Tag: Indian Army

Kolkata: The Ordnance Factory Board which produced worth Rs 16,000 crore of defence equipment in 2016-17, is looking at a 10-15 per cent growth in the current financial year, an official said on Tuesday. “Last year, we produced to the tune of Rs 16,000 crore of varieties of defence equipment. We are looking at 10-15 […]

Kolkata: The revised Defence Procurement Manual, which is expected shortly, will likely incorporate “long term support agreement” in the indigenisation project, an army official said here on Tuesday. “The Defence Procurement Manual is under revision and the revised manual is expected to be released shortly. This will have many provisions which have been amended to […]

Deolali: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday inducted three major artillery gun systems, including the M777 American Ultra Light Howitzers and the K-9 Vajra, into the Army. The third gun system inducted is the ‘Composite Gun Towing Vehicle’ for towing some of the existing guns in service with the country, while K-9 Vajra is a self-propelled […]

Srinagar: Militants hurled a grenade at a security forces’ vehicle in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district today, injuring several people, police said. The ultras hurled the grenade in the main Tral chowk this afternoon, a police official said. Several people were injured in the grenade blast, he said, adding that further details […]

Srinagar: Militants today carried out a ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on a CRPF camp in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, leaving three troops injured, the paramilitary force said. The militants stormed the 185th battalion camp of the Central Reserve Police Force in Lethpora in Kashmir valley around 2 am. CRPF officials said intermittent firing was on […]

Jammu: Indian Army’s elite White Knight Corps on Saturday celebrated the ‘Vijay Diwas’, which marks the victory of Indian armed forces over Pakistan in the 1971 war. General-officer-Commanding of White Knight Corps, Lt Gen Saranjit Singh, laid wreath at the Ashwamedh Shaurya Sthal war memorial at Nagrota to mark the 46th anniversary of India’s victory […]

Jammu: A dozen Army personnel completed a cycling expedition named ‘Chenab Parikarma’ today covering 412 kilometres in 10 days in the Jammu region, a defence spokesman said. The team comprising an officer, a junior commissioned officer (JCO) and 10 jawans was flagged in by the commander nine sector Rashtriya Rifles at Kishtwar, marking the culmination […]

Kochi: Southern Naval Command is on high alert to face any contingency following a request from the state disaster management authority in view of incessant rains in Kerala in the past few days. A Defence release today said a request was received from the Kerala Disaster Management Authority (KDMA) yesterday for possible requirement of immediate […]

New Delhi: To improve combat training facilities for its fighting units, the Army has made elaborate plans to expand infrastructure at Mahajan Field Firing Range in the deserts of Rajasthan.

New Delhi: The government has approved a long-awaited cadre review policy for Junior Commissioned Officers and other rank-holders in the Army, a step which will offer higher career progression to nearly 1.45 lakh personnel of the force, a senior Army official said today. Adjutant General of the Army Lieutenant General Ashwani Kumar said the upgradation […]

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has so far conferred over 11 lakh certificates to personnel of the Army and the Indian Air Force for completing their courses in different levels. Out of the total 11,28,754 certificates issued, 1,413 graduation certificates have been issued by the university under vertical mobility scheme, said […]

Alert Army troops fired at two drones found hovering over the Ratnuchak-Kaluchak military areas, a Defence spokesperson said on Monday, a day after two drones dropped bombs at an IAF station.

New Delhi: More than three decades after the project was initiated, Army today inducted the indigenously- developed supersonic surface-to-air missile Akash, capable of targeting enemy helicopters, aircraft and UAVs from a range of 25 kms. The missiles, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will be a boost for the Army Air Defence […]

Four security force personnel and three militants were killed in a predawn attack on an Army camp in Uri area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district which is going to polls in the third phase of elections in the state on December 9

Mumbai: Two teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today carried out checks at two installations of the Indian Navy and the army. An official statement said the CBI teams were checking the records of procurement of medicines and medical equipment at INHS Asvini, Colaba, and Armed Forces Medical Store Depot, Kandivali, Mumbai since […]