Himalayan security needs military–civilian–society fusion, says Uttarakhand governorUttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh stressed a military-civil-society fusion for Himalayan security. He highlighted the Middle Sector'...
07 Jan, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
The cloud bursts: Frantic call for a Himalayan research stationEvery year, the Himalayas shed 300–400 sq km of ice, amplifying monsoonal fury that already costs India nearly Rs 50,000 crore annually, in...
25 Nov, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
Correct this ongoing Himalayan blunderMonsoon 2025 has caused widespread destruction in West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Assam. Landslides and floods have claimed...
06 Oct, 2025, 11.20 PM IST
ITBP creates 1st mountain-warfare training school in NE for LAC guarding troopsITBP has created its first mountain-warfare training centre in northeast India, its second overall, to skill its troops in high-altitude co...
17 Jul, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
View: What draws corporate world to Himalayan Yogis and Siddha PurushaThere is more to life than rationality. So we submit to tales of the Himalayan yogi and the Siddha Purush. No one in India will find this s...
05 Mar, 2022, 11.07 PM IST
View: Brahmaputra mega-project is a new China threat that India facesChina knows its troops cannot fight and win decisively against the battle hardened Indian military on a force-on-force basis, as the Galwan...
17 Mar, 2021, 12.49 PM IST
View: How Indian forces are ready to take on the adversary during the Ladakh standoffThe weather is harsh, the lake is completely frozen and the current temperature ranges from -10 to -25 degree Celsius near the lake area. O...
12 Jan, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Fresh face at PLA Western Theatre Command, no ground impact expectedThe changeover—Lt Gen Zhang Xudong takes over from Zhao Zongqi as the Western Theatre Commander—has been described by military analysts as ...
20 Dec, 2020, 09.07 PM IST
Government taking steps to stop river waters flowing into PakistanThe Indo-Pak relations dived further after the government scrapped the Articles 370 and 35A that gave special rights to Jammu & Kashmir.
21 Aug, 2019, 06.24 PM IST
Climbers find body of soldier killed in 1968 plane crash on Himachal glacier50 yrs after an Indian Air Force aircraft crashed in the Lahaul valley of HP, a mountaineering expedition has located the body of one of th...
21 Jul, 2018, 12.02 PM IST
Xi Jinping may not change his stand on Doklam easilyXi has been vocal about his objectives ever since he came to power in 2013 and he clearly does not want to be seen as failing in his endeav...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
By refusing to buckle under China's threats on Doklam, India has called the bully's bluffWhile existential stakes drove India to halt China's construction of a strategic highway through Doklam, Beijing made a strategic miscalcul...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
- Chinese Air Force holds night flying exercises in Tibet
China's Air Force has conducted high-altitude night flying exercises at Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet region that borders India.
23 Jul, 2013, 09.13 PM IST
- First batch of Advanced Light Helicopter 'Dhruv' Mk-III comes into the IAF family
The first batch of Advanced Light Helicopter 'Dhruv' Mk-III was on Wednesday inducted at the IAF station here.
09 Feb, 2012, 11.47 AM IST
- India's own Special Forces to counter insurgents, terror
It was set up as a specialised training camp in the hills of Uttarakhand around two years ago with a mission to establish a force to take o...
12 Jun, 2011, 02.29 PM IST
- 17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche
A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 sold...
08 Feb, 2010, 09.32 PM IST
- Dalai on US visit, doesn't mention Tibet
Making his first US trip since China's crackdown in Tibet, the Dalai Lama refrained from speaking about the turmoil as he opened a conferen...
12 Apr, 2008, 12.27 PM IST