NEW DELHI: India on Friday said it is pressing Russia "very hard" for early discharge of the Indians serving as support staff with Russian military units.After two Indians, working in similar positions, lost their lives, India last week called on its nationals not to risk their lives by taking up such jobs."We are pressing very hard with the Russian authorities for early discharge of our people

NEW DELHI: India on Friday said its first team of military personnel that was operating an advanced light helicopter in the Maldives has returned from the island nation.The military team has been replaced by civilian technical experts.Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu had set March 10 as the deadline for withdrawal of the first group of Indian military personnel from his country."The turnaround

New Delhi: Amid the deteriorating security situation in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, the Ministry of External Affairs said that it has told all the Indians to evacuate and move away from there."We had issued an advisory for the Rakhine State, where the situation there is very delicate, the security situation has deteriorated. We told all Indian nationals to evacuate themselves and move away from

New Delhi: After violence and looting loomed in the Caribbean nation, India on Friday established a control room and emergency helpline number for the Indian nationals to evacuate them from Haiti.Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal said that India is ready to evacuate its citizens from Haiti if the need arises as the Caribbean nation’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has

New Delhi: The passing-out parade of the third batch of Agniveers is scheduled to be held at INS Chilka, a navy base in Odisha, on March 15. The POP marks the successful culmination of training for about 2,600 Agniveers, including women Agniveers who have undergone rigorous training at Chilka.Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, will be the Chief Guest and review the post-sunset POP.

India’s defence capabilities along its western border with Pakistan are set to be further strengthened as the Indian Army is gearing up for deploying its first squadron of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.Six Boeing-made attack choppers are set to reach Jodhpur, Rajasthan on 15 March, 2024.These helicopters will be deployed in a new squadron in Jodhpur in the Army Aviation Corps, Times of India