Gen Upendra Dwivedi during his Kargil Vijay Diwas 2025 speech at Drass. Drass/New Delhi: The Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, announced a sweeping modernization programme during Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorations at Drass, on Saturday....
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force’s remaining MiG-21 Bison squadrons will be decommissioned by mid-September, defence officials said on Tuesday. This will bring the curtains down on the longest-servin...
One of the three Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardians after being unloaded from an Antonov-124 aircraft. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi/Hindon: In what the Indian Army termed as a “milestone moment” for the service, the first batch o...
Jagdeep Dhankhar. (File photo)New Delhi: In a surprise move, the vice-president, Jagdeep Dhankhar, tendered his resignation on Monday night. He cited deteriorating health conditions and the need to prioritize medical treatment. The 74-year-old consti...
The terrorist attack at Pahalgam on April 22 changed everything. Twenty-six innocent tourists, segregated by religion and murdered in cold blood by Pakistan-based terrorists, triggered a chain of events that would fundamentally alter how we understan...
Akash Prime during its validation test in Ladakh.New Delhi: India has successfully validated its upgraded Akash Prime surface-to-air missile system in challenging high-altitude conditions in Ladakh, destroying two high-speed unmanned targets at 15,00...
Lt Gen Sagat Singh.Today, on July 14, India is commemorating the birth anniversary of one of its most formidable military leaders: Lieutenant General Sagat Singh Rathore, PVSM. A man of unyielding resolve, exceptional operational genius, and quiet di...
A BSF soldier stands guard at a border pillar with Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch during patrolling on a specialized all-terrain vehicle. (File photo)India’s western frontier with Pakistan – stretching across Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, R...
The crash killed 241 out of 242 on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 19 others on ground.New Delhi: The preliminary investigation into the catastrophic Air India Flight 171 crash has revealed that both engine fuel-control switches mysteriously move...
An IAF Sukhoi-30MKI test-firing an Astra BVRAAM in 2019. (File photo)New Delhi: India’s defence capabilities received a significant boost on Friday, as the indigenous Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) successfully demonstrat...