The distance between Mauritius’s Agaléga and mainland India is a little over 3,000 kilometres at the nearest points. (Google Maps)Agaléga Island comprises two islets, shaped like an exclamation mark (!) – a long and thin nor...
Rajnath Singh inaugurating the 35 infrastructure projects at the Dhak bridge in Uttarakhand, on January 19, 2024. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh) New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, inaugurated 35 infrastructure projects worth ₹670 cr...
UN general assembly during Gaza ceasefire vote. (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi: India seems to have changed its recent stand on the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and voted in favour of a United Nations general assembly resolution calling for a ceasefir...
New Delhi: Aiming to further deepen the bilateral relations with the European nations, Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi will be visiting to Hungary and Bulgaria, starting November 28.Her visit will conclude on December 1.&ldquo...
An IAF chopper makes emergency landing in Madhya PradeshBhopal: An Indian Air Force helicopter had to make a “precautionary” landing near a dam in Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday when it was on a routine training mission....
The NIMAS team at the summit of Mount Purgyal in Himachal Pradesh. (Photo by special arrangement) New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Dirang-based National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports has launched a one...
Apprehended individual with meth tablets. (Photo: Assam Rifles) Aizawl: In yet another success against smuggling activities in the border state of Mizoram, the Aizawl Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles, along with special narcotics police ...
A ground in the Yol cantonment. (Photo: Defence PRO) New Delhi: In a major development, the Narendra Modi-led government moved to abolish Indian Army cantonments across the country after terming creating (and maintaining) them as “archaic ...
Lt Gen Ajai K Singh assumes charge of Southern CommandPune: Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh on Tuesday assumed the command of the elite Southern Army as its 50th Army Commander.He replaces Lt Gen JS Nain, who steered the formation over the last t...
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday (February 24, 2022) that the topmost priority of Indian government is safety of Indians as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced military operations in Ukraine.Addressing media, foreig...