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The aircraft came in low from the left, over the point where the Varuna meets the Ganga, turned above the water in front of the crowd and went out to the right towards the bridge and the spires of the Kashi Vishwanath temple Image Via:@myogiadityanath on X The Indian Air Force marked its 94th anniversary with a display at Namo Ghat in Varanasi, the city Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in parliament. He watched from the main gallery with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the state governor Anandiben Patel and the chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The air chief presented him with a memento before the flying began. मां गंगा की लहरें, नमो घाट का अद्भुत नज़ारा और आसमान में भारतीय वायुसेना के विमानों की रोमांचक उड़ानें! काशी का वातावरण विशेष आकर्षण का केंद्र बना ! @narendramodi जी #VaranasiAirShow #WingsOverGanga #IndianAirForce #NamoGhat #Kashi #PMModi #narendramodi https://t.co/h9OtkLwVmF — जितेन्द्र मेहरा (@Jitendramehra93) October 25, 2026 Around a hundred aircraft took part, ...

India’s defence minister released a new Land Warfare Doctrine for the army on Friday and told its senior commanders to plan on a horizon of twenty to thirty years while remaining ready for immediate threats Image Source: @rajnathsingh on X Rajnath Singh, addressing the Army Commanders’ Conference in the capital, said the doctrine provided an overarching framework for preparing the force for the changing character of warfare and for future conflicts. He told commanders to watch geopolitical and regional developments closely and to keep strategy flexible enough to adjust as circumstances changed. He returned to Operation Sindoor, the military action India conducted against targets in Pakistan in May 2025, saying its success rested on innovative thinking, greater synergy and coordination, supported by advanced weaponry. The operation had made clear that India would not hesitate to act to protect its interests, he said. Singh praised the army’s restructuring and its use of drones, a...

India called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Tuesday to dismantle what it described as the entire ecosystem of terrorism, and said connectivity projects across the region would not last unless they respected the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries they passed through Image Via: @rajnathsingh on X India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who led India’s delegation to the 25th meeting of the grouping’s Council of Heads of Government in the Tajik capital, said terrorism cost innocent lives, deterred investment and commerce, radicalised societies and denied young people opportunities. “There can be no justification for terrorism, no double standards in addressing it, and no place for those who finance, support, or provide safe havens to terrorists,” he said, according to a press statement from India’s defence ministry. On connectivity, he said India backed initiatives that linked markets and opened new routes for trade, naming the International North-So...

India’s defence minister said on Friday that some of those behind two weeks of protests over the country’s electoral rolls were seeking a change of regime on the Bangladeshi model and accused them of making young people instruments of what he called the politics of anarchy Representational Image Source: @rajnathsingh on X Speaking at a news conference in Lucknow, Rajnath Singh said one person had openly told a press conference that she drew inspiration for regime change from Bangladesh while another had spoken of bringing down the government. Their only agenda, he said, was to destroy democratic institutions and set the country alight. He was referring to remarks made this week. The student leader Neha Bora has reportedly said she is influenced by the movement that removed Sheikh Hasina from power in Bangladesh. The advocate Prashant Bhushan told a news conference on Thursday that a change of government was the declared aim, that this is the purpose of any opposition in a democracy...

Defence minister says the navy is escorting Indian-flagged gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, and that recent warships are more than 75 per cent Indian-built Image Source: @rajnathsingh on X India will induct or commission 18 warships during 2026, the largest single-year addition in the history of its navy, the defence minister said on Tuesday. Rajnath Singh, addressing the second Indian Navy Commanders' Conference of the year in New Delhi, described 2026 as a historic year for the service and said the scale of the expansion reflected the maturing of India's domestic shipbuilding industry. Warships commissioned recently contain more than 75 per cent Indian-made content, he said, adding that India should now aim to export warships to friendly countries rather than only meet its own requirements. The expansion comes as the navy carries an unusually heavy operational burden in the Gulf. Singh said the safe passage of Indian-flagged merchant ships, particularly liquefied ...

Belize-flagged MT Seagull 9 lost engine power and began flooding in the Bay of Bengal before a boarding team stopped the leak Image Source: PIB India The Indian Coast Guard has stabilised a listing chemical tanker carrying 9,000 tonnes of palm oil and 23 crew about 37 nautical miles east-south-east of Paradip, off India's eastern coast, averting what it said could have been a capsizing. The Belize-flagged MT Seagull 9 sent a distress call at about 7.30am on Sunday after its main engine failed and a ballast tank flooded rapidly, tilting the vessel dangerously. Ballast tanks hold seawater to keep a ship upright and trimmed; uncontrolled flooding in one can cause a list a crew has no power to correct. The patrol vessel ICGS Vishwast was sent to the position, and a specialist damage-control team boarded the unstable ship. The team deployed submersible pumps to remove water, stopped the leak, sealed off two damaged seawater pipelines and contained a third that had fractured, removing ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced transfer of state-developed missile technology to industry, and said India will act against terrorism while seeking no country's territory File Photo Via: @rajnathsingh on X  India will transfer missile technologies developed by its state defence research agency to private companies, allowing them to manufacture conventional missile systems for the first time, the defence minister said on Sunday. The Defence Minister told a defence conclave in New Delhi that qualifying Indian firms would be able to produce the systems, a change he said would improve the armed forces' preparedness and speed up deliveries. The Defence Research and Development Organisation, which has until now both designed and overseen the production of such systems through state-owned firms, would increasingly concentrate on research while industry took on a larger share of manufacturing. The announcement came alongside figures showing a sharp rise in India's arms...

India on Sunday observed the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas, paying tribute to the 527 soldiers who laid down their lives during the 1999 Kargil War, with the principal ceremony held at the Kargil War Memorial in Dras, Ladakh. Via: @rajnathsingh on X Defence Minister Rajnath Singh led the commemorations at Dras, laying a wreath at the memorial and flagging off the culmination of the Shaurya Vijay Yatra, a 1,900-kilometre motorcycle journey from New Delhi to Dras undertaken as part of this year's observance. Chief of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth and senior military officers were also present at the memorial. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes separately, with Modi saying the occasion "serves as a reminder of the unparalleled courage and valour of those brave soldiers who dedicated their lives to protecting the nation's pride." Rajnath Singh, addressing the gathering at Dras, warned Pakistan against future misadventures, saying that ...

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will undertake a three-day official visit to Germany from April 21 to 23, aimed at strengthening the India–Germany strategic defence partnership through expanded industrial collaboration, military engagement and cooperation in emerging technologies. File Photo Via: Rajnath Singh Singh is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and other senior government leaders, with discussions set to focus on enhancing defence industrial cooperation, deepening military-to-military engagements, and exploring opportunities in domains such as cyber security, artificial intelligence and drone technologies. According to an official statement issued on Saturday, the visit is expected to see the signing of a Defence Industrial Cooperation Roadmap, alongside an implementing arrangement for cooperation in training related to United Nations peacekeeping operations, in the presence of both defence ministers. The visit will also ser...

India on April 18 moved to reinforce its economic and strategic preparedness amid the ongoing West Asia war, with a high-level ministerial group led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewing the volatile ground situation and outlining a calibrated response spanning energy security, trade continuity, fertiliser supply and diaspora protection. Meeting in New Delhi for the fourth time since the conflict began, the Informal Group of Ministers (IGoM) assessed both immediate risks and long-term contingencies, with Singh describing the situation as “uncertain and volatile” and stressing that India must be ready “not only for de-escalation but also for any renewed escalation,” while asserting that the government is taking “swift and effective action to mitigate any potential risks or problems.” Image Via: @rajnathsingh on X At the core of the government’s strategy is insulating India’s economy from disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy chokepoint. Officials told ...

✍️ Written by Saket Suman Iran on Saturday allegedly launched missiles toward Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean that hosts a major U.K.–U.S. military base, in what Britain described as “reckless attacks,” though the strike was unsuccessful and it remains unclear how the missiles came close to the base located roughly 4,000 kilometers from Iran. Later an unnamed Iranian Official denied that Iran had fired those missiles bt this has opened the pandora's box for India, let's understand how. File Photo of Diego Garcia, a U.S.-UK base in the Indian Ocean; Via: E u ropa on X The incident came just as the United Kingdom has expanded permissions for the United States to use its bases, including Diego Garcia, for “ specific and limited defensive operations ” targeting Iranian missile capabilities linked to attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that British Prime Minist...

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has explicitly identified India’s evolving nuclear capabilities as part of a broader global expansion of strategic weapons, stating in its 2026 Annual Threat Assessment that “India also is developing new and longer-range nuclear delivery systems,” placing New Delhi within a cohort of states advancing range, survivability and deterrence options. File Photo of Indian Navy’s successful precision strike in the Arabian Sea by ship launched BrahMos missile The report situates India’s nuclear trajectory within a shifting deterrence landscape where delivery systems, not just warhead counts, are becoming central. (Page 18) It warns that adversaries are “research[ing], develop[ing], and field[ing] delivery systems that will increase their ranges and accuracy, challenge U.S. missile defenses, and provide new WMD-use options”. T his formulation has directly framed India’s advancements alongside those of China, Russia and Pakistan. At the regio...

India has signaled heightened military readiness in recent days as the war between Israel and the United States on one side and Iran on the other is fast spreading from the Gulf to the Indian Ocean. Today,  Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh flew a sortie on a MiG-29 UPG multi-role fighter from a frontline air base in the western sector, and reviewed operational preparedness amid rapidly evolving global security tensions. The Indian Air Force said the Chief of the Air Staff flew an operational formation sortie led by Flight Lieutenant Parvinder Singh, with the aircraft executing a precise “smart peel-off” manoeuvre over the runway during the mission.  Air Chief Marshal AP Singh flew a sortie on the MiG-29 UPG aircraft. The visit included interactions with aircrew, technicians and veterans, as well as a briefing on the squadron’s 63-year operational legacy defending India’s airspace . The sortie was carried out on the MiG-29 UPG, the upgraded variant of th...

An Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighter aircraft has been reported overdue after taking off from Jorhat in Assam , with its last communication recorded at 7:42 pm , according to an official statement posted by the force. File Photo: IAF The aircraft lost contact shortly after departure and further details about its status and crew are still being verified. A Search and Rescue (SAR) operation has been launched to locate the jet, the IAF said.  The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a twin-engine multirole fighter that forms a key part of India’s combat fleet and is produced under licence in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.  Authorities said additional information will be released once more details about the aircraft’s last known position and the ongoing search operation are confirmed. UPDATE (1) at  1:15 am;  Friday, 6 March 2026: The Indian Air Force said that t he Su-30MKI which was on a training mission, crashed in the area of Karbi Anglong , Assam, approx 60 km from Jorhat...

✍️ Written by Saket Suman India on Tuesday intensified its diplomatic outreach and economic preparedness measures as the West Asia conflict widened, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking to leaders of Oman, Kuwait and Qatar, the External Affairs Minister engaging European counterparts, and key ministries reviewing trade, defence and energy contingencies. File Photo: PM NaMo The outreach followed the Ministry of External Affairs statement earlier in the day reiterating India’s concern over the deteriorating situation across Iran and the Gulf, the safety of nearly one crore Indian nationals in the region, and the need for dialogue and diplomacy to restore stability. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he spoke with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman and condemned what he described as the violation of Oman’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He said both sides agreed that sustained diplomatic engagement was essential for the earliest restorat...

The Budget Session of India’s Parliament descended into repeated disruptions on Monday after Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi attempted to quote from the unpublished memoir of former Army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address. This triggered sharp objections from the treasury benches and forced multiple adjournments before the House was suspended for the day. Rahul Gandhi ups the ante on national security; via: Shaandelhite The confrontation unfolded when Rahul Gandhi rose to respond to remarks made earlier by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, who had criticised the Congress party’s record on nationalism .  Rahul Gandhi said he wished to counter those allegations by referring to passages concerning India’s military standoff with China , which he attributed to Naravane’s memoir, titled Four Stars of Destiny , and to a magazine article that had cited the unpublished book.  Highlights of Speech 02 Feb, 2026 S...