India to buy 5 new squadrons of S-400 Sudarshan air defence system from RussiaIndia is set to acquire five more S-400 air defence missile squadrons from Russia. This move follows significant success during Operation S...
02 Mar, 2026, 10.50 PM IST
Armed forces to soon conduct tri-service Excercise Trishul in western sectorA major tri-service exercise named Trishul will soon take place in India's western sector. This exercise aims to enhance coordination and j...
02 Nov, 2025, 12.12 AM IST
India, Russia discuss ways to strengthen defence cooperationIndian and Russian military officials met in New Delhi. They reaffirmed their commitment to boost defence cooperation. New avenues for coll...
29 Oct, 2025, 06.58 PM IST
Akashteer neutralised barrage of Pakistani missiles, dronesIndia's indigenous Akashteer air defence system played a crucial role in neutralizing Pakistani aerial attacks, including drones and missil...
16 May, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
MoD brainstorms with 50 MSMEs and start-ups to accelerate defence innovationThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) engaged with over 50 start-ups and MSMEs to address key challenges and opportunities in the defence sector. T...
26 Mar, 2025, 04.45 PM IST
Air Marshal Tejinder Singh takes over as Deputy Chief of Air StaffAir Marshal Tejinder Singh has been appointed as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force. He took charge at Air Headquarters ...
01 Sep, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Major General VT Mathew takes over as General Officer Commanding of Karnataka, Kerala sub areaThe General Officer is an alumnus of Sainik School Kazakkotam in Thiruvananathapuram, National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla and Indian Mi...
01 Jul, 2024, 03.56 PM IST
Landing permission for Rahul Gandhi's aircraft neither granted nor denied, says Defence spokespersonThe clarification came after the Congress alleged that the Ministry of Defence denied landing permission for Gandhi's chartered flight at t...
01 Dec, 2023, 09.30 PM IST
Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan takes over charge of Southern Air CommandAir Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan has been appointed as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Southern Air Command, accor...
02 May, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
Installing telecom infrastructure on defence land made easierCantonment boards and station headquarters will get authority to approve within a deadline installation of telecom infra on defence land. T...
20 Jan, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Top military brass to review India's security preparedness at 2-day meet from tomorrowThe ministry said the scope of this year's conference has been enhanced to enable it to facilitate joint stock taking of the previous year'...
29 Jul, 2018, 08.35 PM IST
India inks Rs 5,000 crore deal with US for 145 M777 howitzersThe deal for 145 American ultra-light howitzers, costing about Rs 5,000 crore was recently cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CC...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.30 PM IST
Defence Ministry to take inquiry call on bribery allegations against Lt GeneralThe defence ministry will decide by early next week whether to conduct an inquiry against a senior Lt Gen against whom bribery allegations ...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.22 PM IST
'Ex-IAF chief Tyagi is being framed in VIP chopper scam'By all accounts, ACM Tyagi has cooperated fully in the investigation. There is no indication he refused or resisted CBI's request for his p...
11 Jul, 2018, 03.12 PM IST
Now defence ministry issues 'security instructions' for interaction with mediaThey require that permission for any engagement with the media has to be sought through the Directorate of Public Relations.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.42 PM IST
Gen Bikram Singh makes maiden visit to Singapore to boost military tiesIndian Army Chief General Bikram Singh on Tuesday met Singapore's top defence leadership during his maiden visit to the country to boost mi...
21 Jan, 2014, 02.52 PM IST
- Retired Lt Gen, intelligence officers plotted against Gen VK Singh: Army HQ
Angrily reacting to the anonymous complaint that officers close to Gen Singh tried to listen in the calls of the defence ministry's top bra...
06 Mar, 2012, 08.31 AM IST