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The Ghazi Mystery: What Caused the Sinking of the Pakistani Submarine Near...
The first rays of dawn had just illuminated the Vizag harbour on December 5, 1971, when Lieutenant Sridhar More steered the INS Akshay out towards the open sea. The previous day a few local fishermen...
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Marching Ahead: 13 Incredibly Brave Women in Indian Armed Forces Who Broke...
In the recent years, India has been taking steps to crush gender barriers in its armed forces by enabling women to serve on-board submarines, in ground combat positions and tank units. In February...
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Despite US Sanctions, This Aerospace Engineer from Odisha Gave India Its...
In December 2000, a US magazine carried a report which said that India would never be able to fly its own Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) due to the complexity of the technology needed and the US...
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This Professor’s Bulletproof Jackets Designed for the Indian Army Could Save...
For the first time in 70 years, Indian Army personnel will be equipped with bulletproof jackets manufactured completely by homegrown technology. Designed by Professor Dr. Shantanu Bhowmick, Head of...
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The Story of Pedongi, the Brave Mule that Won a Unique Award from the Indian...
Whether they are pets, mascots, or working creatures, animals have been bringing solace to the soldiers serving at the front since time immemorial. Recently, the Indian Army honoured the contribution...
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Could SRK’s Next Film on the Daring Operation Khukri be India’s Answer to...
From being touted as a “landmark cinematic achievement” to being called one of the best war films ever made, Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk has been getting glowing reviews across the world. The...
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From a 95-Year-Old Army Veteran to a 5-Year-Old Student: What Independence &...
This independence day, we ask a group of individuals two simple, yet loaded questions. What does it mean to be Indian? What does freedom mean to you? 95-year-old Lt. Col. Gangadharan served in both in...
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India’s Coast Guard Gets a Whopping ₹32K Crore Boost
To safeguard India’s 7,516km coastline, the government has approved a ₹31,748 crore ‘definitive five-year action programme’ for the Coast Guard – the defence ministry’s smallest armed force after the...
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Nirmala Sitharaman: 9 Things You Should Know about India’s New Defence Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet has six women ministers, of whom India’s newly appointed Defence Minister, has just created history. Nirmala Sitharaman is India’s first woman full-time Defence...
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An Unsung Hero: The Story of Nirmal Jit Singh Shekon, IAF’s Only Param Vir...
On December 16, 1971, the Indian Armed Forces won a gritty and decisive war against Pakistan. Many courageous soldiers laid down their lives while answering the call of duty to defend their nation....
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UPSC to Hold CDS Exam in November. Here’s All You Need to Know
The Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination (II), 2017, will be held on November 19, says a notification on the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) official website. The last date for submitting...
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This Forgotten Pilot Was Just 19 When He Became India’s First and Only Flying...
World War I had about 1.5 million Indians fighting in every theatre of the battle. Among the handful of Indians who fought in the air was a gifted combat pilot who would go on to become India’s first...
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This Delhi Start-Up Is Helping Our Jawans Bathe Without Using a Drop of Water!
For over eight years, as part of his work, Dr Puneet Gupta worked in association with the Defence Forces. He witnessed the challenges officers and jawans deployed, especially in areas like Dras, Kargil...
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This Thrilling Escape by IAF Pilots from Pakistan in 1971 is Now a...
“We fight deep inside enemy territory, and one bullet can cripple an aircraft. If I ever become a prisoner of war, I will escape.” Flight Lieutenant Dilip Parulkar said these words to his commanding...
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Remembering Param Vir Subedar Joginder Singh and His Extraordinary Tale of...
“The sentinel hills that round us stand bear witness that we loved our land. Amidst shattered rocks and flaming pine we fought and died on Namti Plain. O Lohit gently by us glide pale stars above us...
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Making History Again, India’s First Women Fighter Pilots Will Soon Take up...
When Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh were commissioned as flying officers in the Indian Air Force, they created history as the first batch of women fighter pilots inducted in the...
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These Army Battalions Have Been Greening Once-Barren Landscapes For Over a...
Centuries ago, the worldly-wise Chanakya had told the Emperor of Magadh: “The Mauryan soldier is the very basis, the silent and barely visible cornerstone, of our fame, culture, physical well-being...
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UPSC Results for NDA, NA Exams Are Out! Here’s All You Need to Know
The result of National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II) 2017 was declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday. The result of the exam can be viewed on UPSC’s...
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Remembering Field Marshal KM Cariappa, The Legend Who Made The Army Truly Indian
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa is a man known for many firsts, but he is best remembered as the legend who made the Indian Army truly Indian. Perhaps this is why General Bipin Rawat, the current Indian...
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What Has Changed: Nine Years After 26/11 attack, Is Mumbai Safe?
On November 26, 2008, one of the most audacious attacks on India’s sovereignty took place. Ten terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out 12 attacks, spread over four days, across the city of Mumbai,...
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Operation Trident,1971: How Indian Navy Pulled Off One Of Its Greatest Victories
India has a rich history of naval warfare. In fact, Indian ships have made their presence felt since the time of Rajendra Chola’s 10th-century naval expedition to Southeast Asia and Maratha Admiral...
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Heard of Second Officer Kalyani Sen? Here’s The Unsung Story of Indian Women...
When the First World War began in 1914, women who wanted to aid the war effort began working as nurses or factory workers as they were barred from military service. However, three years of relentless...
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The Kalvari Story: How These Two Submarines Came to India Fifty Years Apart!
India began building submarines in the early-80’s alongside countries like China, South Korea, and Australia when it struck a deal for six HDW submarines with a German company. Four of these submarines...
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The Story of Bana Singh, The Hero Who Helped India Win The 1987 Siachen Standoff
“Siachen is indispensable for India and no price is too big for it.” – Honorary Captain Bana Singh (retd). High in the Karakoram lies the Siachen Glacier — the largest alpine glacier on earth that has...
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Battle of Basantar: When a 21-Year-Old Braveheart Single-Handedly Defeated 7...
“The tank’s a part of my destiny. But whenever I see the Famagusta, I remember Arun saheb, my commander, who fought like a tiger”, says Nathu Singh, describing the mixed feelings evoked in him by the...
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The Story of The Only Living IAF Veteran To Get The Maha Vir Chakra Twice!
Nearly fifty-three years ago, when he leaped into his bomber jet and flew into Pakistan on a top-secret mission, then Squadron Leader Jag Mohan Nath already had a Maha Vir Chakra awarded to him.Three...
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Republic Day 2018: Be Prepared to Be Stunned by India’s First Biker Women...
This Republic Day, brace yourselves for a new biker contingent which will be a part of the grand national parade which marches down Rajpath, India’s ceremonial boulevard. These bikers are gearing up to...
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Republic Day 2018: Check Out the Unique Floats in The Parade This Year
This year’s Republic Day celebrations will be unlike any other. From a mega guest list of 10 ASEAN leaders who have been invited to grace the occasion, to the first all-women biker contingent to close...
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Battle of Saragarhi: When 21 Courageous Sikhs Stood Against 10,000 Afghan...
A few kilometres away from the Golden Temple in Amritsar lies a little-known memorial with immense significance in India’s colonial history — the Saragarhi Memorial Gurudwara. The memorial pays homage...
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Col. Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar, the Unsung Legend Who Secured Siachen For India
In the world of the Indian Armed Forces, he is known as ‘Bull’ Kumar. Colonel Narendra Kumar earned this unusual moniker when he charged at his six inch taller and tougher rival during his first boxing...
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Nearly a Decade After 26/11, India’s First Coastal Policing Academy Set up in...
India’s stunning coastline is approximately 7,517 km long and touches several key states and Union Territories. It is a continuous task for the marine forces to be manning such a vast coastline, and...
View ArticleHow IAF Choppers Became Saviours for Trekkers Stranded in Theni Forest Fire
It is the responsibility of the armed forces to come to the nation’s rescue during testing and precarious situations, and trekkers who were distressed and stranded in the forest fire that advanced...
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Captain Pradeep Arya: India’s Only IRS Officer To Win the Shaurya Chakra
On January 26, 2018, India’s third highest peacetime gallantry award — the Shaurya Chakra — was awarded to nine people for their immense valour in combating terrorists. What few Indians know is that...
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Never Say Die: Despite Suffering Nine Bullet Injuries Last Year, CRPF Officer...
In a remarkable turnaround, Chetan Kumar Cheetah, a commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force, who miraculously survived nine bullet injuries after an encounter with militants in Jammu and...
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Will This Dictionary Do What Rifles Cannot? India’s Gonds Will Soon Find Out
Any assessment of the conflict between the Indian State and Maoist insurgents usually entails a discourse on armed strategy, exploitation of the Adivasi community and how governments have denied them...
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Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the Legend Who Was India’s Greatest General
“Gentlemen, I have arrived and there will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.” – Sam Manekshaw Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, arguably India’s greatest...
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Faster and Green: IAF Conducts Its First Online Test for Airmen Selection
Keeping up with the current times, the Indian Air Force has gone digital by moving the selection and recruitment test for its Airmen or non-officer ranks, to an online platform. For the first time, an...
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JP Dutta’s ‘Paltan’: The True Story of the Nathu La & Cho La Standoff of 1967
The man behind movies like Border, Refugee and LOC Kargil, National award-winning director of JP Dutta released his next war film, Paltan, in September 2018. Paltan is based on a major military...
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DRDO Honours the Brilliant Chennai Scientists Behind the Futuristic Arjun Tank!
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Awards, in their present form, were introduced in 1999 to motivate DRDO scientists, engineers and the organisation’s partners in industries and...
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The Braveheart Captain Who Became A Hero For Generations of Indian Navy
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it, it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” – Author Unknown The legacy of India’s war heroes is as vast and varied as the...
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Meet the Karnataka Girl Who Just Became South India’s 1st Woman Fighter Pilot
23-year-old Chikmagalur girl, Meghana Shanbough, scripted history on Saturday, June 16, 2018, after she became the first woman from Karnataka and South India, and the sixth woman fighter pilot of the...
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This Unsung Rabari Herder From Kutch Played a Key Role in Two Indo-Pak Wars
On December 16, 1971, the Indian Armed Forces won a gritty and decisive war against Pakistan. Many courageous soldiers laid down their lives while answering the call of duty to defend their nation....
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Daughter of Tea-Seller Bests 6 Lakh Students, Makes It To IAF’s Flying Branch!
When your eyes are set on the goal, no roadblocks will ever be strong enough to deter you from achieving it. 24-year-old Aanchal Gangwal’s story is a testimony to this. The daughter of a Madhya Pradesh...
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We For Kargil: Youngsters Spend From Own Pocket to Transform the War-Torn City!
When we think of Kargil, I am sure we only recall of the war that cost us many brave soldiers, who died defending the country from the hands of enemies and infiltrators. Two decades later, the place...
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Rocket Man From Nellore is DRDO’s New Chairman: 10 Things About Satheesh Reddy!
DRDO, India’s premier agency for military research and development, will now be chaired by prominent aerospace scientist Dr G Satheesh Reddy. His appointment was formalised by the Appointment Committee...
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Air Marshal Randhir Singh Dies at 97: Remembering One Of IAF’s Oldest War Heroes
He was one of the oldest surviving officers of the Indian Air Force with his service dating back to the epoch of pre-independence; one who had contributed to the Second World War, the First Kashmir War...
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Mohali Engg Student Designs UAV for IAF, Gets Interest From Defence Ministry!
He hails from a remote village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. But at the mere age of 20, engineering student Ankit Singh’s innovative design has attracted the attention of the Ministry of...
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1st IPS Officer to Win Kirti Chakra Just Became India’s Most Powerful...
In the summer of 1988, at the height of the Khalistani insurgency in Punjab, a short, nondescript man entered the premises of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, amidst the thousands of Sikh pilgrims that...
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Exclusive: Meet Tanu Shree Pareek, BSF’s First Woman Combat Officer In 51 Years
In 2016, Bikaner girl Tanu Shree Pareek created history by becoming the first woman combat officer in the Border Security Forces’ 51-year existence. Only three years prior, in 2013, had the border...
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In 20 Years, Jammu Man Has Visited Families of More Than 200 Martyrs. Here’s Why
For the last 20 years, Jammu & Kashmir resident Vikas Manhas has been travelling 11 months a year. These travails range from homes in metros to remote rural villages across the country. No, these...
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