Defence

  NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Tuesday unveiled a “historic” recruitment scheme, ‘Agnipath’, for youths to serve in the armed forces for a period of four years. As many as 46,000 ‘Agniveers’ will be inducted into the three services this year. In another significant decision to provide jobs to the youths of the country, Prime […]

SRINAGAR: Amid rising cases of the terror attacks on civilians, the security forces responded by neutralizing as many as 100 terrorists in the Kashmir valley so far this year. Among the terrorists neutralized, 30 were Pakistani nationals, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Zone, Vijay Kumar said. On Sunday security forces eliminated four terrorists in two […]

DEHRADUN: “How’s the f****ng josh? High Sir!” Ambience charged with patriotism, emotions running high among newly inducted Indian Army officers on Saturday in Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun as it witnessed 288 cadets graduating to become part of the second-largest Army in the world. A total of 377 ‘Gentleman Cadets’ (GCs), 150 from Regular Course […]

  DEHRADUN: Barely touching 21, Baba Danish Langer, from Jammu’s Akhnoor, a region that remains under routine shelling from Pakistan, is now a Lieutenant. But Langer’s fight is more than a fistful of stoicism as he has become India’s rare Army officer who suffers from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a life-threatening paralysis in which the immune […]

NEW DELHI: India has given Rs 3,250-crore credit for the defence to Vietnam as the two nations forge a relationship to strengthen ties in the Asia-Pacific region that may also control China’s imminent threat, a year after the QUAD summit was held between other nations. The announcement on the line of credit was made by […]