Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani will assume the post of India’s 3rd CDS on May 31, 2026. (File photo) New Delhi: When the post of chief of defence staff was created in late 2019, it was welcomed with fanfare and, almost immediately, misread. That...
2003-batch IPS officer Vikas Vaibhav (File photo) Patna: Vikas Vaibhav, a 2003-batch Indian Police Service officer from Bihar cadre, has been appointed inspector general of the Magadh range, a posting that brings a two-decade career of counter-t...
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The government has appointed Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan as the next flag officer commanding in chief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. VAdm Vatsayan,...
Indian Coast Guard Ship Achal at Goa Shipyard Limited (Photo: ICG)Goa: The Indian Coast Guard commissioned its newest fast patrol vessel, ICGS Achal, at Goa Shipyard Limited on May 9, in a ceremony that underscored both the service’s push ...
The Agni missile with MIRV that was tested, on May 8, 2026. (Photo: MoD) New Delhi: Shortly after sunset on Friday, residents across coastal Odisha and as far as Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh looked up to see a luminous, comet-like trail strea...
VAdm Swaminathan currently serves as FOC-in-C of the Western Naval Command (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: The government has appointed Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as the next chief of naval staff, setting in motion a leadership transition at the top of ...
A Pakistani air force J-10C fighter, supplied by China. (Photo for representation.)New Delhi: China has officially acknowledged, for the first time, that its engineers were deployed at a Pakistani airbase during last May’s military conflict wit...
The Indian Army chief, Gen Upendra Dwivedi, pinning a medal on a BSF soldier for playing an exceptional role during Operation Sindoor, in May 2025. (File photo)On December 1, 2025, the Border Security Force marked its Diamond Jubilee – 60 years...
Lt Gen Zubin A Minwalla.Jaipur: A year after Operation Sindoor reshaped India’s military thinking, the country’s armed forces are accelerating a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s air-defence framework – one designed to c...
From left: Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, AM AK Bharti, and VAdm AN Pramod. (File photo)Jaipur/New Delhi: Top military commanders in the country issued pointed warnings to Pakistan on Wednesday while outlining their preparedness for a complex security environmen...