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Soldiers and officers who feign disability will face action, General Rawat said. (Photo: File)

‘Army not job provider, do not feign disability or illness’: Gen Bipin Rawat

Army Chief Bipin Rawat assured all help to former and serving soldiers who have actually suffered disability in the line of duty.

14 Dec 2018 8:28 AM

In 2016, India had pulled out of the 19th SAARC summit that was to be held in Islamabad after the deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri. (Representational Image)

Indian diplomat walks out of SAARC meet over PoK minister's presence

India considers Kashmir as its integral part and does not recognise any minister for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

10 Dec 2018 1:24 PM

India conducted the surgical strike on September 29, 2016 across the Line of Control as a response to a terrorist attack on an Indian Army base in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir earlier that month. (Representational Image)

'Won't hesitate to do it again': Army vice chief on surgical strike

Lt Gen (Retired) DS Hooda said the constant hype around the precision operation was unwarranted.

09 Dec 2018 2:53 PM

former Army officer Lieutenant General D S Hooda (retired) said it was natural to have initial euphoria about the success but the constant maintenance of hype around the military operations was unwarranted. (Photo: ANI)

Surgical strike overhyped, politicised: ex-Army officer Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda

'It would have been better had we done it (surgical strikes) secretly,' the ex-Army officer said.

08 Dec 2018 11:26 AM

Around one lakh service personnel, including 87,646 JCOs and 25,434 personnel from the Navy and Indian Air Force, will be affected by the decision. (Representational Image)

Govt rejects higher military service pay for 1L personnel, army upset

Military sources said the Army is anguished over the decision by the finance ministry, and will seek its review.

04 Dec 2018 5:53 PM

Sources said that security measures have been intensified in most of the vulnerable areas to check the movement of armed rebels. (Photo: ANI)

9 Bodoland militants nabbed in Arunachal

Rebels tried to infiltrate into India from Myanmar.

04 Dec 2018 12:19 AM

This must be acted upon at once by the Centre and the Army regardless of the difficulties soldiers come across in their operations in flushing out terrorists. (Representational Image)

Sage advice on ‘encounters’

A civil society in a democratic setup must be able to find an answer to keeping the peace while having to deal with dissidents, rebels and terrorists.

02 Dec 2018 12:05 AM

Army Chief Bipin Rawat was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Passing Out Parade of the 135th course at the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune. (Photo: ANI):

Curtail terror, turn secular for cordial ties with India: Army Chief to Pak

‘They have turned Pakistan into an Islamic country,' Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said.

30 Nov 2018 2:10 PM

Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Service chiefs: Why one is better than three!

The IAF did not have the tactics and even the appropriate weapons when called to assist the Army.

29 Nov 2018 12:05 AM

The Army and police termed the killing of six Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Tayyaba militants in the gunfight as a “major success” against these outfits. (Representational Image)

J&K: Top Hizb and LeT militants, jawan killed in gunfight

Soon after the encounter, irate crowds took to the streets and clashed with the security forces.

26 Nov 2018 1:35 AM

During a press conference, a reporter asked her as to why the NDA government was 'tom-tomming' the operation two years later. (Photo: PTI | File)

'I understand hindi': Nirmala Sitharaman on reporter's 'sarcastic tone'

'I got hurt by the way...in a very sarcastic tone you asked the question,' an upset Sitharaman said.

24 Nov 2018 8:36 AM

The Chinese couldn’t have chosen a better place than Tsenjang to precipitate a military conflict with India. (Photo: PTI/File)

Why unlearnt lessons of 1962 still haunt us

Today India is a rising power, but a somewhat less surefooted one than China, which is now an economic and military superpower.

20 Nov 2018 12:02 AM

Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri was a Maha Vir Chakra awardee. (Photo: Facebook | Kuldip Singh Chandpuri)

Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, hero of 1971 battle of Longewala, dies at 78

Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri was suffering from cancer. He is survived by his wife and three sons.

17 Nov 2018 2:35 PM

India’s role in the War was significant — over 1.4 million Indian servicemen fought in theatres across Europe, the Middle East and East Africa, making the Indian contribution the largest non-British contingent in the British armies. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

British envoy remembers India’s contribution

The day’s event had a special display of the Indian Army Band at both the venues.

12 Nov 2018 1:09 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers in Harsil near Indo-China border

On Diwali, PM visits Kedarnath, meets soldiers at Indo-China border

PM Modi said soldiers' devotion to duty in remote icy heights, is securing future and dreams of 125 crore Indians.

07 Nov 2018 10:38 AM

The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Belgium.

To honour India’s World War I heroes, new memorials in Europe, tributes at home too

In World War I, the British Indian Army sent seven Indian Expeditionary Forces to serve with the British Army & its Allies in various theatres of war.

07 Nov 2018 12:06 AM