India’s BrahMos cruise missile flies farther, faster than others

The name is derived from India’s Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva rivers.

04 Feb 2020 1:40 AM

One indication that the NRC and the CAA have so far not affected India-Bangladesh ties is that the border security forces of both nations held their 49th director- general level talks from December 25 to 30, 2019. India’s Border Security Force’s (BSF) delegation was headed by its DG, Vivek Johri, and Border Guards Bangladesh’s (BGB) delegation was headed by its DG, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Shafeenul Islam.

India-Bangladesh border meet takes place amidst NRC, CAA

The DG level talks between India and Bangladesh, continuing since long, are held twice every year — once each in India and Bangladesh.

06 Jan 2020 2:14 AM

A file photo of Lt. Gen. A.A.K. Niazi, commander of all Pakistani forces in the eastern theatre, signing the instrument of surrender, as Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora, GOC-in-C of India's Eastern Command and commander of the joint India-Bangladesh forces, looks on at the Ramna Race Course in Dhaka on December 16, 1971. Seated on extreme right is All India Radio's Surajit Sen, who was the first foreign correspondent to reach Dhaka.

Vijay Divas at India’s National War Memorial for the first time

Independent India was destined for many wars. Independence itself was closely followed by the first India-Pakistan war of 1947-48.

16 Dec 2019 6:21 AM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

India-Japan ministerial meet with a focus on Indo-Pacific

The ministers also concurred to proceed with coordination for the first India-Japan joint fighter aircraft exercise in Japan.

09 Dec 2019 12:53 AM

With giant strides in self-reliance, DRDO set to galvanise the forces

The interceptor, a Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) Mark-II, had a hit-to-kill capable kinetic kill vehicle.

13 Nov 2019 1:40 AM

Kashmir’s untold story declassified, by iqbal chand malhotra and maroof raza Bloomsbury pp 202; Rs 499.

British made sure India lost Gilgit, PoK

On China, Nehru, along with India’s second defence minister, V.K. Krishna Menon, made another huge mess.

18 Oct 2019 1:33 AM

Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping ahead of the Wuhan informal summit in April 2018.

Sino-Indian posturing on talks table, terrain and high seas

Much of the Sino-Indian relationship is about posturing, in order to keep the ties going smoothly.

25 Sep 2019 1:09 AM

Acquiring Apache helicopters is good news for the Air Force

Hopefully, the entry of the Apache will begin a process of making good our glaring and long-standing deficiencies.

16 Sep 2019 6:49 AM

Preparations underway ahead of the event (Photo: PIB)

Indian Army beats seven nations to win Scout Masters

The Indian Army, which participated in the competition for the first time, fielded a team selected and trained by Southern Command.

19 Aug 2019 12:07 AM

Surprise, Strategy and 'Vijay': 20 Years of Kargil and Beyond, By Lt Gen (Dr) V.K. Ahluwalia and Col Narjit Singh Centre for Land Warfare Studies & Pentagon Press pp 320; Rs 1,195.

Stealthily, the enemy sneaked into paradise

Even as an old soldier, he experienced again the fear of climbing the rugged heights.

09 Aug 2019 1:08 AM

Indian soldiers after winning a battle during the Kargil wa

Wounds fester, strife continues; dispute unsettled after 20 years

Operation Vijay was an intensification of Pakistan’s fourth war against India, which, since the late 1980s, continues till date.

29 Jul 2019 1:20 AM

A Prime Minister to Remember: Memories of a Military Chief, By Admiral Sushil Kumar, Konark pp 135, Rs 650.

Where Nehru failed, Vajpayee excelled

The admiral reveals how a statesman-like Prime Minister took pains to gain insights into its diverse Armed Forces.

05 Jul 2019 1:20 AM

Indian ambassador to Italy, Reenat Sandhu and a group of Indian, Italian and other foreign officers at the Urn Presentation ceremony.

Italians are grateful to Indian soldiers who had helped them in World War II

Almost 50,000 Indian troops, mostly between the ages of 19 to 22, fought for Italy’s liberation during World War II.

11 Jun 2019 1:17 AM

The government, in line with its policy of increasing the involvement of non-state companies in defence production as part of the Make in India campaign, is to stop giving defence shipping contracts to state-run companies on a so-called nomination basis and throw them open to competitive bidding and allowing the private sector a crack at projects worth thousands of crores of rupees.

The public-private tussle in India over defence shipbuilding

GRSE is executing an order for five FPVs for the ICG, of which ICGS Priyadarshini is the first in the series.

07 May 2019 5:10 AM

A piper from the Indian Army’s Rajputana Rifles at the Delhi War Cemetary. (Photo: Anil Bhat)

An evening of Indian and Canadian bagpipers

Bagpipe music has caught the fancy of Indians and has become popular in some parts of the country.

23 Apr 2019 12:10 AM

While on Op Parakram, Lt Gen Shah was moved at a very short notice to head a contingent of 3,000 troops to Gujarat.

Communalism couldn’t hold back this ‘Sarkari Mussalman’

Adopted by his mother’s sister, Zameer spent his first five years with her and his maternal grandfather, from whom he learnt horse riding.

12 Apr 2019 2:05 AM

Students in Kolkata pay a floral tribute to the martyr. (Photo: PTI)

Despite shying away from history, Pak honours Bhagat Singh legacy

The Bhagat Singh Archives and Resource Centre has 300 books on Bhagat Singh which will be useful for research scholars.

01 Apr 2019 12:17 AM

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman (extreme right), accompanied by Group Captain Joy Thomas Kurien, India’s air attache at the high commission in Islamabad, and Dr Fariha Bugati of the Pakistan foreign office, prepares to cross the Wagah-Attari border on February 28 on his way home on being freed from two-day captivity in Pakistan after his MiG-21 Bison fighter was shot down. (Photo: PTI)

After Pulwama: The good, the bad and the ugly

But the February 14 attack had not merely been a heinous one.

13 Mar 2019 2:45 AM

The Indian Navy’s third Scorpene-class submarine Karanj is pulled into the Arabian Sea after its launch ceremony at the Mazagon Dock Shipyard in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

Indian Navy flexes its maritime muscle with new acquisitions

The Naval Chief elaborated on important acquisitions of various vessels and aircraft.

14 Feb 2019 1:45 AM

Ten years after 26/11, the Indian Navy coordinated the largest-ever coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast on 22-23 January 2019, codenamed Sea Vigil.

10 years after 26/11 attack: Is India’s maritime, coastal security any better?

Coastal security is complex construct since it involves activities both at sea and at land.

30 Jan 2019 2:28 AM

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