Gen Dhiraj Seth. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: General Dhiraj Seth took over as the 31st chief of the Army staff on June 30, inheriting an institution in the middle of its most sweeping reorganization in decades. His in-tray blends structural upheav...
Gen Dhiraj Seth with senior officers. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: General Dhiraj Seth on Tuesday took over as the 31st chief of the Army staff, becoming the first officer from the Armoured Corps to lead the Indian Army in nearly three decade...
A Gorkha Rifles contingent marching on an Independence Day in New Delhi. (File photo)New Delhi: Nepal’s visiting foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, has said that if India wishes to resume talks on Nepal’s suspension of Gorkha recruitment in...
Adm Dinesh K Tripathi and Adm Krishna Swaminathan (L) at South Block New Delhi: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi retired on May 31, 2026, as the 26th chief of the naval staff, closing a 25-month tenure that will be remembered for record ...
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan. New Delhi: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took command on Sunday as the 27th chief of the naval staff. He now steps into the role at a time when the service is pushing hard on modernization and facing intensifying strat...
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...
Gen Anil Chauhan.New Delhi: After more than four decades in uniform, the chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, hung up his boots on Saturday. This brings to a close one of the most consequential tenures in India’s higher defence establi...
CDS General Anil Chauhan. (File photo)— By Dhanashree ValunjkarOn May 14 in the wood-panelled hall of the Manekshaw Centre at Delhi Cantonment, General Anil Chauhan, the second chief of defence staff, delivered what may well be remembered as on...
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani will assume the post of India’s 3rd CDS on May 31, 2026. (File photo) New Delhi: When the post of chief of defence staff was created in late 2019, it was welcomed with fanfare and, almost immediately, misread. That...