Defence

NEW DELHI: The glory of Indian defence forces is so vast that it can’t be summed up in few words or sentences, said former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in Delhi on Saturday. Narrating his own story, Deb said that his name ‘Biplab’ means revolution/change and he was named Biplab as he was born […]

NEW DELHI: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) raised the Tricolor at the Border Outpost in Uttarakhand on Thursday to encourage every Indian to fly national flags at their residences. This year India is celebrating the 75th year of its Independence. The Central government has marked this year as ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ under which it […]

NEW DELHI: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday claimed to have recovered USD 41,000, worth approximately Rs 33 lakh in Indian currency, concealed in the false bottom of a bag at the IGI airport. A bag was detected at about 5 am at Terminal 3 at IGI. The passenger identified as Arjun Kumar Yadav […]

SRINAGAR: Army on Monday said a captain and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) were killed in an “accidental grenade blast” along the Line of Control in the Mendhar sector in the Poonch district. “Last night, an accidental grenade blast occurred in Mendhar Sector, district Poonch when troops were performing their duties along the Line of […]

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has set a target of producing defence equipment worth Rs 1.75 lakh crores by 2025, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday adding that equipment worth Rs 35,000 crores would be exported. Addressing chief managing directors (CMDs) and non-official directors (NODs) of DPSUs at a first-of-its-kind workshop here, Singh said, […]