Twenty per cent seats to be increased in National Defence College in next 2 years: Defence secretary Ajay Kumar

New Delhi: Aiming at enhancing its ties with neighbouring countries, India will increase 20 per cent seats from 100 to 120 during the next two years in its prestigious strategic leadership institution – National Defence College.At the National ...

LAC, PP14, reality and lies: Walking down Galwan valley with Brigadier RJS Dhillon

A June satellite image showing Chinese military build-up in the Galwan valley. (Photograph: 2020 Planet Labs via Twitter)Since the 20 Indian soldiers, including a colonel, were killed in a bloody clash with China’s People’s Liberation Arm...

India’s options around LAC: Going north with Brigadier RJS Dhillon

Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, former commander of the Northern Army, on a tank in Ladakh. (Representative image via Northern Command, Indian Army/Twitter) Many of our readers, by now, know about the exploits of Brigadier Rupinder (RJS) Dhillo...

Where Paras Dare: The untold story of Operation Cactus

Commandos from Indian Parachute Regiment during a Republic Day parade. Not so long ago, we, as Indians, were sure about our military dominance in South Asia. We were proud – and also cocky to an extent – about our status as the &ldqu...

Russia assures full support in enhancing India’s defence capabilities

Moscow: The 19th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC) meeting, co-chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Russian Defence Minister General Sergey Shoigu was held here on Wed...