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...
Udaygiri (L) and Himgiri during sea trials.New Delhi: The Indian Navy will commission two advanced stealth frigates simultaneously on August 26. This will mark an unprecedented milestone in the country’s naval expansion programme. INS Udaygiri ...
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...
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...
A comprehensive annual maintenance contract for the S-400 long-range air-defence missile system also received approval.New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence’s Defence Acquisition Council has approved a comprehensive military modernization package ...
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...
GRSE and Indian Navy officials on board the frigate Himgiri during the warship’s handing-over ceremony. (Photo: GRSE) New Delhi: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers delivered the advanced guided-missile frigate Himgiri to the Ind...