A portrait of Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat. During the last phase of the 1962 India-China war, the Indian Army units fighting in the North-East Frontier Agency (Nefa), now Arunachal Pradesh, were struggling with an acute shortage of manpower and...
Indian Army convoy (PC: Twitter)New Delhi: The defence ministry intends to procure 2,150 high-mobility vehicles for the Indian Army to operate along the line of actual control with China and line of control with Pakistan.The high-mobility vehicles wi...
Mig-29 UPG (PC: Indian Air Force)Srinagar: India has deployed a squadron of upgraded MiG-29 fighter jets at the Srinagar air base to tackle threats from both the Pakistani and Chinese front.The Tridents squadron which is now also known as the 'De...
Former Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane (retd) at IIC in Delhi New Delhi: Flagging the Chinese aid to several insurgent groups in northeastern part of the country, former Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane (Retd) said that the invo...
Captain Anshuman Singh. (Photo by special arrangement.)New Delhi: Captain Anshuman Singh, an Indian Army medical officer, was killed, three soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, and three porters were injured in a fire incident at the Siachen gla...
New Delhi: The Indian armed forces are likely to break tradition of naming its integrated theatre commands (ITCs) based on their geographical area of operations, like several countries, and number them instead, media reports said on Tuesday. The Indi...
New Delhi: Chachin Grazing Festival was celebrated with great fervour by the local graziers of Tawang region near Bumla Pass in Arunachal Pradesh from July 14 to July 15.The two-day event held at Chachin saw enthusiastic participation from Graziers f...
Flag of the Indian armed forces.New Delhi: The Indian military is likely to get its first integrated theatre command in August, at least two media outlets reported on Wednesday. This is going to be the first major reorganization of the country’...
Newly attested Gorkha Agniveer soldiers pose with senior officers after taking oath. (File photo)New Delhi: In what is seen as a major shift in policy triggered by personnel shortage, the armed forces are mulling to permanently retain 50 per cent of ...
Narendra Modi being greeted by Indian Americans after his arrival at New York City, on June 20, 2023. (Photo: PMO India)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, landed in New York City, on Tuesday, for his maiden state visit in the United States...