Country gears up for 78th Independence Day amid tight security

Ahead of Independence Day, security has been tightened across India with over 10,000 cops, facial recognition cameras and snipers deployed in Delhi and security camps set up in 13 villages in......

Attack on IAF convoy: Several held, hunt on for terrorists

Several people were detained for questioning on Sunday as a massive search operation for terrorists behind the Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district entered......

Race To Modernisation: Air Force, Navy Beats Army

The Army has now fallen behind the other two services for four years in a row. IMAGE: A glimpse from Kartavya Path on Republic Day. Photograph: Press Informaton Bureau   The world's most......

The Soldier Who Became A Legend

A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......

National Games: Swimmer Nataraj powers to fifth gold

IMAGE: Srihari Nataraj led the charge for swimming powerhouse Karnataka with his fifth gold at the National Games. Photograph: Srihari Nataraj/Instagram Two national records fell by the wayside......

14-year-old Desinghu makes splash with hat-trick of gold!

Karnataka top medal tally on Day 1 of National Games   IMAGE: Karnataka swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu won the gold medal in Women's 200m Freestyle with a new National record timing of 2:03.24......

'India stands tall today because of your grit, achievements'

Nita Ambani lauds Paralympians after rich medal haul in Paris. IMAGE: Gold medalist Avani Lekhara, Silver medalist Manish Narwal, Pranav Soorma and Bronze medalists Rubina Francis, Mona Agarwal......

Avani Lekhara falls just short of 2nd Paralympic medal

IMAGE: Avani Lekhara shot a total of 1159 across the three stages of kneeling, prone and standing to finish seventh in the qualification around. Photograph: Eng Chin An/Reuters Ace Indian shooter......

Paralympics: Shooter Swaroop fails to qualify for final

IMAGE: Swaroop Unhalkar finished 14th in the men's 10m air rifle standing (SH1) qualification round at the Paralympics in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Para Shooting India/X India's shooter Swaroop......