India, Japan hold joint military exercise at Rajasthan's Mahajan Field Firing RangeThe India-Japan joint military exercise 'Dharma Guardian' concluded at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan. The exercise involved I...
08 Mar, 2024, 10.33 PM IST
Army contingent departs for Russia to participate in counter-terrorism meetA contingent of 32 soldiers from the Indian Army's 14 Rajputana Rifles has left for Russia to participate in the ASEAN Defence Ministers Me...
23 Sep, 2023, 06.41 PM IST
Indian tri-services contingent leaves for French Bastille Day ParadeThe Indian Army contingent comprising of 77 marching personnel and 38 members of the Band is being led by Captain Aman Jagtap. Indian Navy ...
06 Jul, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
Lt Gen Parnaik sworn-in as Arunachal Pradesh governorLt Gen Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik was sworn-in as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh in a simple ceremony at the Darbar Hall of Raj Bhawan h...
16 Feb, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
Lt Gen Sanjeev Kumar Sharma to be new deputy chief strategic planning in ArmyThe DCOAS(Strategy) was created as part of mega reforms in the Army headquarters, nearly three years after its need was felt during the 73-...
30 Jun, 2021, 07.54 PM IST
President approves 132 Gallantry awardsPresident Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, has approved 132 awards to armed forces personnel and mem...
14 Aug, 2019, 05.03 PM IST
Joint Indo-UK military exercise focusing on inter-operabilityAs many as 120 troops from each army are participating in the exercise which is focused on achieving better military- to-military cooperati...
12 Jul, 2018, 03.28 PM IST
Third Indo-UK joint military exercise next monthThe first exercise was conducted in 2013 at Belgaum, Karnataka, where as for the second exercise in 2015, an Indian Army contingent had vis...
12 Jul, 2018, 03.15 PM IST
British Army contingent arrives in India for joint exerciseThe contingent after landing proceeded directly to the exercise location in Mahajan in the western sector of the state where the exercise w...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.13 PM IST
Father martyred in Kargil war, son joins same battalionHitesh Kumar was just six years old when his father, a lance naik in the 2nd Battalion of Rajputana Rifles, was killed at Tololing, in Karg...
11 Jun, 2018, 12.46 PM IST
March at India Gate over killing of Ummer FayazLieutenant Fayaz, from the troubled region of Kulgam district, was posted with 2 Rajputana Rifles and had applied for leave to attend a cou...
13 May, 2017, 10.38 PM IST
How Kargil hero Vijyant Thapar helped a Kashmir girl speak againVijyant Thapar described his bond and deep love for Ruksana in the letter and asked his family to 'keep sending some money to Ruksana every...
15 Aug, 2015, 08.41 AM IST
First battalion of Third Gorkha Rifles to complete 200 years on AprilComprising not just the gritty Gorkhas, but also men from Kumaon and Garhwal regions, Sir Robert Colquhuon had raised the regiment on April...
21 Apr, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
Maulvi in Army allegedly censured for using slogan that sends ‘message of extremism’Ali’s commanding officer Colonel Chitra Sen refused to comment on the issue and said Army HQ had all the relevant information.
18 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Army rejects calls to raise new units based on caste or religionThe Army has once again strongly rejected calls for raising new "single-class" units like the Gujarat, Kalinga, Dalit, Ahir, Paswan or Trib...
30 Jan, 2013, 10.16 AM IST
Pakistan again violates ceasefire in Poonch sectorPakistan said it lost one soldier in the exchange of fire, while claiming that the provocation took place from Indian side.
10 Jan, 2013, 09.44 PM IST
Pakistani attackers took away soldier’s head as ‘trophy’The third soldier, who was injured but escaped a brutal death, is being treated at the military hospital in Udhampur.
10 Jan, 2013, 12.23 PM IST