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From Charlie Squadron cadet to Indian Army chief: General Upendra Dwivedi to review NDA passing-out parade
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...
Ukraine has crossed the Rubicon against Russia putting Kyiv in the crosshairs
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...
Operation Sindoor: Testimony to the BSF’s grit and fighting spirit
Border Security Force soldiers firing a mortar somewhere in the western front. (Photo for representation via X/@BSF_Rajasthan)When the-then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, wrote to KF Rustamji, the director general of the Border Security Force (BSF), ...
The Great Nicobar project: A game changer or a risky bet?
Representational image (Photo: X) New Delhi: The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has turned India’s most ambitious infrastructure project into an acute political battleground, accusing the government of handing tr...
Armour Day: Steel, spirit and the making of India’s Armoured Corps
Indian Army soldiers on tanks during a Army Day parade in New Delhi. (File photo)Every year on May 1, the Indian Army observes Armour Day – a commemoration of its Armoured Corps that is equal parts history, pride, and resolve. The date marks th...
Reptiles for Border Guarding: A win-win case for all in the system
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)After 38 years of service in the Border Security Force – spending the better part of my adult life analysing terrain, studying demography, decoding crime patterns along some...
Who was General Zorawar Singh? The ‘Lion of Ladakh’ who conquered the Himalayas
General Zorawar Singh Kahluria was one of the greatest military commanders in 19th-century India. Born in 1786 in the small hill kingdom of Kahlur in present-day Himachal Pradesh, he came from a Rajput family of the Kahluria clan – a lineage wi...
BSF explores reptiles as border guards on Amit Shah’s directive, draws fierce criticism
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)New Delhi: In what is being widely described as one of the most unconventional border-security proposals in the country’s history, the Border Security Force (BSF) is activel...
Indian Army seeks next-generation air-defence gun to counter drone swarms
Currently, the Indian Army utilizes a multi-layered air-defence gun network to counter low-altitude aerial threats. (Representational photo) New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for information (RFI) for a next-generation air-...
‘Project Himank’: Border Road Organisation launches snow-clearance operation on Leh-Manali highway
BRO’s snow-clearance operation in Leh (Photo: BRO)Leh: The Border Roads Organisation’s Project Himank has started snow-clearance operations on National Highway-3, the strategic Leh-Manali corridor via Sarchu, as part of the annual effort ...Results
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