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Border Security Force soldiers firing a mortar somewhere in the western front. (Photo for representation via X/@BSF_Rajasthan)The Border Security Force guards half of India’s land fro…
The record begins on 3 March, when Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the Senate that he had personally reminded Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Pakistan's defence obligations t…
Mewar Infantry battle honours flag. (Photo: Jai Samota)After centuries of fighting in the north and the west, Mewar was called out once more – this time to the south. Having fought Ar…
India Sentinels illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)India asks its central armed police forces (CAPFs) to hold difficult borders, confront internal-securi…
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)Few would imagine an air force commanded by commercial airline pilots, a navy led by merchant seafarers, or an army he…
Nirmal Sherpa with SBS flag after conquering a summit.New Delhi: The body of Nirmal Purja, the Nepali mountaineer known globally as “Nimsdai”, was recovered on Broad Peak on Sun…
Sriganganagar/New Delhi: A joint operation by Indian Army intelligence and Rajasthan Police has broken up a network allegedly supplying counterfeit combat uniform cloth to vendors across Sr…
Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker.On a December morning in 1971, four Hawker Hunters of the Indian Air Force’s 20 Squadron thundered 120 kilometres into Pakistani territory to stri…
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)I joined the Border Security Force in 1991 as a company commander on the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya’s …
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)New Delhi: The Indian Army formally activated its first set of integrated battle groups (IBGs), with six major general…
The world is watching Europeans jump into rivers to cool off in this extreme heat; as the temperatures soar and social media gets bombarded with content of Parisians lamenting the lack of a…
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)Every year on June 19, the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The d…
