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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicArmed forces

Topic: armed forces

All Central Armed Police Forces personnel to retire at 60 years, orders home ministry

The order follows a Delhi High Court observation that said the previous retirement policy created two classes in the service with certain rank of officials retiring at 57 years and others at 60.

Will Chief of Defence Staff’s role clash with that of NSA? A Lt General answers it for you

The Chief of Defence Staff could transform India’s warfighting and power projection capabilities.

There’s no patriotism without guns and glory in India now – new I-Day song shows just that

The new song, released by I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar, devotes a disproportionate amount of footage to the mighty Indian defence forces.

Narendra Modi govt can’t increase defence budget. Best it can do is go for reforms

Instead of relying on rhetoric to justify inadequate defence budget, government must provide an outline for time-bound national security reforms

Defence University to Defence Chief – Modi govt now has political capital for the big reforms

Time Modi government moved decisively to create a fully-empowered CDS with a road map for integration of commands.

Can the govt dictate what cars military officers & veterans can buy from the canteens?

A new order by the Modi government puts a price cap on the vehicles that can be bought by the armed forces from the subsidised Canteen Stores Department.

Rajnath Singh should know a sloppy salute is worse than not saluting. It shows disrespect

It would be prudent for civilian dignitaries to take a five-minute refresher capsule from a military instructor before they attend a function.

‘Booze Brigadier’ to egg & tent scams: Indian military must check falling standards in ethics

Abuse of privileges by senior officers in the form of misuse of vehicles, use of soldiers as domestic help and fudging electricity bills is rampant.

Don’t politicise Indian armed forces. Just look at what it did to our police

Deployment of armed forces in Jammu & Kashmir over the past three decades is the single biggest factor in politicisation of armed forces.

Politicise all you want, but Indian soldiers don’t fight in the name of nationalism alone

Soldiers fight because of unit/sub-unit cohesion. They do not want to let down their comrades in a battle.

On Camera

Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.