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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicIndian Army

Topic: Indian Army

Centre empowers Army Chief to mobilise Territorial Army at will, but what is it

The three-yearly notification is standard procedure but is now in focus after cross-border tensions. Dhoni, Kapil Dev and Mohanlal among famous names linked to Territorial Army.

Indian Army neutralises Pakistan drone attacks, retaliates against ceasefire violations

During the intervening night of 8 & 9 May, Pakistani forces launched multiple attacks using drones, other munitions along entire Western Border.

2 women officers, 1 loud message: Col Qureshi, Wing Cdr Singh lead precision briefing on Op Sindoor

Both women officers are trailblazers in their own right. The Army colonel was a military observer in Congo. The IAF wing commander led an air relief mission in Arunachal Pradesh.

Pakistan military vows ‘full force retaliation’ against India’s ‘naked act of aggression’

Eight civilians were killed in the strikes that primarily hit civilian infrastructure, including mosques & residential quarters, according to ISPR Director General.

Op Sindoor LIVE: India’s precision strikes stun Pakistan, Shehbaz calls it ‘act of war’

LIVE | Operation Sindoor: Rajnath says Indian forces acted with precision, alertness & sensitivity; Centre has called all-party meeting Thursday to brief allies, oppn leaders on strikes.

Indian missiles hit 9 terror targets in Pakistan, PoK in ‘Operation Sindoor’. Bahawalpur, Muridke hit

Pakistani media reports quoted DG ISPR as saying that retaliatory strikes on ground and by air are underway. Bahawalpur is a stronghold of Jaish-e-Mohammad, Muridke of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Row over drowning of ‘OGW who knew terror hideouts’. Kin say innocent, J&K minister, Mufti demand probe

Imtiaz’s body was recovered from Veshaw Nalla Saturday evening, hours after he was picked up by security forces on suspicion that he had information on terrorist hideouts.

SubscriberWrites: Hope Agni veers are not India’s waffen SS Troops—A Geopolitical Perspective

The Indian Army has been facing shortage of human resources and another face of the mirror is the new entrants in the army are Agni veers.

Lt Gen Pratik Sharma takes over as Northern Army Commander amid heightened tensions with Pakistan

Sharma was stationed in Kashmir since the Pahalgam attack & was part of all security briefings and planning. He takes over after superannuation of Lt Gen M.V. Suchindra Kumar.

What Operation Parakram taught us—deterrence requires more than just mobilisation or rhetoric

Lofty goals cannot obscure a complex reality: when the need arises to unsheathe the sword, we must already have it sharpened, maintained, and ready for battle.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

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.