U Min Aung Hlaing (L) with Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on June 1, 2026. (Photo: MEA) New Delhi: Myanmar’s president, U Min Aung Hlaing, assured the prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Monday that Naypyidaw would not permit I...
Rafale fighter jet (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh landed in France on Monday for a four-day visit as New Delhi formally triggered negotiations for 114 Rafale fighter jets – one of the largest defence ac...
Adm Dinesh K Tripathi and Adm Krishna Swaminathan (L) at South Block New Delhi: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi retired on May 31, 2026, as the 26th chief of the naval staff, closing a 25-month tenure that will be remembered for record ...
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan. New Delhi: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took command on Sunday as the 27th chief of the naval staff. He now steps into the role at a time when the service is pushing hard on modernization and facing intensifying strat...
Major Prabhat Mishra (Photo: X/Warrior_Mukul)New Delhi: In the rolling hills of Kansas, inside the storied halls of the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, history was quietly made by a young Ind...
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...
Gen Anil Chauhan.New Delhi: After more than four decades in uniform, the chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, hung up his boots on Saturday. This brings to a close one of the most consequential tenures in India’s higher defence establi...
COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi inspecting the guard of honour during the NDA 150th Course’s passing-out-parade ceremony at the Khetarpal Parade Ground in the institution. (Photo: HQ IDS)Khadakwasla, Pune: The National Defence Academy’s 150th Co...
Indian Navy's new vice-chief Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar assumed charge as the 48th vice-chief of the naval staff on May 29, stepping into one of the Indian Navy’s most senior operation...
Gen Upendra Dwivedi and his wife arriving at the NDA’s Khetrapal Parade Ground, on May 29, 2026. (Photo: NDA)Khadakwasla, Pune: Forty-five years after joining the National Defence Academy’s Charlie Squadron as a young cadet, General Upend...