Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar (seated). (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Indian Navy on Wednesday said Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar has assumed charge as vice-chief of the naval staff.An alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathi Nagar and National Defence Academ...
Former Defence Minister and veteran socialist leader George Fernandes passed away here on Tuesday.
He was 88.
He had been suffering from swine flu for the last few days.
A veteran Parliamentarian who was first elected to the Lok Sabh...
A ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) on the occasion of the “70th Republic Day of India” was conducted on Saturday at the Indian BPM huts at Chushul-Moldo and DBO-TWD meeting points of Eastern Ladakh.
The Indian de...
Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Wing Commander Bhuvanendran Nair Prasanth will be awarded with Vayu Sena Medal (VSM) for his daring act while undertaking rescue mission during Kerala flood devastation last year.
On August 16, 2018, Wing Command...
India and Maldives on Thursday held a substantive discussions on further strengthening bilateral defence cooperation.
Both side agreed that the two countries would continue their traditionally close cooperation on issues of maritime securi...
Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Thursday commissioned INS Kohassa at Diglipur in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Earlier, it was Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur.
INS Kohassa has been named after a White-Bellied Sea Eagle, which is...
In a first for Kashmir, Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani belonging to the state, will be awarded the highest peace-time gallantry award “Ashok Chakra” posthumously on Republic Day.
The award will be presented to his wife Mahajabeen ...
In a yet another incident of ceasefire violation, Pakistani Army on Thursday again fired unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile Indian Army effectively retaliated to the firing.
“Pa...
In an effort to synergyzing human mine action and joint peace operations, the Indian Army and delegates from African nations armies have reached into the final stage for modalities of the Indian Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX)-2019.
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Exactly a decade after 26/11 terror attacks that had crippled Mumbai, a multi-pronged security exercise "Operation Sea Vigil' to test the efficacy of coastal security along the entire coastline of 7,500 km and involving all 13 states and union ...