defence

Future wars can't be fought by individual services: Air Chief at INS Malvan ceremony

July 23, 2026 4:09 am

Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said future wars must be fought jointly by all three services as INS Malvan, an indigenously built anti-submarine warfare vessel, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Karwar.

NATO’s transformation opens possibilities for India

July 16, 2026 7:33 pm

The dilemma is Russia, which remains one of India’s major defence partners and an important energy supplier. At the same time, India has deepened strategic ties with the US and Europe

What INS Mahendragiri's commissioning shows about India's naval shipbuilding prowess

July 12, 2026 5:28 pm

The Indian Navy has commissioned several warships in the last two years, including six of the seven planned under Project 17A. What explains this pace of progress?

Domestic defence production increased to over Rs 1.78 lakh crore in 2025-26: Rajnath Singh

June 19, 2026 6:45 pm

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday laid the foundation stone for a 10,000-ton Aluminium Extrusion Press at Yantra India Limited's Nagpur facility, calling it a key step towards boosting indigenous defence manufacturing.

Firm under fire for CBSE marking row had been backed Nagpur university

June 08, 2026 7:28 pm

The March defence has acquired fresh significance amid continuing scrutiny of Coempt’s work at RTMNU.

Experts Explain | Make in India in defence sector: Challenges, bottlenecks, and the way forward

May 18, 2026 3:17 pm

What lessons do current global conflicts hold for India? How can the private sector contribute more in defence manufacturing? Experts explain.

Why the CDS appointment procedure demands scrutiny

May 19, 2026 12:17 pm

While the government created the legal basis in June 2022 by amending the service rules to allow serving or retired Lt Generals (and equivalents) below the age of 62 to be appointed as CDS, it created an anomalous disruption in India’s hallowed military traditions

Pentagon reaches agreements with top AI companies, but not Anthropic

May 03, 2026 9:28 am

The seven companies are SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, several of which already work with the Pentagon.

Mutually automated destruction: The escalating global AI arms race

April 14, 2026 8:40 am

The buildup has been compared to the dawn of the nuclear age in the 1940s, when the atomic bomb’s destructive power forced rival nations into an uneasy standoff.

What are Chinese ‘Xiaokang’ Villages, which are coming up in contested areas along LAC?

March 12, 2026 11:02 am

China has been constructing 628 such Xiaokang or 'well-off villages' along India’s borders with the Tibet Autonomous Region for over five years now. These have been constructed all along the LAC

Maldives Defence Minister meets Parrikar

January 20, 2016 5:40 am

New Delhi, Jan 20 (ANI): Minister of Defence and National Security of Maldives Adam Shareef met his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi to boost bilateral ties, especially in the area of security. Shareef held delegation-level talks with Parrikar during which it was reportedly decided that both the nations should deepen their defence cooperation. Earlier in the day, Shareef also inspected a tri-services guard of honour during a ceremonial reception in the national capital. During his stay here, Shareef will also meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Army movement was a regular exercise: Satpal Maharaj

January 10, 2016 1:19 pm

Patna, Jan 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former chairman of the defence committee Satpal Maharaj on Sunday said that while he headed the defence committee as its chairman, it was informed to them that the movement of army was a regular exercise. Brushing aside allegations that a news item concerning troops' movement published by the Indian Express in 2012 was 'fake', former information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Saturday said it's unfortunate, but the story was true.

Tewari's comment on VK Singh should be avoided: BJP

January 10, 2016 8:51 am

New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday took a jibe at Congress leader Manish Tewari, saying that the discussions of standing committee are never brought out in public and that is something which they take as oath. He further said that he does not think any such discussion took place within the standing committee on Defence and so Tewari's comment over VK Singh should be avoided. Another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nalin Kohli raised question against Manish Tewari by asking him that why he did not disclose these things when they were in the government? He further stated that the Congress party says something else when in government and something different when they are not in the government.

New "Winter-free" Fence On The Line Of Control: Sushant Singh Shares Details

August 01, 2015 8:52 pm