Outfits blend practicality, flexibility ...

The Indian Army is removing colonial-era vestiges, discontinuing swords for reviewing officers and pouch belts. It is introducing the indigenous Bandi jacket and renaming roads and buildings to align ...

The Indian Army has unveiled "Army Uniforms-2026," a new dress code manual introducing a winter uniform, allowing bandi jackets for officers, and expanding formal options for women. The updated ...

The Indian Army has introduced its new Army Uniforms-2026 manual, replacing the 2015 dress regulations to modernise military attire and remove colonial-era symbols. Announced in June 2026, the update ...

The Indian Army has rolled out a new uniform policy to align military traditions with contemporary Indian values. The manual titled ‘The Army Uniforms–2026’ introduces bandi jackets in formal settings ...

The revised manual also sets out detailed appearance and grooming standards, covering tattoos, body piercings, hairstyles, moustaches and the use of cosmetics.

The Indian Army has unveiled its first major dress code update in nearly eight years and has brought back the iconic bandi ...

The regulations permit women officers to wear sober-coloured sarees, or kurta-salwar and ankle-length straight pants with a dupatta.

The Army has also discontinued the use of certain archaic terminology, including "Royal", which remained part of traditions inherited from the colonial period.

Four death row inmates could be executed, as part of a move that could end a 65-year pause in military executions.

He's the latest in a line of nearly two dozen top military leaders to either retire or depart their jobs early under the ...