Map showing Damak, Nepal; Siliguri Corridor (marked by two thin red lines); Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh; and Gelephu, Bhutan. Also shown is the 2017 India-China standoff site at Doklam. (Google Maps)Pakistan’s military spokesman, Lieutenant General...
New Delhi: Boeing has appointed Alay Parikh as director of business development for its defence and services business in India, reinforcing the company’s commitment to strengthening operations and accelerating growth in the region. Parikh ...
Nimisha Priya.New Delhi: The fate of Nimisha Priya, a 38-year-old Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen, remains shrouded in uncertainty after conflicting claims about her sentence status created diplomatic confusion between Indian religious leaders and...
Yarlung Tsangpo river’s “Great Bend” in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, close to India’s Arunachal Pradesh, where the megadam will be built. (Photo courtesy: China News Service)China’s audacious decision to constr...
An Akashteer C4ISR system.New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has awarded a ₹2,000 crore contract to state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for supplying advanced air-defence fire-control radars to the Indian Army, marking a significant st...
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force’s remaining MiG-21 Bison squadrons will be decommissioned by mid-September, defence officials said on Tuesday. This will bring the curtains down on the longest-servin...
Jagdeep Dhankhar. (File photo)New Delhi: In a surprise move, the vice-president, Jagdeep Dhankhar, tendered his resignation on Monday night. He cited deteriorating health conditions and the need to prioritize medical treatment. The 74-year-old consti...
Akash Prime during its validation test in Ladakh.New Delhi: India has successfully validated its upgraded Akash Prime surface-to-air missile system in challenging high-altitude conditions in Ladakh, destroying two high-speed unmanned targets at 15,00...
The crash killed 241 out of 242 on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 19 others on ground.New Delhi: The preliminary investigation into the catastrophic Air India Flight 171 crash has revealed that both engine fuel-control switches mysteriously move...
An Indian Air Force Jaguar during a live-fire training operation. (File photo)New Delhi: A twin-seater Jaguar IB trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in an agricultural field near Bhanoda village in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Wed...