Fresh BSF officers at their passing-out parade at the BSF Academy, Tekanpur (Gwalior), in December 2024. (Photo: BSF)In my previous analysis of India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs), particularly the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), B...
Map showing India’s east and northeast with neighbouring countries’ locations for perspective. (Map not to scale)In the annals of military strategy, there exists a fundamental principle that nations ignore at their peril: threats, like ti...
Soldiers rush an injured person to a hospital after a successful evacuation by a chopper in Uttarkashi. (Photo: Indian Army)Dehradun/New Delhi: Rescue operations entered their third day on Thursday as authorities continued efforts to locate doze...
Army personnel and other responders rescue an injured person at the flood-hit Dharali village. (Photo: Indian Army)Dehradun/New Delhi: The devastating cloudburst that struck Uttarakhand’s Dharali village on Tuesday has left over 100 people miss...
Donald Trump (L) and Narendra Modi.New Delhi: The United States president, Donald Trump, has imposed sweeping 50% tariffs on India. This marks the most severe deterioration in bilateral relations since the countries began their strategic partnership ...
Map showing Damak, Nepal; Siliguri Corridor (marked by two thin red lines); Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh; and Gelephu, Bhutan. Also shown is the 2017 India-China standoff site at Doklam. (Google Maps)Pakistan’s military spokesman, Lieutenant General...
This AI-enhanced screenshot of an amateur video shows the town of Dharali in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district hit by flash floods after a cloudburst. Dehradun/New Delhi: A devastating cloudburst struck the remote village of Dharali in Utt...
Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan taking salute from a ceremonial guard of honour after assuming charge as FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command. (Photo: Indian Navy)Mumbai: Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took charge as the new flag officer commanding-in-...
Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh assumed charge as vice-chief of the Army staff, on Thursday. He brings nearly four decades of Special Forces experience to the Army’s second-highe...
Pragya Thakur (R) and Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit.Mumbai/New Delhi: A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, on Thursday. This puts an end to a 17-year legal saga tha...