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No operational or intel failure during Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur encounter, claims CRPF DG

DG Kuldiep Singh also informed that around 25-30 Naxals were also killed in the encounter though the exact number is not yet known.

Army acquits jawan facing charges for inappropriately touching a minor girl under POCSO

The General Court Martial was convened in Delhi to try the Army person after a Junior Commissioned Officer levelled allegations of sexual assault against him.

How this Indian Army officer rescued Sheikh Hasina & family from Pakistan Army captors in 1971

Colonel Ashok Tara (Retd), then a 29-year-old Major, was tasked with rescuing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s family from Pakistan Army at the end of 1971 war.

Special Forces vets to attempt world records on land, air, water with people with disabilities

CLAW, organisation set up by Special Forces veterans, works with people with disabilities, believes adventure activities can be therapeutic.  

Navy personnel could now miss out on promotions and awards if they fail fitness tests

Navy has set new guidelines with revised fitness parameters for its personnel. It will be applicable to both male and female personnel from this month.

After Mahindra, now TATA set to bag contract for armoured vehicles as Army upgrades mobility

Army working on various programmes related to wheeled armoured protection for infantry soldiers to allow faster induction & de-induction in times of crisis like the Ladakh standoff.

Navy set to lease only new utility helicopters for its warships, eyes two-year deal

The leasing cost cited by over a dozen firms varied from as low as Rs 40 lakh per month to Rs 3.4 crore for each chopper.

Officers, jawans can be terminated even after 20 years of service, says Army chief Naravane

Gen M.M. Naravane’s statement comes days after two Army personnel, including a major, was arrested in connection with the Army recruitment exam paper leak.

Clean energy, tech in focus as France looks beyond defence to boost business with India

France is a significant source of FDI in India with more than 1,000 French establishments already present in the country.

Pakistan successfully test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile Shaheen 1-A

In a statement Friday, the media wing of the Pakistani army, the ISPR, said that the test was aimed at re-validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.