Indian Army peacekeepers decorated with UN medals for service in restive eastern DR Congo

Indian peacekeepers. (Phot: ADGPI)New Delhi: Over 650 Indian Army personnel serving under the United Nations flag in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been conferred the United Nations Medal, a recognition that arrives even as the mission the...

Indian Army commemorates 77th United Nations Peacekeepers’ Day, two Indian heroes to receive medals posthumously

Indian Army officers and soldiers during the commemoration of UN Peacekeepers’ Day at the National War Memorial in New Delhi, on May 29, 2025. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The Indian Army commemorated the 77th United Nations Peacekeepers&rsqu...

CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife, 11 others die in helicopter crash

General Bipin Rawat (March 16, 1958–December 8, 2021).New Delhi: General Bipin Laxman Singh Rawat, India’s first current and chief of defence staff and former Army chief, has died in a helicopter crash near Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills...

Col Yashdeep Sangwan takes charge of a MONUSCO sector

Col Yashdeep Sangwan of the Madras Regiment took over the command of a sector in The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). The officer has been posted as the DCOS since June 21...