Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the appointment of the chief of defence staff (CDS) is a momentous and comprehensive reform that would help India in dealing with modern warfare. His reaction came one day after Gen Bipin Rawat was appointed for the top post.

Ahead of the appointment of India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), a notification has been issued by the government that mentions a maximum age of the serving officer as 65.

In a press conference organized by Martyrs' Family Welfare Foundation' at Press Club of India on Thursday, many retired Army veterans including the Convener of the foundation Major Dr. TC Rao, Major General Ranjit Singh, Major General Ravindra Yadav, Colonel Ravi Tokas, Major SN Yadav, Chairman of MFWF Colonel Mahavir Singh participated in the press conference.

For the fourth year in a row, India will continue its search for the Saraswati River that is believed to be flowing underground and meets the Ganga and Yamuna at Prayagraj.

WhatsApp on Friday claimed that they had notified the relevant authorities in Indian and at the international level about the security breach in May, a day the government had asked for an explanation from the Facebook-owned company.

The government has no plans of any kind of amnesty scheme as a part of efforts to unearth unaccounted wealth stashed in the form of yellow metal, said a report on Thursday.

The airlines, which was once flying 128 air planes, has asked it Boeing 737 pilots that they can take “long break/sabbatical” without pay up to September. The move comes after Jet sent all its expensive expat pilots on furloughs, or long leaves, without pay last week.

The United Kingdom has alleged that soon after reports of diamantaire Nirav Modi living in a swanky 8-million pound apartment in London’s West End, the British authorities sought information to come to India and initiate action against Nirav Modi but Indian government, which claims to be doing efforts in bringing him back, did not give any response.

Attorney General K K Venugopal made a U-turn on Friday over his claims that the crucial documents related to Rafale deal have been stolen from the Ministry of Defence, and threatened to invoke the Official Secrets Act and initiate “criminal action” against two publications and a lawyer.

The American F-16 fighter jets, which were allegedly used by the Pakistan Army during an attempt to attack India's Rajouri sector last Wednesday, fired two AMRAAM missiles one of which missed the target and another hit MiG-21, said an IndianExpress report.