New Delhi, July 14: Defence Minister of State Sanjay Seth reviewed several key aspects during the 80th Control Board meeting of the Canteen Services Department (CSD). The meeting emphasized the modernization of CSD depots across the country, subsidies for electric two-wheelers, promotion of indigenous and cooperative products, and improved facilities for ex-servicemen and their families. […]
Insurgents killed 18 police officers who had been abducted earlier this week and 11 soldiers in a separate attack in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the military said. It was the latest escalation of violence in a region where insurgents have stepped up attacks on security forces and civilians.The latest attacks bring the death toll […]
British Indian Army during World War I. (Representative Photo) More than a century after the First World War, nearly 10,000 forgotten soldiers of the British Indian Army, many of them Punjabis, have finally been officially recognised for their wartime sacrifice.According to the BBC, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has added the names of 9,909 […]
The First World War saw millions of soldiers fight across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, but few service records are as remarkable as that of Jackie, a chacma baboon from South Africa. Far from being a simple regimental mascot, Jackie wore a military uniform, marched with troops, stood guard in the trenches and survived […]
Rupert Lowe (left) and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (right) Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough and one of Britain’s […]
New footage circulating online appears to show Russian forces deploying the handheld “Yolka” interceptor drone system in combat, signalling a wider operational use of the low-cost anti-drone weapon designed to target enemy reconnaissance and FPV drones.The latest video shows a Russian soldier launching the compact interceptor from a pistol-like handheld device before it autonomously tracks […]
Representative image (AI-generated) As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fourth year, the battlefield is undergoing a dramatic transformation. What began in 2022 as a conventional conflict fought with tanks, artillery and infantry is increasingly becoming a war of machines, with robots, drones and remotely operated vehicles now carrying out missions that once required thousands of […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Friday debunked a video of a press conference at the Press Club of India being circulated on various media and social media platforms as “fake and misleading”, alleging that it was a malicious propaganda campaign designed to malign the force’s image and push fabricated narratives.The Army clarification was on […]
Decades after the end of the Second World War, a quiet and deeply moving tradition continues across parts of Europe. In Belgium and the Netherlands, local families have taken it upon themselves to care for the graves of American soldiers who died during the liberation of their countries. These are not relatives by blood, but […]
For decades, the name Joseph Kony has been synonymous with one of the most gruesome rebellions in Africa. The warlord from Uganda, who has been accused of perpetrating some of the worst atrocities on unarmed civilians, has been on the run for decades, evading capture by forces from various nations who have sought to capture […]
