Rahul Singh

The new companies will be formally launched by PM Modi through video conference on the occasion of Vijayadashami. The government issued an order last month, dissolving OFB with effect from October 1.

The statements from the two sides are among the strongest since talks began and may well indicate that they have hit an impasse

The 13th round of talks between corps commanders, to begin at 10.30 am, will be held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the LAC, said one of the officials. “Problems at Hot Springs, or Patrol Point-15, are likely to be discussed during the talks,” said an official.

India and China have been locked in a border standoff for 17 months. Despite two rounds of disengagement at friction points this year, the two nations still have 50,000 to 60,000 troops each deployed in Ladakh.

The 13th round of military dialogue follows a face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers along LAC in Arunachal Pradesh’s sensitive Tawang sector last week and another incursion by PLA in Uttarakhand on August 30.

General Manoj Mukund Naravane said India had taken countermeasures and matched PLA’s moves. India and China have been locked in a border standoff for 17 months now and despite two rounds of disengagement at friction points this year, the two sides still have 50,000 to 60,000 troops each in the Ladakh theatre.

The face-off took place when rival patrols came face-to-face in a contested area near Yangtse, with the soldiers asking each other to retreat to their respective sides, said one of the officials cited above, asking not to be named.

In an address on the occasion of the Air Force Day, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said the year gone by was “quite challenging yet extremely rewarding”.

The units are No. 47 Squadron equipped with upgraded MiG-29 fighters, the 116 Helicopter Unit consisting of advanced light helicopter Mark IV (ALH Mk IV) Rudra and 2255 Squadron Det which operates the OSA-AK-M surface-to-air weapon

Scores of Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in a tense face-off along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh’s sensitive Tawang sector last week, officials familiar with the development said on Friday

LUH will replace the army and the Indian Air Force’s ageing fleets of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, whose safety record has been blemished by a string of crashes --- two army pilots were killed last month in the latest Cheetah crash near Patnitop in Jammu and Kashmir.

The design of the Cheetah and Chetak helicopters is more than 50 years old, and their airworthiness was questioned once again after the Patnitop crash. HAL expects the army and IAF to place combined orders for at least 187 light helicopters in the coming years (126 for the army and 61 for IAF).

“The strength of each service needs to be taken into account and synchronised to increase the net combat capability of the nation,” Chaudhari said during his customary press briefing ahead of the 89th anniversary of the IAF on October 8

The woman officer has accused IAF of subjecting her to an illegal two-finger test to confirm rape, of adopting a hostile attitude towards her during the inquiry, and of tampering with the evidence

NEW DELHI The next round of talks with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to cool tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh could take place in the second week of October, Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Saturday

The C-295s will replace the IAF’s fleet of ageing Avro-748 planes that entered service in the early 1960s

The Avro replacement project was in the works for almost a decade. The defence acquisition council --- India’s apex defence procurement body --- accorded its acceptance of necessity (AoN) to replace the Avro planes with 56 new aircraft in 2012.

The order came seven months after the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) - India’s apex procurement body – accorded its acceptance of necessity (AoN) for the tanks.

Five Mk-1A t tanks will be delivered within 30 months, followed by 30 tanks every year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over a prototype of the Arjun Mk-1A tank to army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane in Chennai on February 14. The army’s existing tank fleet consists of T-90, T-72 and the Arjun Mk-1 tanks.

The use of simulation is expected to reduce defence spending when military budgets are under pressure because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy.

Speaking to HT from Ladakh on Tuesday, Stanzin said, after a long time nomads on their own initiative had decided to take their flock to grazing lands in Khu-la and other areas, but faced restrictions from the Indian side

The aspects that the forces will have to work on in quick time include medical standards, accommodation, training capacity, security and privacy arrangements, physical segregation of living quarters, and additional gender-specific administrative and other requirements

Chaudhari is currently serving as IAF’s vice chief. Chaudhari will take over the top job at a critical time when the armed forces are working out the details of the theaterisation model.

Air Marshal Vivek Chaudhari has commanded important Indian Air Force fighter bases in his military career including one in Kashmir. The officer, who has been named the next Air Chief, also flew several air defence missions during the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan.

He was speaking at the Indo-US Economic Summit organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.

One Rafale squadron is based at Ambala in Haryana while the other is coming up at Hasimara in West Bengal.

Rajnath Singh said various measures taken by the government had helped put economic activities back on track, and the first quarter of the year recorded a 20% growth compared to a 24% contraction last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on September 16 (Thursday) inaugurate the new defence ministry office complex at Africa Avenue, paving the way for the relocation to begin, said one of the officials cited above, asking not to be named.

PM Modi said the world had taken note of the strides made by the country in defence manufacturing with locally produced equipment ranging from modern grenades, assault rifles and drones to fighter jets and warships.