Gen Upendra Dwivedi superannuated on June 30, 2026. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: General Upendra Dwivedi retired as chief of the Army staff on Tuesday, leaving behind a number that has become shorthand for his tenure – 50,000 drones. Ad...
Gen Upendra Dwivedi (R) hands over the baton to new Indian Army chief Gen Dhiraj Seth. (Photo: ADGPI) New Delhi: General Dhiraj Seth on Tuesday assumed charge as the 31st chief of the Army staff (COAS), succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi, who re...
India-Nepal border. (File photo)For most of the modern era, the Himalayas have served as India's natural northern rampart. But mountains do not defend themselves, and the 1,751-kilometre open border India shares with Nepal means that Kathmandu...
Indian Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi interacts with troops during an exercise. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army on Monday debunked media reports claiming that troops of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had encroached in...
GE F-414 jet engine (Photo: X)Two GE Aerospace engines – two programmes, two separate crises – have placed India’s indigenous fighter aviation ambitions under a degree of stress that is difficult to explain purely by market forces o...
Lieutenant General Mohit Malhotra to assume charge as South Western Army commander on July 1 (Photo: X)Jaipur: In a significant leadership transition within the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Mohit Malhotra has been appointed the next general o...
Mahesh Dixit (Photo: X)New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has cleared the appointment of senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Dixit as the next director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country’s premier domes...
Representational image (Photo: X/@AmitShah) New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has suspended a senior officer of deputy inspector general (DIG)-rank and transferred approximately 20 others in what critics are calling a punitive r...
New Delhi: The International Maritime Organization has begun a large-scale evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors still stranded in the Persian Gulf, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran that ended...