An ECHS polyclinic in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. (Representative photo via ECHS website.)When the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) was launched on April 1, 2003, it represented a beacon of hope for the Indian armed forces’ veterans. ...
Harpreet Singh (C) held by an FBI and a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Sacramento, California. (Photo: FBI)New Delhi: The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation in Sacramento, California has arrested Harpreet Singh, a...
On-site 3D printed protective military structure in LadakhNew Delhi: In a significant development in defence infrastructure and construction technology, Simpliforge Creations and IIT Hyderabad, in collaboration with Indian Army have successfully deli...
Workers installing a solar panel on the roof of a house in Simari village in Kashmir’s Karnah valley. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.) Srinagar: A remote village sitting precariously on the line of control (LoC) has been tr...
An Indian Air Force C-130 J Hercules transport aircraft. (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force’s C-130J Hercules and C-17 transport aircraft carrying humanitarian aid supplies to earthquake-hit Myanmar faced “GPS spoofing”, ac...
DRDO’s Mk-II(A) DEW system.New Delhi: India has achieved a significant milestone in defence technology with the successful trial of the Mk-II(A) laser-directed energy weapon (DEW) system at the National Open Air Range (NOAR) in Kurnool, Andhra ...
Naib Subedar Shambhu Kumar with didgerido (PC: Special arrangement) Lucknow: A serving Indian Army personnel, Naib Subedar Shambhu Kumar, has listed himself in the Guinness world records in the category of the longest sustained note on a didgeri...
Indian and Bangladeshi troops at Tripura’s Agartala-Akhaura border during a joint commemoration of the 53rd anniversary of Vijay Diwas. (Photo: MEA) India’s northeastern states – Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram – s...
Tahawwur Hussain Rana (2L) in Delhi airport. (Photo: NIA/Handout)New Delhi: The United States on Wednesday extradited convicted terrorist Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen and native of Pakistan, to stand trial in India on 10 criminal charges...
Tahawwur Hussain Rana. (TV screenshot from file.)New Delhi: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian citizen accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was extradited from the United States to India on Thursday evening. A US ...