New Delhi, September 3, 2021: A 200 personnel contingent of Indian Army will participate in Exercise ZAPAD 2021, a Multi Nation exercise being held at Nizhniy, Russia from 03 to 16 September 2021. ZAPAD 2021 is one of the theatre-level exercises of the Russian Armed Forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists. Over […]
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FIRST BATCH OF WOMEN MILITARY POLICE INDUCTED INTO THE INDIAN ARMY
New Delhi, May 9, 2021: The Corps of Military Police Centre & School (CMP C &S) at Bengaluru held the attestation parade of the first batch of 83 women soldiers at the Dronacharya Parade Ground on 08 May 2021. The parade of the Military Police was conducted as a low key event while observing all […]
SHANTIR OGROSHENA 2021: Indian Army to participate in Multinational Exercise in Bangladesh
New Delhi, April 1, 2021: Multinational Military Exercise SHANTIR OGROSHENA 2021 (Front Runner of the Peace) will be held in Bangladesh to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangladesh ‘Father of the Nation’ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and mark glorious 50 years of liberation in which India actively took part. Indian Army contingent comprising of 30 […]
Indian Army Formally Closes Down Military Farms
New Delhi, March 31, 2021: Military Farms were set up with sole requirement of supplying hygienic cow’s milk to troops billeted in various garrisons across British India. First Military farm was raised on 01 Feb 1889 at Allahabad. After independence Military Farms flourished with 30,000 heads of cattle in 130 Military Farms all over India in […]
How many women are there in the Indian Armed Forces?
New Delhi, February 9, 2021: Raksha Rajya Mantri Shripad Naik answered a question asked by Dr Fauzia Khan in Rajya Sabha on February 8, 2021, with regards to gender ratio in the Indian Armed Forces. Here is what he replied. The number of men and women employed in the Indian Armed Forces are as under: […]
Lieutenant General CP Mohanty takes over as Vice Chief of the Army Staff
New Delhi, February 2, 2021: Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM assumed the appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 01 February 2021. Life: An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Lt Gen CP Mohanty was commissioned into the Rajput […]
Indian Army hands over 20 fully trained military horses and 10 mine detection dogs to Bangladesh Army
New Delhi, November 11, 2020: Indian Army gifted 20 fully trained military horses and 10 mine detection dogs to Bangladesh Army yesterday. These equines and canines were trained by the Remount and Veterinary Corps of Indian Army. The Indian Army has also trained Bangladesh Army personnel for training and handling these specialist dogs and horses. […]
India: China continues to undertake provocative activities in the Eastern Ladakh
New Delhi, September 9, 2020: The situation in the Eastern Ladakh continues to remain tense as a scathing statement by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) lays bare the extent of Chinese treachery. MoD in a statement issued late on September 8th said that India, while is committed to disengagement and de-escalating the situation on the […]
Mukesh Khanna again slams Ekta Kapoor tells her to respect Indian Army (Video)
New Delhi, June 10, 2020: In yet another scathing attack, actor Mukesh Khanna has taken to task Ekta Kapoor and told her to respect the Indian Army. This is despite the fact that he shares good relations with Bollywood superstar of the ’60s and 70’s Jitendra, Ekta’s father. In a video that has already garnered […]
Rajnath Singh approves four-time increase in monetary assistance for Battle Casualties
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has given in principle approval to enhancement of monetary assistance to Next of Kin (NoK) of all categories of Battle Casualty (BC) from Rs two lakh to Rs eight lakh. The amount will be granted under Army Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (ABCWF). Earlier, there was a provision of financial assistance of […]