Photo via special arrangement.)Bengaluru/New Delhi: State-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has chosen Safhal Helicopter Engines Private Limited to supply engines for ...
A Dhaksha DH-Logigator logistics drone. (Photo: Dhaksha Drones)New Delhi: The Indian Army has paused its plans to buy 200 logistics drones from Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, a company based in Chennai. This decision, which the Army took recently, comes a...
INS Arihant. (File photo)Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy got its second nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine, on Thursday. The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, commissioned the nuclear submarine capable of carrying nuclear-tipped ballistic...
Gen Upendra Dwivedi (C) during his meeting with senior Army officers and Manipur administration and security officials. (Photo: Indian Army) Imphal/New Delhi: The Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, concluded a two-day visit to Manipur o...
An artist’s impression of a high-altitude ASW sonobuoy being dropped from a helicopter. (Photo: X/@NethajiSoldiers)New Delhi: The United States secretary of state, Antony Blinken, approved the sale of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) sonobuoys and ...
Rajnath Singh (R) with his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin. (File photo)New Delhi: The United States’ defence department (US Department of Defense or US DoD) and India’s defence ministry (Ministry of Defence or MoD) signed a non-binding Secu...
(Illustration for representation.)New Delhi: The Delhi Police said they have dismantled an al-Qaida terror module and detained 14 suspected terrorists from Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. On Thursday, a Delhi Police statement said the operat...
(From L to R): Minoru Kihara, Yoko Kamikawa, Rajnath Singh, and S Jaishankar during their 2+2 ministerial talks. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh) New Delhi: In a move to further bolster their strategic partnership, India and Japan held the third round o...
Rakesh Pal. (File Photo)New Delhi: Rakesh Pal, who was leading the Indian Coast Guard as its 25th director general, died of a heart attack in Chennai on Sunday. He was 58. Pal was earlier admitted to Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital...