Security forces in Jammu & Kashmir during an encounter with militants. (File photo for representation.)In 1987, as a young Indian Army captain, I trudged every nook and corner of the Uri bowl without fear and scepticism, enjoyed the scenic beauty...
Rajnath Singh (C), along Eknath Shinde (2L), and Admiral R Hari Kumar (2R) posing before INS Imphal during the warship’s commissioning. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh) Mumbai: The Indian Navy commissioned its latest warship, INS Imphal, on Tuesda...
Jaswant Singh RawatTawang: During the last phase of 1962 India-China war, the Indian Army units were struggling with a shortage of manpower and ammunition in the eastern sector.On November 17, 1962 Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat’s battalion was s...
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with troops at a forward position during the 1962 India-China war.Dissecting Claude Arpi’s 1962 India-China war claimsDuring my studies on the hitherto obscure aspects of the 1962 India-China war, particularly wi...
Amritpal Singh, a separatist and leader of “Waris Punjab De”. (Photo: Twitter)What happened in Punjab’s Ajnala on February 23 was a total capitulation of state police before radicals who stormed the city’s police station, forc...
Rishi Sunka and Zelensky (PC: Twitter/Rishi Sunak)London: The Rishi Sunak administration in the United Kingdom announced a slew of new sanctions to accelerate economic pressure on Russian military and Vladimir Putin’s supporters, hours after th...
Lt Yog Raj Palta.This is the story of Lieutenant Yog Raj Palta, a young and adventurous Indian Army officer who loved his Royal Enfield bike and Panama cigarettes – and immortalized himself in the 1962 India-China war.Yog Raj Palta was born on ...
New Delhi: Indian Navy’s warship INS Trikand participated in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) led focused operation “Sea Sword 2” in the Northwest Arabian Sea from November 6-14.The ship participated with other multinational force...
The Tawang Monastery. (Photo by Rajat Chakraborty/Unsplash.)Arunachal Pradesh – which is also called the “land of dawn-lit mountains” – is the 24th state of India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (N...
While the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War between Indian-Mukti Bahini forces and the Pakistani military has always been easy to remember for our resounding victory over our archenemy, the India-China border conflict of 1962 has always been difficult t...