Tag: Indian Army

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 […]

New Delhi: India’s offensive attack against terrorists along its eastern border sends a message to them, the government said yesterday, even as defence ministry denied that “hot pursuit” was involved in the action. Questions were raised if India would pursue a similar policy along its Western border with Pakistan, inviting a sharp reaction from the […]

Imphal: Indian Army chief, Gen. Dalbir Singh, arrived here today, a day after militants ambushed and killed 18 soldiers. Defence ministry spokesman Lt. Col. S. Newton said in Guwahati that the army chief was expected to visit Chandel district where the Dogra Regiment soldiers were killed yesterday morning. The army, which had launched a combing […]

Imphal: At least 20 soldiers were killed and 11 others injured when militants ambushed their convoy today in Manipur. According to an official, it was one of the fiercest attacks on the Indian Army in the decade, an official said. A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a routine road opening patrol in the […]

Srinagar: Three guerrillas were killed late yesterday in an ongoing gun battle with the Indian Army in Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Three militants were killed in Tangdhar town near the LoC (Line of Control) in a fierce gun battle with the army. The operation against the militants is still going on,” a senior police officer told […]

New Delhi: Indian Army chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Tuesday said short tenures in higher ranks of the army were not desirable and he has given directions to increase them.

India remembers the brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting enemy in the Galwan valley last year.

On the first anniversary of the deadly clashes, the Army said the supreme sacrifice of the soldiers while fighting the adversary in the "most difficult" high altitude terrain will be "eternally etched" in the memory of the nation.

In a first, the Indian Army has opened vacancies for Nepali women in the Corps of Military Police.

The Indian Army on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to its fallen soldiers at Galwan Valley on the first anniversary of their martyrdom while fighting the Chinese at the Line of Actual Control on June 15, 2020.

Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to Nepal, handed over medical supplies from the Indian Army to Nepal Army chief Gen Purna Chandra Thapa during a ceremony at the Nepali Army Headquarters in Tundikhel.