Fresh BSF officers at their passing-out parade at the BSF Academy, Tekanpur (Gwalior), in December 2024. (Photo: BSF)In my previous analysis of India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs), particularly the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), B...
The Supreme Court of India. (File photo)With over a million personnel in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),...
The Siliguri Corridor, also known as the “Chicken’s Neck”, shown by the pin on this Google Maps screenshot.Bangladesh has been in a perpetual state of upheaval since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, 2024. ...
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi during his annual news conference.New Delhi: The Indian Navy chief, Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, on Monday underscored the transformative potential of India’s nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) project, describin...
(Illustration for representation.)New Delhi/Visakhapatnam: India successfully test-fired the K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from its newly inducted nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arighaat (also spelled as Arighat), on Wednesday,...
An artist’s impression of INS Arighat. (Illustration via Wikipedia/Creative Commons) New Delhi: On the day of the commissioning of India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN), INS Arighat, Beijing’s mouthp...
INS Arihant. (File photo)Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy got its second nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine, on Thursday. The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, commissioned the nuclear submarine capable of carrying nuclear-tipped ballistic...
President Droupadi Murmu. (File photo)New Delhi: On the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day, the president, Droupadi Murmu, has approved gallantry awards to personnel from the Indian armed forces – Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Ai...
INS Arihant. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to get its second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). After the indigenously built INS Arihant, which was commissioned in 2018, the second indigenously built SSBN, Arighat, is...