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Indian Army troops returning to Madras from Sri Lanka after the withdrawal of the IPKF. (Archive)

Military Digest | IPKF veterans find Mani Shankar Aiyar’s comments ‘misguided and disrespectful’

October 19, 2025 1:54 pm

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar recently blamed the Army and intelligence agencies for letting down then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi over the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) deployment in Sri Lanka.

Military Digest: Ladakh Scouts, the true defenders of Himalayas from 1947 to Kargil conflict

October 05, 2025 10:55 am

In the wake of the recent unrest in Ladakh, a look at the contributions of both the Ladakh Scouts and the local population to India's defence.

Military Digest | The 1965 IAF war hero who deserved Param Vir Chakra

September 21, 2025 4:28 pm

Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke quit the Indian Air Force in 1968 and immigrated to Australia.

Military Digest I Fallen but not forgotten, the Commanding Officers who died in battle in 1965

Military Digest | Fallen but not forgotten, the Commanding Officers who died in battle in 1965

September 14, 2025 6:22 pm

On Independence Day in 1965, Pakistani Artillery, aided by an observation post that had infiltrated earlier into India, targeted an ammunition dump at Dewa in the Chhamb sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

Military Digest | Pak armoured division attack in Khemkaran sector began and ended in a fiasco

September 12, 2025 1:19 pm

If the Pakistan 1 Armoured Division had succeeded in accomplishing this plan, this would have meant that the entire Indian 11 Corps would have been encircled and forced to either surrender or withdraw towards Pathankot.

Military Digest | Truckers, villagers and NCC cadets who fought 1965 Indo-Pak war: a time to remember the forgotten many

September 10, 2025 1:46 pm

Search parties of villagers, the NCC, and the police caught close to 160 of the 180 Pakistani commandos who had parachuted into Punjab to sabotage the airfields of Pathankot, Adampur, and Halwara.

JeM commander Ilyas Kashmiri disclosed that after the attack on JeM headquarters in Bahawalpur, some 400 km from Lahore, Army Chief Munir issued direct orders from GHQ Rawalpindi to the Corps Commander (Bahawalpur) and soldiers to attend the funeral of those killed in the Indian attack at JeM headquarters and pay tribute to them.

Military Digest: Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s thirst for military recognition mirrors that of dictators from the past

August 18, 2025 2:04 pm

Idi Amin of Uganda, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, and Ayub Khan of Pakistan are notable examples of men who awarded themselves military distinctions.

Air Commodore Surendra Singh Tyagi (retd)

Military Digest | Man with most flying hours on MIG-21 wants one last sortie as it flies into the sunset

July 28, 2025 12:46 pm

Air Commodore Surendra Singh Tyagi (retd), who flew more MIG-21s after a crash landing in 1978 than before the incident, says it is one of the best aircraft ever produced.

Military Digest | When US wanted Iran and China to help Pakistan in war against India

June 23, 2025 10:57 am

Henry Kissinger, national security advisor to President Richard Nixon, stated that the US was seeking to prevent 'a Soviet stooge, supported by Soviet arms' from overrunning an ally.

Military Digest: Army Air Defence, which has roots in World War II, gets well-deserved recognition after Operation Sindoor

June 01, 2025 3:43 pm

The Army Air Defence is set to take on an essential role in contemporary warfare involving drone attacks.