Indian Army helicopter crashes in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar, 1 airman killed, 2 pilots wounded

An ALH. (Representational photo)Udhampur: An Indian Army Dhruv advanced light helicopter crashed at a remote area in Jammu & Kashmir’s Marwah area in Kishtwar district, on Thursday morning. The accident left an airman, Craftsman (Aviation T...

Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashes in Arunachal Pradesh, two pilots dead

An Indian Army Cheetah helicopter. (Photo for representational purpose only.) Guwahati: An Indian Army Aviation Corps Cheetah helicopter crashed near Mandala in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district, on Thursday morning. The crash resul...

Indian Coast Guard successfully conducts course for maritime security agencies of six nations

An ongoing classroom session during the course at MRCC. (Photo: Coast Guard)New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard has successfully conducted a one-week operations and search and rescue course at Mumbai’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, on Frid...

With IAF support, flights start from Bihar's Darbhanga airport

Darbhanga airport in BiharDarbhanga: The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Airport Authonty of India (AAI) has now connected Air Force Station Darbhanga in Bihar, to other major cities in the country with first passenger fight of Spice jet landing on Su...

Defence Ministry, Tata Power sign Rs 1200 crore deal for military airfields modernisation

New Delhi: After Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s nod, the Defence Ministry on Friday signed a contract for modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure (MAFI) of 37 airfields for Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (IC...

Eyeing permanent commission for women, Army to create “specialized cadre”

In an effort to resolve the issue of offering permanent commission to women, the Indian Army is mulling to create a “specialized cadre” system so that they can be assigned non-combatant roles. Six branches of the Indian Army have been identifi...