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Why the Army Needs the IAF!
Why the Army Needs the IAF!

In the early part of the Kargil operations, the army opted to more or less go...

Ladakh: 9 Issues to WORRY India
Ladakh: 9 Issues to WORRY India

China remains in firm control of an estimated 600-800 square kilometres of...

How China's PLA is changing...
How China's PLA is changing...

A new military rank system had been introduced for the PLA, but all soldiers...

War veteran Maj Gen Chibber passes away
War veteran Maj Gen Chibber passes away

Gen. Chibber was commissioned into the Army on June 2, 1995, and was posted...

How Mi-8 helped India's Operation Cactus
How Mi-8 helped India's Operation Cactus

We salute the Mi-8 today on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of Operation...

7 Pakistani LIES about the 1965 War
7 Pakistani LIES about the 1965 War

Why did Pakistan sign a cease-fire without acquiring Kashmir, which was the...

India's Forgotten Victory Over China
India's Forgotten Victory Over China

'340 PLA soldiers were dead and over 450 injured -- bodies were strewn...

'China has received a setback'
'China has received a setback'

'India is not the India of 1962. We are not carrying that baggage of history...

India, China reach 5-point plan to de-escalate tension

The joint statement said Jaishankar and Wang agreed that both sides should...

Turning back from the brink of war

The effort made to define the larger picture by focussing on history and the...

'India of 2020 is a wake-up call for China'

'The leverage created by the Indian military must not be lost.'

Arunachal: China moving troops in depth areas

"A strict vigil is being maintained in almost all the sectors with China from...

'China is enlarging the spectrum of war'

'They will try more rounds of military level talks and move it to the...

Exclusive! EAM Jaishankar on the Ladakh Stand-off

'I am not minimising either the seriousness or the complex nature of the...

'It's very difficult to negotiate with the Chinese'

'Our biggest advantage is that the troops are much better trained and...

CIA device: Why I climbed Nanda Devi

'Nanda Devi is not an easy mountain to climb.'

War of the maps in South Asia

'The Modi government's grandstanding has hardened the reflexes in Beijing,...

India is paying for Modi's wooing of Xi

'China was a relationship from which Mr Modi had expected the most it...

Mr PM: Allow our military to prove its worth!

'All the government needs to do is to identify clear political and strategic...

Focus on the war even as we win the battle

India has experienced hands and will emerge with flying colours, declares...

Time for India to inflict pain on China

'China has gone too long as a rogue power, trashing international norms,...

1962 War: 'Secret Reports' lost forever?

'The Himmatsinghji Report is still 'missing'.''It is a great loss for the...

World wants India to give China a bloody nose

'Unlike the Chinese army that has been largely a peace time force, the Indian...

China can't browbeat India

'By causing military humiliation of India it intends to send a signal to...

Has Xi Jinping gone bonkers?

'It doesn't look as if any sensible, worldly wise, person is in charge in...

'Be prepared for China taking it to next level'

'We should not worry too much about Indian capabilities, both military and...

China doesn't need Pakistan in a war with India

'If a 'two-front war' develops, Iron Brother may only turn out to be a drag...

He told India about the Himalayan Blunder

Very few today realise that without Brigadier John Dalvi's courage, we would...

China could do a naval blockade in Indian Ocean next

Chances are any such disruption will not occur on the major shipping lanes...

India-China: 'More dangerous than before'

'Why has the peace been kept?''Basically because there is a balance.''Maybe...

PLA using Tibetans against India

'Tibetans will participate in future conflicts with India (in all...

What provoked the Chinese in Ladakh

We should have anticipated it on August 5 last year, when we made the big...

'For the 1st time after '62, India has lost territory'

'Doklam was almost like a trailer to what is happening in Ladakh today.''Modi...

India's First Surgical Strike

'Shastri told General Chaudhuri, 'I want to reach Lahore before they enter...

J-K Modi-fied: Special status and state become history

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the passage of bills as a "momentous...

What if Nehru had used the IAF in 1962?

'If we had sent a few airplanes (into Tibet), we could have wiped the Chinese...

The IAF hero awarded the Maha Vir Chakra twice

Claude Arpi reveals how Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath won a second Maha Vir...

Symbol of sacrifice and courage: PM Modi inaugurates National War Memorial

The NWM pays tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives defending the...

Battle of Longewala hero Brig Chandpuri passes away

Hindi film 'Border', in which actor Sunny Deol played the role of Brig...

We support 'self-determination' in Kashmir: Pak Army chief

Prime Minister Khan, in his address, said Pakistan will never fight any other...

Vajpayee and the art of making war and peace

'Like General Patton, possibly the greatest exponent of the art of war,...

A general like none other: Krishnaswami Sundarji

He was the army commander who planned Operation Bluestar.As army chief he...

Why Modi gets his military history wrong

'If only Cariappa/Thimayya/Chaudhari/Manekshaw were given a free hand,...

'Among India's military greats, he was the greatest'

Sam Manekshaw led the Indian Army to its greatest military victory this month...

An epitome of military leadership

Arjan Singh, the Marshal of the Indian Air Force, was a fearless and...

Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh passes away at 98

His demise marks an end of a glorious era of the Indian Air Force.

Nation pays homage to Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh

The national flag will fly half-mast on the day of the funeral in Delhi.

A hero's farewell to Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh

Singh's body was consigned to flames amid chanting of hymns at the Brar...

China believes the best form of defence is attack

'How can a State, which claims to be a responsible power, unilaterally grab a...

How to avoid a two-and-a-half front war

'When war is thrust on you as in 1962 and 1965 or is tempting as in 1971,...

Has India lost Kashmir?

India isn't Israel, nor can it, or should be, says Shekhar Gupta.

Finally, Amarinder Singh wins 'father of all battles'

The Congress stalwart could not have asked for a better gift on his 75th...

How the Indian Navy destroyed the Ghazi

In insight into PNS Ghazi, the Pakistan Navy's prized submarine that now lies...

The General who 'created' Bangladesh

'General J S Aurora, the commander of the Indian forces in the East, asked...

Time to Isolate and Disintegrate Pakistan

'India should stop claiming that a united Pakistan is in India's...

Pakistan's army is destroying its country

'This army has lost Pakistan's territory, ideology, financial and...

Anger in India today is just as it was before 1965 war: Modi

In his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat which he began by paying tributes...

The mantra that handed the Indian Army victory in 1971

Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam lists the major operational takeaways from...

Why has history forgotten this giant?

Anil Shastri, one of the late prime minister's six children, recounts...

SC cautions govt against taking prisoners of war issue to ICJ

SC tells the Centre that any deviation from its stand that the issue of...

PIX: Modi celebrates Diwali with troops

For the second successive year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated...

De-terrorise Pak policies towards India, General Sharif!

'New Delhi feels that given the internal dynamics in Pakistan and the...

'I flew every day of the war'

An old fighter pilot remembers the best days of his life.

'A country that does not respect its soldiers is doomed to fail'

'Think about this: A widow of a jawan is drawing only Rs 3,500. If OROP is...

Are 54 Indians in Pakistan jails dead or alive, asks SC

The court then directed the government to pay the salary and retirement...

India needs to be ready for short wars, says army chief

Speaking at a tri-service seminar on the 1965 India-Pakistan war in New...

The central lesson from the 1965 War

The 1965 war teaches us that war by escalation is a real possibility. Despite...

Two Wars and a Romance

'On June 15, 1965, Major A K Afridi of the Pakistan army was captured by...

My father, the Param Vir Chakra Hero

In spite of being wounded in battle, Lieutenant Colonel A B Tarapore fought...

Pak army chief warns India of 'unbearable cost' in case of war

Warning India of "unbearable damage" in case of a war, Pakistan's army chief...

The general who saved Punjab in the 1965 War

Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh, GOC, Western Command, disobeyed the then...

Param Vir Chakra Abdul Hamid, a Hero's Hero

'Both Abdul Hamid and the enemy tank place each other in their sights and...

The daredevil fighter pilot who survived a Pakistani bullet

'We were firing at Patton tanks that were moving towards India.''Fighter...

Asal Uttar, The Battle That Changed The 1965 War

'News is rife that Pakistan will attack the next day. They have no idea that...

The Hero of the Battle of Dograi

Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Hayde was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second...

A grateful nation and a proud school

'It was not surprising that joining the armed forces was one of the priority...

'When we fight a war we forget the danger'

'The Indian Air Force wanted to fight. My squadron leaders and flight...

Valour, sacrifice of 1965 war etched in our memory: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Shauryanjali, a military...

Pakistan should never consider India weak

'Pakistan's recent utterances and tendency to use pinpricks to try our...

1965 decided the fate of the subcontinent

'It would not be incorrect to say that the Chinese-Pakistani strategy of...

PHOTOS: The spectacular 1965 war carnival at Rajpath

A thrilling vertical manoeuvre by Su30 fighter jets and performance by...

A martyr's family remembers

'A man dies and it's over for him. But we're right here, it isn't over for...

'I hate these Pakistanis'

Glimpses of the final days of the 1965 War, as seen from the diary then...

The President, tea and war stories

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hosted a high tea for 1965 war veterans...

Why did India give back the Haji Pir Pass to Pakistan?

'We don't know what the reasons were that we gave back the Haji Pir Pass...

India has still not learnt that single lesson of 1965

50 years after the 1965 War, India still thinks we can have a 'limited war'...

Ayub Khan, the war hero who became an MP

Decorated with a Vir Chakra for leading an attack that destroyed four tanks,...

When the nation stood as one: Pages from a Indo-Pak war journal

Fifty years ago, India and Pakistan fought a short but bloody war. The author...

The war that helped India regain its military confidence

'India was in no position to wage another war in 1965, having suffered a...

US backed India on Kashmir in 1965 Indo-Pak war

Declassified US documents of the era indicate.

OROP: Group of ex-servicemen decides to boycott govt functions

A group of ex-servicemen on Monday announced that they will boycott all...

'Scaling Everest was like a pilgrimage'

Exactly 50 years ago, the first Indian team, led by Manmohan Singh Kohli,...

My salute to arguably India's greatest military hero

In super-human acts of valour, Havildar Abdul Hamid personally knocked out...

Does IAF need this self-congratulatory nonsense?

'As the IAF kicks off another round of myth-making -- launching a year-long...

54 Indian PoWs still languish in Pakistani jails

As many as 54 Indian soldiers, who were captured as prisoners of war during...

1965 Indo-Pak war ammo recovered from Barmer

BSF officials successfully conducted Operation Alert in Barmer during which...

54 missing Indian soldiers could be in Pak jails: Antony

Fifty-four defence personnel, including a BHorder Security Force trooper,...

Lahore, Amritsar: Once sisters, now strangers

The umbilical cord between Lahore and Amritsar was shattered after 1965...

Dr S N Prasad: A doyen among military historians

Colonel (Dr) Anil Athale remembers the contributions of military historian S...

When Vajpayee opposed nuclear tests...

Strategic guru K Subrahmanyam, who passed into the ages recently, discusses...

Indo-Pak thaw resurrects sacred Sikh shrine

With the incremental improvement in ties with Pakistan, the proposal to open...

Afghan attack is big blow for the CIA

When Robert Gates, the present US defence secretary, was the director of the...

War hero's grandson finally has a job

Hameed was awarded Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his gallantry in the...

'Karachi burned for seven days'

An exclusive interview with Admiral S M Nanda, who led the Indian Navy during...

Centre may make classified war records public

Recently, former Army chief general J J Singh, before laying down office, had...

J&K: Rift between coalition partners

The all parties' meeting was convened by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to...

Fate of land given to China to be decided: PoK PM

His statement was regarded significant as a Pakistani or PoK politician...

No military solution for disputes like Kashmir: PM

Releasing the book 1965 War: The Inside Story by former Governor R D Pradhan,...

Black Panthers, Camels to get President's colours

The award of Colours and Standard by the President is a great honour bestowed...

'Karachi burned for seven days'

An exclusive interview with Admiral S M Nanda, who led the Indian Navy during...

He taught us not only how to live, but how to die

'He was the first captain of independent India's navy to go down with his...

Sunita Williams takes maiden spacewalk

Only seven other US women and a single Russian woman have participated in the...

'Sri Lankan Tamils want a separate nation'

Tamil Nadu leader Vaiko on why he supports the struggle for a separate Eelam...

'Kalam is the greatest human being I have met'

Dr Y S Rajan, President A P J Abdul Kalam's close friend for over 40 years,...

'Calling Pakistan's N-bomb Islamic is racist'

Musharraf states that no other country's weapons have been labelled in such a...

Musharraf objects to 'Islamic bomb' tag

"The much stronger condemnation by the world in 1998 was surely because...

Musharraf 'literally wept' when East Pakistan fell

Musharraf said he was 'emotionally hurt' and 'literally wept' when he heard...

The 1965 War: A view from the east

'The war devastated Ayub; shattered martial myths; highlighted societal...

1965 war: The wrong lessons

There has been a lot written about the intelligence failures in 1962, but...

1965 war: A reality check

What became the real source of contention was the Indian counter-offensive on...

On a wing and a prayer

'Parulkar was lucky. He was crouching to peer thru the gunsight when the...

The Wolfpack in action

The four Sabres - from Sargodha's 17 PAF Squadron - were being led by their...

65 war Pak's mistake: Ex Pak air chief

Former Air Marshal Nur Khan accused former military ruler Ayub Khan and his...

1965 decided fate of the subcontinent

The 1965 war proved that Indian unity was solid while Pakistan was vulnerable...

'We won the 1965 war, not India'

The group editor of Jang revisits the 1965 war, through Pakistani eyes.

Operation Gibraltar: Battle that never was

A former Pakistan soldier reflects on the 1965 war.

Why Pakistan lost Akhnur

Perhaps if Akhnur had been captured and the Indian lines of communication...

The Fog of War

'Fortunately for us, the Indians had been over cautious when the opportunity...

Lahore and after

This war took place at a time when the commanders on neither side had much...

The 1965 War: Lessons yet to be learnt

'India did not initiate steps to raise Special Forces trained to detect and...

'The Indian Air Force wanted to fight'

The first Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh looks back at the 1965...

'We didn't want to capture Pakistan'

Marshal Arjan Singh on the 1965 War.

1965 war: The Chinese bluff

It tremendously increased the pressure on Shastri and his government, forcing...

Ayub ordered secret operation without telling PAF

Former ruler Ayub Khan launched a secret operation in 1965 to send...

Shastri may have died of heart attack: Nayyar

Noted columnist Kuldip Nayyar on Friday said former Prime Minister Lal...

Did India plant 1965 war plans?

'If, as Gohar claims, Pakistan had in its possession the Indian plan, then...

Why Siachen matters

What is the guarantee that some future Pakistani general/president will not...

Army launches "internal inquiry" in Ayub claim

The Army Chief Gen J J Singh chaired a high level meeting at the army...

Govt to investigate Gohar's claims

The government will investigate the claim of former Pakistani dictator Ayub...

Why has history forgotten this giant?

Is Lal Bahadur Shastri who epitomised honesty and sincerity in public life...

The credibility factor

Here is a man who has been humiliated thrice in war by India. What has...

Varsha Bhosle: YES, all four wars

'India's greatest tragedy is, every battle won by the soldier turned into a...

Giving Haji Pir back to Pak a mistake: Gen Dyal

India did not realise the strategic importance of the pass, the leader of the...