defence forces

Sixteen-year-old Iqbal Ahmad, from a frontier town in Jammu and Kashmir, was shattered after he lost his left arm and leg in a landmine blast that also killed his father some years ago. But today Iqbal is happy and walks to his school - of course with difficulty - but no longer feels...

What do you all think should Indian army's role be in politics? Should the Army step in on its own when mob rule becomes more powerful than rule of law? Or should the constitution be designed so as to have clauses which enables the army legally to protect it when politicians fail similar to...

by : PTI India is embarking on a defence project to develop unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) carrying Laser Target Designators (LTDs) to be used by its Special Forces to accurately hit targets inside enemy territory. The country's premier defence research agency, DRDO, is spearheading the...

by : The financial express Denying strongly the reports of armed forces defying government over the pay commission issues, the chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) has said that in a decade’s time, the face of the force would be completely changed with its modernisation programme going full steam...

The 1.5-million personnel of the armed forces will not be a happy lot this festive season, as their revised pay scales are expected to be paid only in November. They will take home, salaries under the old pay scales this month, but would get a part of the 40 per cent arrears under the 6th...

by : ANI Keeping in view that the re-fixation of pay and allowances and consequent calculation of arrears may take some time, the Government has decided to make ad-hoc payment of arrears for the current year to all ranks of the services at the earliest. The proposal received the sanction...