Govt Wants to Treat Terror Attacks As War
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said the country wants to maintain good relations with all its neighbours, including Pakistan, but not at the cost of its "pride, dignity and self-respect" and that it...
View ArticlePakistani Boat was Intercepted, Not Shot by Indian Forces: Defence Minister...
NEW DELHI: The suspicious boat, which had reportedly originated from Pakistan, was intercepted by Indian security forces "pro-actively" in January last year before the occupants blew it up, Defence...
View ArticleDefence Installations Completely Secured, Says Manohar Parrikar
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today asserted that defence installations in the country are completely secured and the government is spending more on the security apparatus in comparison...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: Mitigating Risks of Nuclear Terrorism
by Dibyendu Sekhar KumarThe huge quantities of weapons-grade fissile material in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan and other former Soviet and East European states and unknown amounts of Highly...
View ArticleSAARC: Sushma, Sartaj Meet Over Breakfast Ahead of Bilateral Talks
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan’s foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz held informal talks for the second time in as many days on the sidelines of a breakfast before a meeting of SAARC...
View ArticleIDN TAKE: Justifying India's Defence Spending
by G Ashwath RajIndia is bordered by two hostile nuclear neighbours, Pakistan and China. They are both staunch allies and make no bones about it, in fact China is investing heavily into Pakistan...
View ArticleObama Sanctions North Korea for Nuclear, Missile Tests
President Barack Obama levied sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday in response to the reclusive country’s recent “illicit” nuclear and ballistic missile tests.The White House announcement came...
View ArticleGerman Submarine Builder Warns Australia of Japanese Risk
A Soryu Class diesel-powered Submarine Kokuryu of the Maritime Self-Defense ForceCANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: A German executive vying for a lucrative Australian submarine contract on Thursday said that...
View ArticleRussia Testing 6-Mach Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile for 5G Subs - Reports
Tsirkon: Russia’s Hypersonic Missile“Tsirkon hypersonic missiles are already there, and testing from a ground-based launching site has begun,” a senior defense industry source told RIA Novosti on...
View ArticleIndian Air Force Might: 181 Aircraft to Participate in Large Combat Exercise...
The Indian Air Force’s Iron Fist exercise will begin on March 18.This week, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is holding one of its largest live fire exercises. The drill, codenamed Iron Fist, is taking place...
View ArticleIRNSS Full Fleet Could be a Month Late
by Madhumathi D SThe country’s ambitious GPS-like regional fleet of navigation satellites will not get completed before end-April, as the last and seventh spacecraft in the series has got delayed.The...
View ArticleBoeing Sees Robust Growth in India
Lower fuel prices, increase load factors to drive industry growthPredicating a robust growth for the Indian civil aviation sector, aerospace major Boeing today predicted India will require 1740...
View ArticlePakistan Denies Presence of Chinese Troops in PoK
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today rejected as "baseless rumour-mongering" the reports about presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and asserted that Kashmir was a long-standing item on the...
View ArticleArmy Stops Construction of Road Along Ladakh LAC after China Protests
File Photo The Army recently directed civil authorities to stop laying a road in Chumar area of Ladakh along the line-of-actual control (LAC) after the Chinese army objected to the project....
View ArticleDefsys To Produce CONTROP’s Electro-Optical Solutions In India
Defsys Solutions Pvt Ltd has collaborated with Israeli firm CONTROP to market and locally produce its advanced electro-optical solutions for the Indian market.According to Dror Sharon, CONTROP's...
View ArticleIndia Will Not Be Able to Build Naval Fleet Without Russia: Expert
Indian Navy Ships: (From Top) INS Ranjit, INS Jyoti and INS MysoreIndia, which has ambitious plans to build a blue water navy over the next decade, will not be able to attain its goals without foreign,...
View ArticleScrambling For a Two-Front War: What the IAF Won’t Tell You
A contract for the supply to India of additional 42 long-range multirole Su-30MKI fighters to India would be signed in the next few monthsIn the backdrop of a transformed technological scenario, fewer...
View ArticlePakistan Pathankot JIT to Arrive in India on March 27: Sushma Swaraj
POKHARA, NEPAL: A Pakistani Joint Investigation Team will arrive in India on March 27 to carry forward its probe into the Pathankot terror attack, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced here...
View ArticleIAF's Fire Power Demonstration in Pokhran Tomorrow
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force will demonstrate its combat and firepower, including Akash Missile, for the first time, in the desert of Pokhran tomorrow.The entire event, which would be attended by...
View ArticleThe US-India Waltz Pauses for Breath
It is getting close to crunch time in the developing security and strategic relationship between India and the United States, and it looks as though one side is getting a little nervous. Think about it...
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