Two BSF troopers manning a mortar position near the international border in Jammu. (File photo)A recent scroll through X (formerly Twitter) left me profoundly troubled. Post after post revealed a disturbing ignorance about one of India’s most c...
A BSF soldier stands guard near an Indian post at the international border with Pakistan in Jammu. (File photo)The Border Security Force (BSF), designated as the nation’s “first line of defence”, stands sentinel along India’s ...
Border Security Force soldiers firing a mortar somewhere in the western front. (Photo: X/@BSF_Rajasthan)The Border Security Force (BSF), India’s first line of defence, shoulders the responsibility of guarding approximately 190 kilometres of int...
Raipur/New Delhi: Security forces have initiated what officials describe as the “final assault” against Naxalite insurgents holed up in Telangana’s Karregutta Hills, marking the culmination of what has been called the “biggest...
The arsenal and strength of the Naxalites have steadily diminished since the central armed police forces (CAPFs) launched their well-crafted campaign against left-wing extremism. The Union home minister, Amit Shah, has articulated the government&rsqu...
Despite serious setbacks in recent times, left-wing Insurgency still thrives in central India. (Artist’s impression/India Sentinels)Raipur: In a major counterinsurgency operation, security forces neutralized 17 Naxalites during an intense encou...
(File photo of Maoists for representation.) Raipur: In a significant counterinsurgency operation, security forces killed 10 Maoists during a major encounter in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh early Friday morning. The encounter occurred durin...
BAE Hawk Mk-132s from IAF’s Surya Kiran Acrobatic Team during an airshow held at Chennai’s Marina Beach, on October 7, 2024.“Nabhaḥ Spr̥śaṁ Dīptam (Touch the Sky with Glory)”~ Indian Air Force MottoT...
Rajesh Kumar Singh.New Delhi: Rajesh Kumar Singh will be the new defence secretary of India. The government appointed him to the post in a major bureaucratic reshuffle, announced on Friday. Singh, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS)...