26 years ago, IAF’s op 'Safed Sagar' employed India’s air power in unconventional roles for first time

IANS | May 26, 2025 12:37 PM

New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) May 26, 1999 marks a memorable day for the country as well as the Indian Air Force (IAF). It was on this day, twenty-six years ago that the IAF launched a major military operation titled ‘Safed Sagar’ to break the back of Pakistani intruders and its Army regulars who surreptitiously entered the Indian side of Line of Control (LoC) and occupied crucial positions in Kargil sector.

The Cost of Power: How Pakistan’s military economy is undermining its future (IANS Analysis)

IANS | May 25, 2025 10:23 PM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s enduring economic difficulties are well recognised globally. In recent years, the nation has experienced alarming inflation, an ongoing crisis in foreign exchange reserves, and an overwhelming debt burden. These issues have led to widespread unemployment, increased poverty, and daily hardships for a population already caught in the crossfire of recurring terrorist violence and military operations ostensibly aimed at countering it.

Op Sindoor: CDS visits Northern & Western Commands HQs for review meetings with planners and executors

IANS | May 25, 2025 9:04 PM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Sunday visited the Army’s Northern Command at Udhampur, and Western Command at Chandimandir Military Station, for discussions with their commanders, Lt General Pratik Sharma and Lt General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, respectively and senior staff officers actively involved in the planning and execution of Operation Sindoor.

Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi shares photos of destroyed terror hubs during Operation Sindoor

IANS | May 25, 2025 2:40 PM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) In his first Mann Ki Baat address following Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday underscored India's unwavering resolve against terrorism, hailing the precision strikes carried out by Indian Armed Forces on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a symbol of a transforming nation.