Army photos in media: Defence ministry denies issuing visuals

Two photographs, purportedly of the Indian Army's Special Forces team that conducted an operation against militants along the Myanmar border, stoked controversy on the social media on Thursday.

A K BhattacharyaA K Bhattacharya
Updated On: Aug 21 2025 | 5:20 PM IST
The photographs, published by some national dailies, had an army helicopter in the background and were apparently taken in clear daylight.1/5
The photographs, published by some national dailies, had an army helicopter in the background and were apparently taken in clear daylight.
In one of the photographs, the faces of the army personnel in front of the helicopter were masked.2/5
In one of the photographs, the faces of the army personnel in front of the helicopter were masked.
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The accompanying captions said it was the photo of the team that carried out the strike against militants.
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India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead deep into the territory of its geopolitical rival, China, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his first visit there in years.
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The Ministry of Defence is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the ceremonial commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the country.
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Written BY A K Bhattacharya

A K BhattacharyaA K Bhattacharya is a senior economic journalist with over four decades of experience. He is Business Standard's editorial director and a writer of a long-running column - Raisina Hill. He had set the bar for business reporting as the chief of bureau at the Economic Times in the early 1990s, when economic reforms raged. He had a ringside view to many other disruptions, creative and otherwise, during his four decades in journalism, a journey that started when he switched careers after a year of teaching.
First Published: Aug 21 2025 | 1:58 PM IST

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