The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and it is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff, who is a four-star general. Read More
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken the lead in granting permanent commission to women officers after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last year that women would be given such an option in the armed forces, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal ...
Doklam, which was at the centre of a 73-day military face-off between the armies of India and China in 2017, is now better connected on the Indian side with an alternate road providing strategic advantage to the Indian forces. ...
A ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) on the occasion of 'Chinese National Day' was conducted on Tuesday at the Chinese BPM hut at Moldo Garrison. ...
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat who is on a five-day visit to Maldives called on the defence minister and other senior officials of the island nation on Monday. ...
Locals bid a tearful adieu to the Lieutenant Colonel Rajneesh Parmar during his last rites here on Sunday. The Indian Army officer lost his life in a helicopter crash in Bhutan on Friday. Parmar was accorded full state honour during his cremation. ...
The family of the deceased Lieutenant Colonel Rajneesh Parmar, who lost his life in a chopper incident on the day of his birthday, on Saturday expressed disappointment over the delay in replacing the old helicopters. ...