Among its exports of a range of defence equipment to several countries, India sold the shore-based version of the BrahMos missile system to the Philippines this year. (File photo)New Delhi: India’s defence sector has achieved a record milestone...
Indian Army, BSF, and Manipur Police personnel pose with the arms recovered during the operation. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)Imphal/Kohima: In a joint operation, the Indian Army, Border Security Force, and the Manipur Police succ...
Muktesh Pardeshi.New Delhi: Muktesh Pardeshi has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Turkiye (Turkey), marking a pragmatic diplomatic shift at a time when relations between New Delhi and Ankara have been lukewarm. Pardeshi, a senior In...
An Ukrainian soldier inspects 155mm artillery shells somewhere in the Russia-Ukraine warzone. (Photo via Telegram)New Delhi: Indian-manufactured artillery shells continue to find their way into Ukraine despite New Delhi’s official stance of neu...
A security man firing a pump-action gun for controlling a stone-pelting crowd in Kashmir. (File photo)New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh forest department has announced that it will transfer some 700 American-manufactured pump-action guns to the Border Se...
Indian and US troops at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan. (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: The 20th edition of the India-USA joint military drills, Exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2024, began on Monday at the Foreign Training Node in Mahajan Field Firi...
The cache of arms, ammunition, and other equipment recovered from the Maoists at the encounter site. (Photo via X)New Delhi: In a major encounter between security forces and Maoists in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district, on Thursday morn...
An Indian Army soldier practising with a SIG 716i assault rifle. (File photo)Recently, the Ministry of Defence concluded a deal with the United States-based SIG Sauer Inc to import 73,000 SIG 716i “patrol” rifles for ₹840 crores to ...
SSS Defence CEO Vivek Krishnan.New Delhi: India’s recent decision to acquire an additional 73,000 SIG 716 assault rifles from US manufacturer Sig Sauer Inc has sparked intense debate over the country’s defence procurement practices after ...
An Indian Army soldier standing guard at the India Gate in New Delhi with a SIG 716 assault rifle. (India Sentinels file photo.)New Delhi: India has finalized a deal with the United States to procure an additional 73,000 SIG Sauer’s SIG 71...