I am at the Bekal fort, in Kasaragod district of Kerala, south India, built by Shivappa Nayaka of the Keladi Nayaka dynasty in 1650CE, to protect the spice trade. Built out of deep maroon laterite ...

A 65-year-old man from Maharashtra died after falling off a moving train near Bekal in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased, identified as Prakash Ganeshmal Jain from Sakali, was a passenger in ...

Fort Moore, an Army base in Georgia used to train soldiers, was renamed to Fort Benning on Monday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum reinstituting the base’s old name ...

The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning for a Confederate general, will again be named Fort Benning, although it will now honor a different Benning. Defense ...

Congress had pushed past President Trump’s veto to rename Fort Bragg, named for a Confederate general, in the final days of his first term. By Chris Cameron Reporting from Fort Bragg ...

The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers. By Helene Cooper Reporting from Washington Defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth renamed Fort Moore to Fort Benning, following through on his pledge to restore the original names of military bases, also including Fort Bragg – but not exactly ...

Fort Bragg has officially changed back to its original name after briefly being renamed Fort Liberty in June 2023. The name change honors Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, a World War II ...

The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its original name — though this time Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it ...