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File photos of Lt Gen CP Cariappa (C), Lt Gen CB Ponnappa (R) and Lt Gen PC Thimmaya (L). (Photo Credits: Twitter / @ KodaguConnect) It was a proud moment for the people of Kodava district when Lt Gen CP Cariappa took command of India’s elite 1 Strike Corps at Mathura on Friday. Lt Gen Cariappa became the Corp Commander and the District boasts of rare distinction of three Lieutenant Generals serving the army simultaneously. Kodava is a small and beautiful mountain district of Karnataka and is well known in the world for coffee and its “brave warriors”, men and women, serving in all services. Talking only of Indian Army there are 90 posts at the rank of Lieutenant General. Lt Gen PC Thimmaya and Lt Gen CB Ponnappa are the other two generals. Lt Gen Thimmaya is the Army Commander at the Army Training Command and Lt Gen Ponnappa is the Chief of Staff at the Northern Army Command.  All three officers are a product of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and joined the army at ...

Three soldiers of the Indian Army have died and five terrorists killed on Sunday during an anti-infiltration operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said. Sources said four more soldiers have been injured during the operation to flush out infiltrators along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of the district, which was launched two days ago.  The army said the operation is still underway.  This joint operation is being conducted by 41 Rashtriya Rifles, 57 Rashtriya Rifles, 160 Territorial Army and Special Operations Group (SOG), Kupwara teams.  The army’s action took place on the fifth day of the search operation in which terrorists were being searched in the forests of Kupwara.  During this campaign, there was an encounter between the army and the terrorists in the Rangdori Bahk area in the forests near the Line of Control on Sunday morning. According to the report, helicopters were seen flying over the forests in search of terrorists. The...

 Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuvir | Image Srce : The Print  Myanmar is likely to get its first ever submarine this year as India is set to hand over a Kilo class boat to the country after refitting it indigenously. According to the report, the Myanmar Navy, which is looking at acquiring its own submarine fleet in the coming years, will use the INS Sindhuvir for training purposes. The Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) is modernising the INS Sinduvir, a Kilo class submarine brought from Russia in the 1980s, in Vizag. The modernisation work is reportedly expected to be completed by the end of this year. The submarine will be fitted with indigenous systems to train the Myanmar Navy. As per the report, the submarine transfer is likely to take place with a line of credit that India had extended to Myanmar for increasing military capability. India, as part of the capacity building, had earlier this month supplied Myanmar with advanced light torpedoes named ‘Shyena’ as part of a $3...

Army personnel distribute packaged food to the homeless in Chennai on 31 March 2020 | Image Source : PTI A medical team from the Army was deployed at the Narela quarantine camp in Delhi Friday where some of the coronavirus-infected patients from the Tablighi Jamaat event are being kept. This is the first time the armed service has been deployed at a civil centre set up to handle the coronavirus cases. So far, the Army’s doctors and specialists have only been operating out of the quarantine centres set up by the force. Defence sources said none of the quarantined people misbehaved with the Army medical team after reports emerged that some Tablighi Jamaat members refused to cooperate and even harassed civil medical teams . “This deployment consists of two doctors and two nurses. They are accompanied by a protective unit as per standard operating procedure,” said an Army source. Health ministry requests for Army team Another source said that the deployment was made at the request of th...

 IAF aircraft C-130J airlifted the supplies to Maldivian Capital, Male as part of Operation "Sanjeevani" on Wednesday. (Photo Credits : Twitter/ @adgpi )  The Indian Air Force (IAF) sent 6.2 tonnes of essential medicines and hospital consumables to the Maldives on Wednesday as this consignment could not be transported through usual channels due to the 21-day lockdown in India. IAF aircraft C-130J airlifted the supplies to Maldivian Capital, Male as part of Operation "Sanjeevani" on Wednesday.  These medicines could not be transported directly to the Maldives from India by the suppliers through any other means as India is under a 21-day nation-wide lockdown to stall the spread of coronavirus pandemic, which has upended daily life, killing more 50,000 globally.  These supplies were procured from 8 different suppliers in India. The Maldives is the first country in India’s neighbourhood to have received essential medicines since the lockdown commenced in India.  At ...

India celebrates the 106th birth anniversary of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, one of the greatest military leader of the country, today i.e April 3, 2020. Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw was the eighth chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. He was the brain behind India’s victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan. Field Marshal Manekshaw is one of the most celebrated generals of the Army. He was the first Field Marshal of the Indian Army.  Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw (Photo Credits: Twitter)  He was born in Amritsar and did his schooling from Sherwood College, Nainital. Manekshaw was one of the pioneers of the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun. Field Marshal Manekshaw joined the Indian Military Academy (IMA) on October 1, 1932, and was commissioned into the British Indian Army as the Second Lieutenant in 1934. During the World War II Manekshaw was awarded Military Cross for his gallantry. After independence in 1947, he was reassigned to the 8th Gorkha R...

The 85-year-old woman was critically ill and alone at her home in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. Photo Source: The Indian Express and India TV News The Indian Army came to the rescue of an 85-year-old woman, who was critically ill and alone at her home in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, after her grandson tweeted to the Prime Minister's Office. "Help for my grandmother who is dying in a remote village of distt. Rajouri. No medical facilities amid this lockdown. she lives alone.. please Save her," Manik Sharma tweeted on Wednesday, March 31.  Help for my grandmother who is dying in a remote village of distt.Rajouri. No medical facilities amid this lockdown.she lives alone..please Save her @PMOIndia @ManhasYougal @AsadmAijaz @aajtak @narendramodi — Manik Sharma (@ManikSh10629381) March 31, 2020 "On receipt of the message, Indian Army swung into action and Army doctor was immediately sent to the village ...

India is currently planning a fleet of nuclear powered submarines. But unlike other nuclear navies, India will not go all-nuclear . Instead they they will be complemented by 6 locally-built Kalvari Class conventionally powered boats and 6 of a follow-on Project-75I type. These conventional diesel-electric boats will be an important pillar of India’s submarine capability. India currently has three class of non-nuclear submarine. The newest are the first two Kalvari class; 6 will join the feet over time. | Photo source: Forbes The Kalvari Class are an Indian Navy specific version of the French Scorpène design. Currently 2 are in service, 2 more are on trials and 2 are under construction. Together with the Project-75I type they will replace the ageing Shishumar class (German Type-209) and Sindhughosh class (Russian Kilo) . The main capability jump for Project-75I will be Air Independent Power (AIP). This will allow the submarines to remain submerged for longer periods. The design of ...