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Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit appointed next Indian Air Force vice-chief
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. (Photo: IDS)New Delhi: The government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit the next vice-chief of the air staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force, placing one of the service’s most experienced fighter pilots and sen...
Indian Army bets big on drone warriors, to train 500,000 soldiers in five years
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)New Delhi: The Indian Army has drawn up one of the most ambitious military training programmes in its history: equipping 500,000 soldiers with drone warfare skills within the...
General NS Raja Subramani takes charge as India’s third CDS, inherits an unfinished revolution
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...
‘Mission Vande Mataram’: Four BSF women scale Everest in force’s first all-women summit expedition
BSF women mountaineers after completing historic Everest bid. (Photo: BSF)New Delhi: Four women constables of the Border Security Force (BSF) reached the summit of Mount Everest at 8am on Wednesday, completing the paramilitary force’s first all...
The Architect of Jointness: General Anil Chauhan and the transformative legacy he leaves behind
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...
From Garhwal Rifles to CDS: Who is India’s new military chief NS Raja Subramani?
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani meets soldiers (File photo)New Delhi: The government has appointed Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani as the next chief of defence staff (CDS), filling the country’s most senior military post as the incumbent, Ge...
Operation Sindoor: Testimony to the BSF’s grit and fighting spirit
Border Security Force soldiers firing a mortar somewhere in the western front. (Photo for representation via X/@BSF_Rajasthan)When the-then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, wrote to KF Rustamji, the director general of the Border Security Force (BSF), ...
Armour Day: Steel, spirit and the making of India’s Armoured Corps
Indian Army soldiers on tanks during a Army Day parade in New Delhi. (File photo)Every year on May 1, the Indian Army observes Armour Day – a commemoration of its Armoured Corps that is equal parts history, pride, and resolve. The date marks th...
Address the deformities in CAPF structure
Fresh officers during a pass-out ceremony at the CRPF Academy at Kedarpur, Gurugram, Haryana. (File photo for representation.) When Parliament passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, it did more than legislate...
Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, ‘Lion of Ladakh’ who won India’s first Kargil victory, dies at 61
Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, MVC (R) (January 27, 1964–April 10, 2026) New Delhi: Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, MVC (retired), the decorated Kargil war veteran who led the Indian Army’s first successful offensive operation of the 1999 conflict,...Results
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