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PM Narendra Modi assures of 'doing best' on Bangla water treaty

Says he went to jail while protesting for Bangladesh's liberation

Fundamental fallacies in denying PC to women officers in Army: SC

"There is no justification to exclude women officers based on irrational and arbitrary standards. We must rebuild the structure of our society to include women," the top court said

'Created by males, for males': Supreme Court says ACR evaluation flawed

The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the pleas of several women SSC officers seeking grant of permanent commission in the Army and held that the ACR evaluation process was flawed and discriminatory in nature. The apex court said the Annual Confidential Report (ACR) evaluation criteria for grant of permanent commission to women officers ignored the achievement and laurels brought by them to the Indian Army. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said the process by which women officers were evaluated did not address the gender discrimination concern raised in the verdict delivered by the apex court last year. The top court delivered the verdict on a batch of pleas filed by several women officers who had sought compliance of its February last year directions to the Centre for grant of permanent commission, promotions and consequential benefits. In its landmark verdict delivered on February 17 last year, the top court had directed that women officers in the Army be granted permanent

India's military set to get its own version of the iconic US Army Humvee

Mahindras will supply 1,300 of light-specialist vehicles for Rs 1,056 crore

Army to take strict action against officers who bribed their way into force

Army to take strict action against officers who bribed their way into force

Peace and Pakistan

The besieged country looks for a breather

India has world's fourth strongest armed forces: Military Direct's study

China has the strongest military force in the world while India stands at number four, according to a study released on Sunday by defence website Military Direct

First tri-service missile gets underway with roll-out of MRSAM components

The MRSAM has been developed for the army, navy and air force by DRDO, in close partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries

India must prepare for borderless war, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the country must prepare for a borderless war as the past practice of a 2.5-front war has become obsolete

Defence Budget: Military gets 28% less budget than it projected

Money requested for equipment modernisation slashed by 38 per cent

Army got 7 complaints of human rights violations in 2020, none true: Naik

The Army received a total of seven complaints of human rights violations in 2020, but none of them were found to be true, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said on Monday.

Army pays Rs 61.50 lakh ex-gratia to disabled porter, kin of 3 others

The Army paid Rs 61.50 lakh compensation to a porter who was disabled and families of three others who died in the line of duty in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district last year, officials said.

The two-front truce

LoC ceasefire offers New Delhi a unique opportunity to shift the dispute over Kashmir away from the border to the negotiating table

Transformation of armed forces a prerequisite to stay relevant: Bipin Rawat

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said transformation of Indian armed forces has become a prerequisite to stay relevant in the fast changing geopolitical environment.

PM to address top military leadership; jawans to participate for 1st time

Modi will address a conference of the county's top military leadership in Gujarat's Kevadia on Saturday

SC to hear petitions by women Army officers over permanent commission

The court will hear a batch of petitions on a plea by women officers in the Indian Army who had approached the Apex Court over non-implementation of its order to grant them a permanent commission

Army cancels pan-India recruitment exam after reports of paper leak

The Army has cancelled an examination for pan-India recruitment of general duty personnel after paper was found to have been leaked, officials said on Sunday.

Biden administration welcomes India-Pakistan joint statement on ceasefire

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki also said at her daily news conference on Thursday that the Biden administration remains closely engaged with a range of leaders and officials in the region

Armies of India, Pakistan agree to ceasefire on the Line of Control

Both sides have agreed to strictly observe all agreements and cease firing from midnight of February 24/25, 2021

Indian Army orders probe in alleged data breach in Northern Command

The data breach took place when the soldier from Punjab and posted under the Northern Command was caught by officials dealing with the alleged issue, Army sources said here