By Manish AnandNew Delhi: Atmanirbhar Bharat has been hailed as a mainstay of India’s defence sector indigenisation. The slogan sits at the centre stage of Indian dream to break into the league of defence goods exporting nations. But the slogan...
Narendra Modi (L) and Ali Khameini during their meeting on the former’s visit to Tehran, on March 23, 2016. (Photo: Iranian Supreme Leader’s Press Office)When Colonel Douglas Macgregor (retired), the blunt-speaking American military analy...
An Indian Air Force Rafale fighter jet. (File photo)New Delhi: When France and India finalize what could become the largest arms deal in Indian history – the acquisition of 114 Rafale F4 jets under the MRFA (multi-role fighter aircraft) program...
President Droupadi Murmu New Delhi: In a powerful display of confidence in India’s indigenous defence capabilities, President Droupadi Murmu will fly a sortie in indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, ...
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...
Nikhil Gupta (C) after being extradited from Prague to New York. (Photo: US Drug Enforcement Administration)New Delhi: Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national who self-described as an international narcotics and weapons trafficker, has pleaded guilty in a N...
The Rafale deal will be the largest single defence procurement in India’s history, if taken to fruition. (File photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council has cleared one of the largest single-day procurement packages in the country’...
BSF troops patrol along a border fence between India and Bangladesh in West Bengal. (File photo)The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, made a calculated intervention during a state assembly discussion on the governor’s address on F...