Indian Army News

546 Gentlemen Cadets pass out of Indian Military Academy in Dehradun

546 Gentlemen Cadets today passed out of the 128th regular and allied courses at Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. They now join the Indian Army as officers. The event was attended by the President of India, the Governor Smt Margaret Alva, Chief Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and the Chief of Army Staff Gen Vijay [...]



Brigadier Pradeep Narayanan takes command of Pangode Military Station

Brigadier Pradeep Narayanan has assumed command of Pangode Military Station on Friday. He succeeds Brigadier Krishan Kumar, who is moving to the Army headquarters in New Delhi. Commissioned into the Jat Regiment of the Indian Army in 1984, Brigadier Pradeep Narayanan is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kazhakkoottam. He hails from Elampilan Tharavaadu of Kannur. [...]



Indian Army test fires Prithvi-II missile

India today successfully test-fired indigenously built surface-to-surface strategic Prithvi-II missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore off Orissa coast. The missile’s user trial was carried out at 9.05 this morning from launch complex number three of ITR in presence of senior defence officials. The liquid propelled, nine meter [...]