A BSF solder keeping watch over the other side of the international border with Pakistan, somewhere in the western section. (File photo for representation) Let me be direct about something that tends to get buried under bureaucratic language and...
CRPF commandos in an anti-Naxalite operations camp in Chhattisgarh. (Photo for representation)A slow-burning crisis is consuming India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs) from within. Not a crisis of courage – the jawans and officers of...
Taragiri during its sea trials. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission its latest stealth frigate, F41, on April 3 in a ceremony to be presided over by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh. The frigate will be christened I...
Two commandos of the CRPF’s elite CoBRA special operations unit during jungle-warfare training. (Photo for representation.)“The day the soldier has to demand his dues will be a sad day for Magadha, for then, on that day, you will have los...
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has been one of India’s most lethal arms exports. (File photo)New Delhi: The volume of major arms transferred between states reached its highest level in more than a decade in 2021–25, rising 9.2 per ...
This satellite image shared by Tehran Times on X shows a destroyed US THAAD AN/TPY-2 radar site in Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti airbase.In his earlier piece here, this author argued that the war against Iran – Netanyahu’s war, fought wit...
This Malta-flagged chemical/oil-products tanker named “Prima” is seen burning after being hit by Iran’s IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz, on March 7, 2026. (Photo via X)New Delhi: Israeli airstrikes have struck Tehran’s main domes...
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...