New Delhi: Stating that the ocean is our common heritage and the sea routes are the lifeline of international trade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the sea routes are being misused for piracy and terrorism.He also said that our shar...
Ladakh: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) completed the construction of world’s highest road in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 19,300 feet, the ministry of defence said in a statement Wednesday."The road at Umlingla Pass constructed at...
Shimla: Two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel have lost their lives during rescue and relief operations in flood-hit Himachal Pradesh. BRO lost an engineer and a project personnel during relief and rescue operation in the state. In Laha...
Indian troops surrendering at the Namka-chu area. This is part of the series on the 1962 India-China border war that seeks to debunk the myths, misinformation and politics spun around India’s debacle in the North-East Frontier Agency.Gener...
San Diego: Indian Navy Vice Chief Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar met with U.S. 3rd Fleet commander Vice Admiral Steve Koehler during a visit to San Diego on June 28.The purpose of the meeting, held at the invitation of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, focu...
New Delhi: The defence ministry has implemented SPARSH [System for Pension Administration (Raksha)], an integrated system for automation of sanction and disbursement of defence pension.This web-based system processes pension claims and credits pensio...
Visakhapatnam: Three indigenously built advanced light helicopters (ALH) MK III were inducted into the Indian Navy on Monday.The induction ceremony of 322 Dega Flight was held in the presence of Vice-Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Comman...
New Delhi: Indian Navy officer Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar has assumed charge as Director General Naval Operations today, on June 7.An alumnus of the National Defense Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune, he was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January ...
New Delhi: Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Friday took two major decisions, including the approval for the RFP for construction of six submarines at approx cost of Rs 43,000 crore and purchase of air defence guns for the armed forces worth Rs 6,...
New Delhi: As part of Operation Samudra Setu II, Indian Naval Ship Airavat arrived at Visakhapatnam on 03 Jun 21 with Covid Relief stores including Cryogenic Oxygen Tanks, Oxygen Cylinders and ventilators from Vietnam and Singapore.Operation Samudra ...