India, France Close 36 Aircraft Rafale Deal for 7.8 Billion Euro with Offsets
India and France have negotiated a deal for 36 Dassault fighter aircraft worth 7.8 billion euros with close to 2.5 billion euros in offsets to be invested in Indian companies.Well-placed sources told...
View ArticleFB Requests from Girls Could be Pakistan's Attempt at Snooping, ITBP Warns...
NEW DELHI: Concerned over Pakistan snooping on jawans through spy apps, the ITBP director general Krishna Chaudhary has issued a directive earlier this week asking all its units posted on the border...
View ArticleUS Eyes Making Ties with India Stronger: John Kirby
State Department Spokesman John KirbyWASHINGTON: Reaffirming that its ties with India are "very strong", the US has said it wants to further strengthen the "valued" bilateral relationship in areas...
View ArticleDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Five-Day Visit to China
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will hold talks with top Chinese political and defence leaders during his five-day visit to that country beginning today which comes amid strains in...
View ArticleRussia 'More Dangerous Than ISIS' Says Poland Foreign Minister Witold...
BRATISLAVA: Russia is more dangerous than the Islamic State group, Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told reporters Friday during a visit to Slovakia."By all evidence, Russia's activity is...
View ArticleISRO To Launch 21 Satellites In One Shot
High resolution Cartosat-2C to be set into orbit in MayWhile the seventh and last of the regional navigation spacecraft is due to be launched on April 28, space agency Indian Space Research...
View ArticleVietnam Wants China to Withdraw 16 Shenyang J-11 Fighters Deployed in Parcel...
Vietnam wants China to immediately withdraw its Shenyang J-11 fighters deployed in Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, as it feels China is using its massive military force to confiscate the regions that...
View ArticleWhy India Is Courting Russia & China At The Same Time
Within days of holding discussions with the United States to move towards a logistics exchange agreement, two key aides of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are travelling to China and Russia to seek their...
View ArticleLife After The Nuclear Security Summits: Are We Safe?
Potential threats: The Nuclear Security Summits have made progress in securing nuclear stockpiles, but the country with the most fissile material – Russia – did not attend the most recent summit (Data:...
View ArticleDoval Briefs SC Judges on National Security, Asks For 'More Cooperation' From...
Supreme Court of IndiaFor the first time ever, the judges of the Supreme Court were briefed by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval about the security of the nation, both internal and...
View ArticleAll About The Obama Doctrine
by MK NarayananThe first decade and a half of the 21st century has witnessed a fundamental change in India-U.S. relations unparalleled in the history of the two democracies. President Bill Clinton...
View Article4 Reasons Why the Rafale Fighter Jet Deal is of Prime Importance to India
by Ratnendra Ashok PandeyEnding the deadlock over Rafale fighter aircraft deal, governments of France and India have finally entered the final stages of the 36-jet deal.The development came almost...
View ArticleRafale Fly-In Seems A Strong Possibility
With Dassault Aviation's Rafale possibly flying in to join the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) fleet as its newest multirole fighter aircraft, delays in indigenous production have once again cost the Indian...
View ArticleAll You Need To Know About The Rafale Deal
After several twists and turns, the Indian Air Force is reportedly set to get its share of the French Rafale aircraft.What is Rafale aircraft?Rafales are twin-engine Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft...
View ArticleIran Shows off Russian S-300 Defense System on Army Day
Iran showed off parts of its new Russian S-300 missile defense system during National Army Day on Sunday, where President Hassan Rouhani said the country's armed forces were no threat to neighboring...
View ArticleRussia Moves Closer to Building New Aircraft Carrier
Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft CarrierAfter decades-long efforts to restore its shipbuilding industry following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia finally seems to have obtained serious...
View ArticleIndian Navy's First Training Squadron arrives at the Port of Colombo
INS Sujata Training Ship at Colombo PortColombo: Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval traditions welcomed the arrival of Indian Navy's First Training Squadron comprising Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tir,...
View ArticleNarendra Modi Govt Doesn’t Have Mandate to Push India into US Military Bloc:...
Anand Sharma claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government “do not have a national mandate” to push India into closer military alliance and become part of the larger operational designs and...
View ArticleIn Kashmir, 'Fearless Mobs' Help Militants Escape
KAKAPORA: In a graveyard at his school in Kashmir, principal Ghulam Ahmed Bhat stares sadly at a mound of freshly dug earth after another former pupil was killed in the region's conflict.University...
View ArticleModi Needs To Treat Pakistan Like A Test, Not A T20 Game
IMAGE: Indian and Pakistan Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif at the SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, November 2014by Rajeev SharmaModi has been wrong in thinking he can influence people and win...
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