Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar to be new Vice Chief of ArmyLt Gen Kumar will succeed Lt Gen B S Raju who has been appointed as the Jaipur- headquartered South Western Army Commander, the sources sai...
16 Feb, 2023, 07.55 PM IST
Indian Army strengthens mountain strike corps looking after China borderAn existing Division formation, with around 10,000 troops, located in the Eastern sector has now been assigned to the 17 Mountain Strike Co...
09 Apr, 2021, 03.24 PM IST
Congress must set their house right to fight 'divisive forces': Farooq Abdullah"It is a problem in their house and they have to set their own house right. I want the Congress to be strong and I want the Congress to uni...
28 Feb, 2021, 06.54 PM IST
Rajnath Singh to perform ‘shastra puja’ with jawans along LACThe visit comes at a time when India and China are slated to hold the eighth round of corps commander-level talks to defuse the troop stand...
24 Oct, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
Experts debate the necessity of second Mountain Strike Corps for China borderThe 17 MSC got stalled due to a financial crunch, and is operational today with just one Division, as against originally envisaged two Divi...
13 Oct, 2020, 03.54 PM IST
View: To deal with the Chinese threat on the LAC, revive the Mountain Strike CorpsWe are a highly threatened nation, with two unpredictable and hostile governments and militaries focussed on keeping us destabilised with a...
21 Jul, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
Troops in high readiness all along LAC as more military talks lined upIndia has further cranked up its operational military readiness all along the ‘northern borders’ after initially being caught off-guard by ...
12 Jun, 2020, 11.50 AM IST
Integrated battle groups concept being given shape in 17 Corps: Army commander"To meet the current challenges in the northern borders, we are organising ourselves in the form of integrated battle groups," Lt Gen Chauh...
15 Jan, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
As China flexes muscles, India kicks off military drillThe Him Vijay exercise will be in full throttle when Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit India later this month for the secon...
03 Oct, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat takes stock of operational preparedness in SikkimThe Army Chief also visited areas under the 17 Mountain Division, tasked to guard the Sino-India border in the Sikkim sector, and took stoc...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.32 PM IST
India denies Chinese media claim of 'troop mobilization' in TibetIndependent experts see China's push for a border conflict as a response to rising India's economic strength and a desire to check the grow...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
Army to raise second division under Mountain Strike Corps, plans exercise in LadakhDefence sources say the new 72 Infantry Division, with its headquarters at Pathankot, will become "fully operational" in three years.
13 Jul, 2018, 01.04 PM IST
Border face-off: China, India deploy 3,000 troops eachSources said though there had been other several troop standoffs at the tri-junction over the years, the latest one at the Doka La was clea...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Army’s non-operational manpower and infrastructure will be downsized: Manohar Parrikar, Defence MinisterParrikar said the money saved from the downsizing exercise could got towards the new mountain strike corps.
11 Jul, 2018, 05.06 PM IST
Govt set to clear proposal for 40,000-strong force along China borderThe Cabinet committee on security (CCS) could soon grant approval to the Army's proposal to raise a mountain strike corps along the China b...
01 Jun, 2013, 10.15 AM IST
- Earthquake news: Quake toll climbs to 72; landslides, rains hamper rescue work
Battling landslides, torrential rains in quake-hit Sikkim, rescue teams got into full swing today as the death toll in the 6.8 magnitude te...
19 Sep, 2011, 10.31 PM IST
- US firm keen to build expressway between Sikkim and Bengal
American construction major, Star Universal Resource Company, has expressed interest in building an expressway between Sikkim and West Beng...
14 May, 2008, 06.35 PM IST