Defence

The sea-air coordinated surveillance will ensure tracking the scooting contacts, if any,” said the ICG, Coast guard sources said.

According to sources, the government has short-listed over half a dozen names as a possible replacement for Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, whose extended term ends this month.

It is expected to serve as a deterrent for the Chinese Navy’s increasing foray into the Indian Ocean Region.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to boost defence ties, the Indian Naval Ship Tabar conducted a Maritime Passage Exercise (MPX) with Sea Lynx of the German Navy. “Indian Navy’s frontline frigate, INS Tabar, during her return leg from St Petersburg in…

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday said that the first light combat aircraft Tejas Mk 1A is likely to be received by November this year, after missing the February 2024 deadline. Tejas Mk1A is the newer and improved…

NEW DELHI: Post retirement, Lt. General (Retd) Mohinder Puri plays a lot of golf to keep himself fit and busy but 25 years ago the Kargil War hero led the crucial 8 Mountain Division that played a key role in securing and restoring the Line…

BENGALURU: The lack of coordination among security agencies and timely response to Pakistan army’s intrusion in Kargil are still matters of serious discourse 25 years after the ‘Operation Vijay’. “If everyone had been on the ball, the…

BHUBANESWAR: India's efforts to develop a robust multi-layered Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield received a significant boost with the advanced area defence (AD) interceptor successfully destroying an incoming ballistic missile in the…

New Delhi: NEW DELHI: Amidst the current geopolitical scenario and the tensions along the northern border with China, the defence budget allocated on Tuesday to the Ministry of Defence has been pegged at Rs 6,21,940.85 crore, which in real…

NEW DELHI: India’s rising production of defence equipment and systems is changing its narrative as the world’s second-largest arms importer. The Economic Survey 2024 highlights that India’s defence production grew substantially from Rs…

NEW DELHI: A fire broke out onboard INS Brahmaputra, a multi-role frigate, on the evening of July 21, 2024, while she was undergoing refit at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai (ND Mumbai). Due to the accident, the warship is listed on one side.…

Participating units include the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Carrier Air Wing 11, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118).

Additional security forces have been deployed at Mongbung from adjacent hill areas following Sunday's attack, an official said.

An army official said the army men guarding the LoC foiled an infiltration bid along the LoC in the Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

The parents – Ravi Pratap Singh and Manju Singh—claimed that their daughter-in-law Smriti left their home with the Kirti Chakra, the prestigious gallantry award posthumously bestowed upon their son, and his other personal belongings,…

The aim is to boost the morale of the local populace, who are feeling unsafe in the wake of a series of terror attacks in Jammu region.

"While performing his duties, soldier Sankara Rao Gottapu sustained fatal injuries in an accident today," an official said.

The initial internal trials of the tank took place at a facility in Hazira, Gujarat, less than two years after the ambitious project was sanctioned,

The value of defence production in FY 2022-23 was Rs 1,08,684 crore and grown by over 60%