Lt Yog Raj Palta. This is the story of Lieutenant Yog Raj Palta, a young and adventurous Indian Army officer who loved his Royal Enfield bike and Panama cigarettes – and immortalized himself in the 1962 India-China war.Yog Raj Palta was bo...
Pralay during a test-firing. (Photo: Defence ministry)New Delhi: The defence ministry has given its go-ahead for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army to procure 120 “Pralay” short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, vari...
Veterans at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding for implementation of one rank, one pension. (File photo)New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has approved the revision of pension armed forces’ pensione...
PHK Singh (R) during his inspection trip at the Se-la tunnel. (Photo: Defence PRO - Tezpur)Tezpur: The additional director general of Border Roads Organization (East), PKH Singh, inspected the progress made in the construction of the strategic Se-la ...
Indian Army and PLA soldiers during a meeting near the LAC in northern sector. (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi: India and China held their 17th round of corps commander-level talks to resolve the ongoing stand-off between the militaries of the two count...
Indian and Chinese troops facing each other across a rivulet near the LAC in the Tawang sector. (Photo for representation)The recent clash at the line of actual control in Arunachal Pradesh’s Yangtse plateau near Tawang is the continuation of a...
BSF Mahila Praharis on floating border outpost Ganga in the Sundarbans. (Photo: BSF) Kolkata: The Border Security Force has for the first time deployed “Mahila Praharis” women guards in the Sundarbans delta in south Bengal. The Sunda...
Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon drone at Airshow China Zhuhai 2022. (Creative Commons photo)New Delhi: China is reported to have carried out a big drill involving its hi-tech drones inside their side of the line of actual control near Arunachal Pradesh. ...
Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita.Kolkata: Eastern Army Command general officer commanding in chief Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita said border areas in the northern frontier are stable and the Indian Army is firmly in control. According to an ET repor...
Defence minister Rajnath Singh (C) with Adm R Hari Kumar and others on INS Mormugao’s deck during the destroyer’s commissioning.Mumbai: The Indian Navy commissioned the country’s latest guided-missile destroyer, Mormugao, into the f...