Gen Upendra Dwivedi (R) hands over the baton to new Indian Army chief Gen Dhiraj Seth. (Photo: ADGPI) New Delhi: General Dhiraj Seth on Tuesday assumed charge as the 31st chief of the Army staff (COAS), succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi, who re...
New Delhi: The International Maritime Organization has begun a large-scale evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors still stranded in the Persian Gulf, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran that ended...
New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission two more indigenously built warships – INS Mahendragiri and INS Malvan – next month, pressing ahead with the fastest sustained fleet expansion in its recent history.The stealth frigate ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Navy Chief Admiral K Swaminathan (L) during commissioning of three vessels (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi/Kolkata: In only the second such ceremony in recent years, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Sunday c...
New Delhi: India’s indigenous defence production hit an all-time high of ₹1.78 lakh crore in the financial year ending March 2026, the Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday, marking a 15.6 per cent rise over the previous year's &...
NCC cadets (File photo)New Delhi: In a move aimed at improving administrative efficiency and expanding its reach among young people, the National Cadet Corps (NCC) has approved the establishment of independent state directorates for Andhra Pradesh an...
LRLACM during its test-flight from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha’s coast. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: India on Monday moved a step closer to fielding a homegrown long-range cruise missile after the Defence Research and Development Organisati...
Representational imageMajor military projects typically generate public debate. What makes Gwadar’s naval base planning so striking is the absence of any such discussion. Official planning documents reportedly name a foreign navy as a prospecti...
Lt Gen Dhiraj Shet. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, the current vice-chief of Army staff (VCOAS), has been named the next chief of the Indian Army, the government announced on Saturday. He will succeed General Upendra D...
MT Liaki Freedom. (Yvon Perchoc photo via Shipspotting.com)New Delhi: A suspected US missile strike on the Marshall Islands-flagged oil and chemical tanker MT Liaki Freedom late on Friday night killed four Indian crew members, according to a person w...