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T-14 Armata top priority of Army Chief's Russia visit
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 02 (ANI/Sputnik): The Indian Army is looking to procure 1,770 multipurpose future ready combat vehicles (FRCV) to replace the aging force of T-72 main battle tanks (MBTs).
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Pakistan should mend its ways: Army Chief
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 1 (ANI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, who is on a five-day official visit to Russia, on Monday said the Indian Army will continue to retaliate against Pakistan, unless the neighbouring country mends its ways.
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Rafale row: Cong sabotaging Army's operational readiness, says Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Oct 1 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday came down hard on the Congress Party, saying the manner in which it is carrying out campaigns against the government with regards to the Rafale deal is sabotaging the Indian Army's operational readiness.
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Jitendra Singh lauds Army for "exemplary" surgical strike
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): As India marks two years of the 2016 surgical strike which was carried out in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh lauded the Indian Army for guarding the country against foreign agg
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Failure was not an option: former Army Chief Suhag on surgical strikes
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 29 (ANI): Former Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on Saturday revealed that the Indian Army had been preparing for the 2016 surgical strikes since June 2015, adding that the troops were told that "failure not an option".
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Surgical strike hero killed in anti-infiltration operation
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 25 (ANI): The Indian Army on Tuesday paid tribute to Late Lance Naik Sandeep Singh who lost his life in a counter-infiltration operation in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir last week.
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Indian Army fit to fight previous wars: Gen. Rawat
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 23 (ANI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said that the Indian Army was fit to fight previous wars and that the future would necessitate imbibing technology and a reorganisation.
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No proposal before me: Sitharaman on making Army 'lean'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said she has not received any proposal to downsize the Indian Army.
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350 people rescued in rain battered Sikkim
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], Sep 18 (ANI): The Indian Army has rescued nearly 350 people including 115 civilians, 216 Army personnel and 12 personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Sikkim over the last two days after incessant rains and landslides hit the north and east region.
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Indian Army pays tribute to soldier shot dead in J-K's Kulgam
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 18 (ANI): The Indian Army has condoled the killing of soldier Lance Naik Mukhtar Ahmad Malik by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district.
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Army, Air Force rescue stranded tourists in North Sikkim
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): The Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army and Indian Air Force jointly conducted a rescue operation for tourists stuck in North Sikkim on Sunday.
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Congress corners Centre over possible reduction in Army strength
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 12 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Central Government over a possible reduction in the Indian Army force strength.
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