Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The government has appointed Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan as the next flag officer commanding in chief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. VAdm Vatsayan,...
The Agni missile with MIRV that was tested, on May 8, 2026. (Photo: MoD) New Delhi: Shortly after sunset on Friday, residents across coastal Odisha and as far as Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh looked up to see a luminous, comet-like trail strea...
Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter (Photo: X)New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has begun the process to procure three of the world’s most powerful cargo helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the wet lease basis.The ministry has issued a...
IRIS Dena during her commissioning ceremony, in 2021. (Photo: Creative Commons/Wikipedia)New Delhi: A torpedo fired by a United States Navy fast-attack submarine has sent the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena to the bottom of the Indian Ocean south of Sri La...
The Indian Army chief, Gen Upendra Dwivedi, pinning a medal on a BSF soldier for playing an exceptional role during Operation Sindoor, in May 2025. (File photo)The Border Security Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and the Sashastra Seema Bal gua...
DRDO’s Ghatak stealth UAV. (Creative Commons photo for representation.)New Delhi: India is building its first runway designed exclusively for drones and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. This is seen as a move that ref...
Donald Trump displaying his signature on Charter of the Board of Peace, at Davos, on January 22, 2026. (Photo via X)New Delhi: When the US president, Donald Trump, signed the Charter of the Board of Peace at a ceremony in Davos on Thursday, he f...
Wing Commander Namansh Syal. New Delhi: Wing Commander Namansh Syal, the Indian Air Force pilot killed when his Tejas fighter aircraft crashed during an aerobatic display at the Dubai Air Show, was cremated with full military honours, on Su...
An IAF Tejas. (File photo for representation.)New Delhi: An Indian Air Force Tejas light combat aircraft plunged into the ground during an aerobatic display at the Dubai Air Show 2025 on Friday, killing the pilot in front of thousands of spectators a...