World War II

January 13, 2022

World War II-era Agartala airport to be third international airport in Northeast

Agartala airport, earlier known as Singerbill Airport, was renamed after Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur in July 2018.

February 02, 2021
UK's record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom Moore dies aged 100

Moore had tested positive for COVID-19 on Jan. 22 and was fighting pneumonia.
November 09, 2020
Boris Johnson pays tribute to British Indian Army of Second World War

In a message for the Remember Together campaign, set up to honour the millions of Commonwealth troops who joined the war effort as part of the then British Empire, Johnson said it was important to remember their sacrifice and celebrate their achievement.
August 29, 2020
At 100, this Keralite soldier rekindles memories of World War II and tryst with Nehru

As he rekindles his memory, 'Major Saab' LP Kammath uses the rigour of a military man to ensure no detail is amiss or out of place.
April 01, 2020
Europe toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of world's worst crisis since World War II

We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations one that is killing people, spreading human suffering, and upending people's lives, UN chief Antonio Guterres said.
February 18, 2020
Column | When the Nazis executed a Malayali in occupied France

Michilotte Madhavan joined the French Communist Party when he was a student of Sorbonne University. In 1942, members of a pro-Nazi special brigade arrested him and handed him over to the dreaded Gestapo.
November 05, 2019
Sombre mood as Germany marks 30 years of fall of Berlin Wall

Germany opened on Monday a week of festivities marking three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but a hint of a return of the Cold War and the rise of nationalism is dampening the mood.

World War II

World War II-era Agartala airport to be third international airport in Northeast

UK's record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom Moore dies aged 100

Boris Johnson pays tribute to British Indian Army of Second World War

At 100, this Keralite soldier rekindles memories of World War II and tryst with Nehru

Europe toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of world's worst crisis since World War II

Column | When the Nazis executed a Malayali in occupied France

Sombre mood as Germany marks 30 years of fall of Berlin Wall

Built for battles, here is the history of jeep

Leaders salute 'raw courage' of D-Day veterans on Normandy's beaches

Wreckage of World War II era US aircraft found in Arunachal