An Indian Army mortar shell killed people in Bihar in a training misfire. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Three villagers were killed in the Gaya district of Bihar when an Army mortar shell fell and exploded well outside the firing range in the early hours of March 8, a senior police … Read more
LATAKIA: Syria – Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week. The 23-year-old cellphone shop worker from the Syrian town of Jableh survived on dirty drips of water … Read more
A file photo shows the Indian Army personnel carrying out drills near the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI The Chinese military on Tuesday defended its actions in the Yangtse area of Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh and blamed India for triggering the December 9 clash by “illegally crossing” the … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, on December 13, 2022 | Photo Credit: PTI Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops tried to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Yangtse area of Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh and “unilaterally” change the status quo, which was contested by Indian troops in a “firm and resolute” … Read more
Indian Army. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Army is poised for indigenous modernisation and it has recognised the importance of the private sector in defence manufacturing, Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General B S Raju said on Monday. He was addressing a function marking the inauguration of a … Read more
Bharat Forge which has diversified heavily into defence manufacturing in the last few years, has developed a range of products including a range of artillery guns. Bharat Forge which has diversified heavily into defence manufacturing in the last few years, has developed a range of products including a range of artillery guns. Pune-based Bharat Forge … Read more
“Previously India Army had gifted 15 dogs in 2016 to Cambodia”, Army officials said “Previously India Army had gifted 15 dogs in 2016 to Cambodia”, Army officials said As part of the defence cooperation with Cambodia, Indian Army has transported four Explosive Detection (ED) dogs through civil flight from New Delhi to Phnom Penh along … Read more
Dubbed ‘Budda Jarnail’ by some of his critics, 77-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and former IPS officer Simranjit Singh Mann had recently insisted that he may have grown old but couldn’t be written off just yet. His assertion proved prophetic on Sunday as he wrested the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat from the Aam Aadmi … Read more
The BJP is looking to form the next government in Manipur on its own. Chief minister Nongthombam Biren Singh told Bikash Singh that for the past five years, the BJP-led government had to face the “pushes and pulls” of a coalition government. He feels Manipur is witnessing pro-incumbency and said that he would work with … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country’s top military brass on Thursday paid homage to India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, Brig LS Lidder and 10 more defence personnel at the Palam air base after their bodies were brought to Delhi in a military aircraft. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, … Read more