While the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War between Indian-Mukti Bahini forces and the Pakistani military has always been easy to remember for our resounding victory over our archenemy, the India-China border conflict of 1962 has always been difficult t...
The dictionaries describe the “deep state” as a large group of people comprising typically members of government agencies and the military with long-term agendas and goals through secret manipulation or control of government policy throug...
New Delhi: US Naval Operations chief Adm Michael Gilday, who is on a five day official visit to India, discussed bilateral maritime relations with Indian Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh in New Delhi.“We are committed to operationalizing our #...
The India-Tibet border with disputed territories marked in yellow. India and China never shared a common border until China annexed Tibet, a process it started in 1950. This brought the dragon right to our doorstep. With its annexation of Tibet,...
CRPF jawans in an anti-Maoist operation in West Bengal.The Indian Express carried an op-ed by Mutha Ashok Jain, on September 9, titled “Practice of reserving cadre posts for certain services is exclusionary, must be reconsidered” made for...
An Indian village right on the India-Tibet LAC in Uttarakhand. The transgression by the China’s People’s Liberation Army soldiers in Barahoti, Uttarakhand on August 21 raised an alarm in the Indian media a few days ago. While such tr...
Taliban fighters riding a Humvee left by US forces, in Kabul.Afghanistan is transitioning from one crisis to another. Strategically located at the crossroads of the old silk route connecting the east with the west, Afghanistan and India have a strong...
Chennai: Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed an order with Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Chennai for supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army on September 23.The order, worth Rs 7,523 crore, will provide further boos...
Barmer: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari jointly inaugurated Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Satta-Gandhav stretch on NH-925A near Barmer in Rajasthan on Sept...
Jaisalmer: In a significant boost to India’s air defence capabilities, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed over the first deliverable Firing Unit (FU) of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) System to Indian Air Force at Jaisalmer in R...