The most dangerous moment in any war often comes when a fighter jet loses control, whether due to a malfunction, missile strike, or other causes, and crashes in enemy territory. In such situations, pilots are forced to eject and survive on hostile ground. Recent reports of an F-15E crash in Iran, where two pilots ejected,...

NEW DELHI: In a big boost for India’s “second-strike capability”, the country’s third indigenously developed nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Aridhaman, was commissioned into the Navy on Friday, an official source confirmed to TOI.The commissioning of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), part of the classified Advanced Technology Vessel project, was not announced. However, sources...

Kashmir chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in his Friday (April 3, 2026) sermon, said multiple security agencies under the pretext of cases were going after Kashmiris, especially local employees, “to create an atmosphere of fear”. Speaking from the pulpit of the historic Jama Masjid, Mr. Farooq said Kashmir was recording daily filing of cases, chargesheets,...