The India-Myanmar border. (Map not to scale.)Kirstjen Nielsen, former secretary of the United States’ homeland security once said: “People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it’s very simple: border security...
Rescue workers with heavy equipment at the site of Balasore train disaster. (Photo via Twitter) New Delhi/Balasore/Bhubaneswar: The three services of India's armed forces – Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force – have be...
The Rezang-la War Memorial. (Photo collected by Jai Samota through special arrangement.)“We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory.” ~ Charles WolfeAfter the eight-day battle, which...
Assam Rifles personnel evacuating Konyak women from Yairipok, Manipur. (Photo by special arrangement)Imphal/Dimapur/New Delhi: Violence in ethnic strife-hit Manipur took a new turn when suspected militants fired upon a Manipur Police patrol contingen...
A ground in the Yol cantonment. (Photo: Defence PRO) New Delhi: In a major development, the Narendra Modi-led government moved to abolish Indian Army cantonments across the country after terming creating (and maintaining) them as “archaic ...
Representative image.New Delhi: As Qatar starts the trial process against eight Indian Navy veterans working for the emirate’s subsidiary of Oman-based Dahara Global – a private company, details are slowly emerging on why the Indian ex-se...
Indian Army’s Gorkha troops sitting with China’s PLA troops somewhere in eastern Ladakh (exact location unknown). This photo was taken by a Chinese soldier days before the 1962 war started.“When we were flown into that post, we knew...
HTT-40 Basic Trainer AircraftNew Delhi: The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved the procurement of and 70 HTT-40 indigenous trainer aircraft and three cadet-training ships worth ₹10,000 crore, aimed to give a boost to the “Atmanirbhar B...
Tezpur: The Army Adventure Challenge Cup 2023, a quadrathalon event of cycling, rock climbing, running, and rafting was organized under the aegis of Eastern Command at Yinkiong in the pristine Siang valley of Arunachal Pradesh from February 14 to Feb...
Brig Rawind Singh Grewal, MC (C) with Lt Col Bakhtawar Singh, CO 5 Jat, (L) Lt Col Nihal Singh CO 14 J&K Militia (R) and troops of both the units. (Photo courtesy: Devraj Singh Jagat)“The Himalayas had been rudely woken up from their long, ...