IAF to ground Abhinandan Varthaman's MiG-21 squadron by Sep end

The Indian Air Force is set to retire its Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron 'Sword Arms' that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was a part of when he had downed an F-16 combat aircraft of Pakistan a......

Induction of women fighter pilots into IAF made permanent

The defence ministry has decided to convert the experimental scheme for induction of women fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force into a permanent one. IMAGE: IAF's first women fighter pilots......

India's 1st woman Rafale pilot participates in R-Day

The country's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh was part of the Indian Air Force tableau at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday. She is only the second woman fighter jet pilot to......

Abhinandan gets Vir Chakra, Major Dhoundiyal Shaurya Chakra posthumously

While Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed an enemy jet during an aerial combat with Pakistan in 2019 and was held captive for three days in that country was honoured with the Vir Chakra......

Who should play WingCo Abhinandan? VOTE!

Does Ajay Devgn get your vote? On February 27, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's composure and patriotism became the talking point of the nation. Following intense scrutiny and international......

Heard about Goa's Gaur Army?

Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot, discovers Aniruddha Sen Gupta.   In his everyday avatar, that of a young......