Sikkim: Indian Army conducts Anti Tank Guided Missile field firing test at Teesta RangeThe Eastern Command conducted its annual Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) field firing exercise at Teesta Field Firing Range, West Bengal, f...
29 Feb, 2024, 02.20 PM IST
Tanzanian military chief visits Ahmednagar's Mechanised Infantry Centre and SchoolGeneral Jacob John Mkunda, Chief of Defence Staff of the Tanzania People's Defence Forces, visited the Mechanised Infantry Centre and Schoo...
28 Dec, 2023, 04.35 PM IST
R-Day parade: Indian Army showcases Centurion tank, PT-76 tank that played major role in 1971 warOne 75/24 Pack howitzer, two Dhanush howitzers, one PMS bridge-laying system, two Sarvatra bridge-laying systems, one HT-16 electronic warf...
26 Jan, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Republic Day parade to have 25 tableaux, 16 marching contingents, 17 military bandsThe mechanised columns of the Army will show one PT-76 tank, one Centurion tank, two MBT Arjun MK-I tanks, one APC TOPAS armoured personnel...
22 Jan, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
China in mind, Indian Army asks for infantry combat vehicles with night visionThe ageing Russian-origin BMP vehicles, which have anti-tank missiles, cannons and machine guns but suffer from night-blindness, have also ...
08 Sep, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Indian Army & BSF on high alert: Pakistan vacates border villagers, moves troopsSeveral infantry units under Pakistan’s defensive formations are at LoC and its strike formations are ready.
01 Mar, 2019, 04.28 PM IST
Lt Gen Thimmaya takes over as GoC Army Training Command, ShimlaAn alumnus of Sainik School Bhubaneswar and National Defence Academy Pune, Lieutenant General P C Thimmaya commanded his battalion during o...
01 Nov, 2018, 12.11 PM IST
Will have to do same task as men: Army chief on combat role for womenNoting that women are present in combat arms of the army except on the the frontlines, Gen Rawat reminded that there are no toilet faciliti...
11 Jul, 2018, 03.21 PM IST
Army vice chief Lt Gen Philip Campose retiresArmy Vice Chief Lt Gen Philip Campose today superannuated after 40 years and seven months of service and will be replaced by Lt Gen MMS Rai.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
Defence council clears order of combat vehicles worth Rs 1,850 crThe capital acquisitions includes the procurement of an “essential quantity” of the ICVs, which will be BMP-2/2k, for the mechanised infant...
20 Feb, 2018, 05.56 PM IST
Army conducts fire power display at Pokhran"The information visit was conducted at 4 Mechanised Infantry Battalion at Jaisalmer," Ojha said in a release.
21 Mar, 2015, 02.15 PM IST
Lt Gen Philip Campose takes over as Army Vice Chief"He has participated in a UN Peacekeeping Mission in the former Yugoslavia and headed a UN security force in Northern Iraq," the release sa...
04 Aug, 2014, 06.45 PM IST
Lt. Gen Philip Campose to be new Army vice chiefCampose will take over from Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, the current incumbent who takes over as the Army chief Aug 1.
11 Jul, 2014, 07.10 PM IST
Cabinet Committee on Security clears Rs 1,800 cr deal for night-vision equipment in ArmyThe Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared a proposal worth over Rs 1,800 crore for procuring night-vision equipment.
13 Feb, 2014, 08.47 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel strongly dismisses troop movement report
Standing Committee on Defence was informed by Def Secy that Army did not need to seek permission from the Govt for such troop movement.
30 Apr, 2012, 04.10 PM IST
- India, US start military exercises in Rajasthan desert
The US team is being led by Colonel Thomas J Roth, Commander of 2nd Engineer Brigade and the Indian side is being commanded by Brigadier B ...
05 Mar, 2012, 03.40 PM IST
- Govt to recruit about 2,000 ex-servicemen
Ex-servicemen specialised in commando and jungle warfare tactics to impart cutting-edge training to CRPF personnel.
13 Apr, 2010, 04.14 AM IST