The Kyiv city centre. (Photo: Glib Albovsky/Unsplash) In nearly four decades of soldiering, this author has stood on some of India’s most unforgiving frontiers – commanded a battalion in the western sector during Operation Parakram a...
The Agni-1 missile that was test-fired, on May 22, 2026.New Delhi: India successfully test-fired the Agni-1 (also spelled Agni I), a surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the coast of ...
NGOPV Sanghmitra launched by Sarita Vatsayan in Kolkata. (Photo: GRSE)Kolkata: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) on Wednesday launched Sanghamitra, the first next-generation offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV) from its yard, in a ceremony hel...
An Indian Army convoy. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army will be using trains as its primary mode of transport for the periodic relocation of units stationed across the country. Sources in the defence established confirmed the devel...
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,...
Indian Coast Guard Ship Achal at Goa Shipyard Limited (Photo: ICG)Goa: The Indian Coast Guard commissioned its newest fast patrol vessel, ICGS Achal, at Goa Shipyard Limited on May 9, in a ceremony that underscored both the service’s push ...
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...
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of the tactical advanced range augmentation (TARA) weapon system off the coast of Odish...
New Delhi: The government has officially deployed a nationwide mobile-based disaster communication system, led jointly by the Department of Communications and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).The system marks a pivotal upgrade to Ind...