Defence

With the crash of another MiG-21 Trainer, the media blame game shall once again commence with great gusto. Everyone from politicians to panwallahs will offer expert advice on what to do. The media will further muddy the waters by fielding an array of experts whose quality may range from retired Air Marshals to loquacious loudmouth […]

NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday lashed out at Congress over an FIR filed by party MLA Kumar Jaimangal, alleging that three tainted Jharkhand MLAs lured him to meet the BP leader in order to topple the Hemant Soren government. On Sunday, Jaimangal filed an FIR in Ranchi accusing now-sacked Congress […]

HUNDERMAN, KARGIL: It’s been 23 years since Pakistan Army intruders tried to cut off Kashmir from India. While Kargil bore the intensity of the war, with our brave jawans thwarting the enemy’s evil designs, the villagers of the last village on the Line of Control recall the nights when they had to take shelter in […]

NEW DELHI: The revision of pension under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) is in process, the Union ministry of defence informed Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt cited an order of the Supreme Court dated March 16 this year, saying, “Revision of pension under OROP […]

NEW DELHI: Two pilots met with a tragic death when a MiG-21 Bison trainer aircraft crashed in Baytoo in Rajasthan’s Barmer during a training sortie on Thursday night. Confirming the news, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said: “A twin seater MiG-21 trainer aircraft of the IAF was airborne for a training sortie from Utarlai air […]