Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inaugurating the 16th Combined Commanders’ Conference at the Army’s Eastern Command headquarters, Vijay Durg (Fort William), with sessions scheduled from September 15 to 17.
• Defence minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, CDS General Anil Chauhan, defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and the three service chiefs are among the attendees.
• The forum’s theme, ‘Year of Reforms – Transforming for the Future’, underscores institutional change, deeper integration, technological modernisation and sustained multi-domain readiness.
• Officials and reports say discussions are expected to include higher-defence reforms such as integrated theatre commands, adoption of indigenous technology and a review of operational takeaways from Operation Sindoor, with regional security issues likely to feature.
• Modi arrived in Kolkata on September 14 from Jorhat and is scheduled to leave this afternoon for Purnea, Bihar, to inaugurate a new airport terminal and launch development projects reported at around Rs 36,000 crore.