Indian Army

Chennai Georgians Association felicitated the deputy commandant of Officers Training Academy Major General VD Chowgule, Vishist Seva Medal, who will retire this month. CHENNAI (17 December, 2018): Chennai Georgians Association felicitated the deputy commandant of Officers Training Academy Major General VD Chowgule, Vishist Seva Medal, who will retire this month. …

11/06/2018: “My childhood dream has come true. I had been chasing it since I was five. All I can say is that I am very happy,” this is how 24-year-old Lt Hitesh Kumar expresses his feelings at being commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Army and joining his Kargil martyr …

As a run up to the Independence Day Celebrations 2015, the Army  Pipe and Drum Bands have been performing  in various locations in Delhi, commencing with a display at  India Gate on 05 Aug 2015. Patriotic martial tunes were played in keeping with the solemnity of the occasion. Similar Band …

The “Pipes and Drums Band” from 27 Madras Regiment, 9 Garhwal Regiment and 3/5 Gorkha Rifles performed at the Amity University with an aim to connect the armed forces with the masses and to motivate the youth to join the forces The occasion provided the students a unique opportunity to …

The body of Captain Prem Kumar Patil, 28, who died in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir two days ago during patrol duty, was brought to Vapi in Valsad district on Sunday. The cremation would take place on Tuesday in the presence of the late Indian Army officer’s family members, including …

DEHRADUN: Lt Gen Balwant Singh Negi today took over as the Commandant of the prestigious Indian Military Academy. He succeeds Lt Gen Manvender Singh who retired in May this year, an IMA release here said.

The existing fence consists of three rows of angle iron pickets that hold up coils of concertina wire. The height of this double-row fence varies between 2.4 m and 3.2 m. The Army will begin constructing a new fence on the Line of Control this year, which it says will …

The Indian Army today celebrated 274th anniversary of the Colachel battle at a colourful fuction at the Colachal War Memorial in Kanyakumari District. Brigadier Samir Salunke, Station Commander, Pangode Military Station, Thiruvananthapuram was the Chief Guest for the event, an official release said here.

Nearly 2,000 horses, dogs and mules have been ‘disposed of’ by the army in the last three years. In a written reply to a query in Lok Sabha, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said disposal of animals is done in accordance with regulations for the army. Asked how many animals have been …

Acknowledging that the Indian Army is short of critical ammunition, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said the government has taken steps to mitigate the deficiencies. “The government has taken into consideration the deficiencies in some of the critical ammunition on priority and has also taken effective steps to mitigate the …