'The time has come to recommend Field Marshal Cariappa for the award of Bharat Ratna. If others can get it, I see no reason why he should not.' IMAGE: General K M Cariappa greets Prime Minister......
The condition of Field Marshal S H F J Manekshaw, who was rushed to the army's Specialised Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi for treatment from Tamil Nadu early on Monday morning, has......
'After he died, the phrase that struck me most about him was that 'Sam restored the izaat of the Army'.'Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's grandson Raoul-Sam Daruwala remembers the man behind the......
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Field Marshal K M Cariappa Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh The three highest-ranking military heroes of the Indian Armed Forces. They were the rarest of the......
Pakistan on Saturday brought in a Constitutional amendment to create a new post of chief of defence forces to ensure greater coordination and unified command among the three services. The 27th......
During the Second World War, Field Marshall William Slim, commander of the 14th Army in Burma, discovered that the anopheles mosquito was causing more casualties to his men than the Japanese.......
'The moment the Army approved the script, they told us that they will give their full support and asked us for our full dedication.' IMAGE: Meghna Gulzar's Sam Bahadur tells the life story of......
Hindi cinema dominated the 71st National Film Awards on Friday with superstar Shah Rukh Khan winning his career's first best actor award for Jawan alongside Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail, which was......
'He not only immerses himself into the character, but he wears it.''He does not let even a fragment of himself show while he's playing the part.' IMAGE: Vicky Kaushal plays General (later Field......
'I'm sandwiched between Katrina's films, which is a great spot to be in.' IMAGE: Vicky Kaushal with Fatima Sana Sheikh and Sanya Malhotra. Photograph: Satish Bodas/Rediff.com "Whenever I work with......
Playing the great general will be a challenge for the talented actor. IMAGE: Field Marshal (then General) Sam Maneckshaw with troops during the 1971 War. After signing up to play Kapil Dev in......
In the absence of the Army, the BCCI may not consider a depleted Services side worthy of participation at the national level, notes Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale (retd). IMAGE: Indian Army......
Adolf Hitler was so impressed with sergeant Dhyan Chand in the 1936 Berlin Olympics that he offered him the rank of field-marshal in the German army.Regarded as the world's greatest field hockey......