2017-01-04 22:58
by Sushant SinghMany projects under the ‘Make in India’ program in the defence sector are pending as the Ministry of Defence is unable to finalize the Strategic Partnership (SP)… Read More
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2017-01-04 10:06
by Dr Bawa SinghRealist theorists like Hans Morgenthau hold that in international relations, there are no permanent friends or foes but always national interests. It will remain very interes… Read More
2017-01-04 10:03
The formation, which is on a "cross-sea area" training exercise, involved J-15 fighter jets, as well as several ship-borne helicopters, the official said without mentioning specific numbers… Read More
2017-01-04 10:01
Islamabad: Questioning the rationale behind protecting Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) Chief Maulana Masood Azhar from sanctions by the United Nations, a Pakistani Senator has said that China would n… Read More
2017-01-04 08:55
According to well connected French financial newspaper La Tribune, French shipbuilder DCNS and its Indian industry partner Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL) have made an unsolicited "repeat order"… Read More
2017-01-04 08:54
by NC Bipindra & Rajesh Kumar SinghIndia is set to finalise a $660 million deal for mobile heavy artillery weapons -- its third major gun purchase in the past year and a sign Prime Minis… Read More
2017-01-04 08:52
TIRUPATI: With the induction of light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas into the Indian Air Force this year, the Aeron-autical Development Age-ncy (ADA) which has jointly developed the fourth gene… Read More
2017-01-04 08:50
by Dr. Sanjay Badri-MaharajThe 2 January 2017 test of the Agni-IV missile will not garner either the headlines or the attention of the 26 December 2016 test of the Agni-V. However, from a pr… Read More
2017-01-04 08:48
NEW DELHI: Stressing that due procedures were "perfectly followed" by the government in appointing the new Army Chief, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar today said if seniority were the only… Read More
2017-01-04 08:47
The Indo-US defence relationship is on an excellent path and will continue to be so in the next administration and beyond, the Pentagon today said, days ahead of President-elect Donald Trump… Read More
2017-01-04 08:45
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that India will select another single engine aircraft other than Tejas for indigenous manufacture under the ‘Make in India’ init… Read More
2017-01-04 08:43
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has assured countrymen that Indian jawans are fully capable of handling any adverse situation, be it in the border areas or anywhere in the country.Speaking ex… Read More
2017-01-04 08:40
by Sudhi Ranjan SenIndian defence exports will touch $2 billion – six times the current export of defence equipments - by 2019, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said at the Defence Re… Read More
2017-01-04 08:38
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin is arriving in India next week to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Rogozin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have bilateral… Read More
2017-01-04 08:37
by Niraj SrivastavaNEW DELHI: The beginning of the new year is probably a good time to take stock of the major developments in Indian foreign policy in 2016 and what needs to be done to safe… Read More
2017-01-04 08:32
In a year where the security forces have suffered heavy casualties in their seemingly unending and thankless battle against Pakistan’s proxy terrorists, Bollywood has been quick to exp… Read More
2017-01-04 08:29
The Indian MoD has shown a preference for government-to-government (G2G) deals instead of direct commercial negotiations with companies producing armaments over the last couple of years.Some… Read More
2017-01-04 08:28
NEW DELHI: US President-elect Donald Trump reportedly made it clear to a US Republican Hindu group that he's "not going to tolerate a dual role from India's neighbors."Read more » Read More
2017-01-04 08:25
by NS VenkataramanEver since Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi ordered the demonetization of high value currency on November 8, 2016, Indians seem to be discussing nothing but the cash… Read More
2017-01-04 08:22
China Unveiled its New 5th-Generation J-31 Stealth Fighter in November of 2014.Tensions in the South China Sea and continued warnings about Chinese militarization of the disputed areas has l… Read More
2017-01-04 08:20
by Vicky Nanjappa"Do not overreact, it will pass off as they cannot sustain beyond a point." This is one of those very famous lines from National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's doctrine for J… Read More
2017-01-04 08:17
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that efforts are on to bring back India’s most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim.Read more » Read More
2017-01-04 08:16
Hong Kong: In the last six months of 2016, state-owned media in China has reported two terrorist incidents in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), the most recent of which occurred… Read More
2017-01-04 08:09
by James PearsonSEOUL: North Korea has been working through 2016 on developing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), making the isolated nation's claim that it was clo… Read More
2017-01-02 06:21
NEW DELHI: National Security Adviser Ajit Kumar Doval is expected to attend the ‘inauguration’ of President-elect Donald Trump as a special invitee on January 20, breaking the tr… Read More
2017-01-02 06:19
Mumbai: The Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command is set to induct more warships and submarines in 2017. According to naval sources, submarine INS Khanderi will be set afloat this month… Read More
2017-01-02 06:18
by Rakesh Krishnan SimhaThe shrill, disjointed and illogical rants emanating from Beijing after the fourth successful test of the Agni-V missile is an adequate proof that nothing succeeds li… Read More
2017-01-02 06:13
by Pradip R SagarNEW DELHI: Perturbed with the repeated failure to purchase 44,000 close quarter battle (CQB) carbines, a crucial weapon for the Indian Army for its counter-terrorism operati… Read More
2017-01-02 06:11
Narendra Damodardas Modi is the eye of the storm. Perhaps storm is too mild a term to describe the economic hurricane the prime minister unleashed across the country on 8 November by demonet… Read More
2017-01-02 06:07
Army Chief Lt General Bipin Rawat has today said that the army seeks peace and tranquillity along the borders but it does not mean it is weak. For him, every soldier is equal, says new army… Read More
2017-01-02 06:05
by Jyoti MalhotraIndia and China will begin the new year on a sour note, as Beijing confirmed Delhi's worst fears by blocking a UN Security Council-mandated committee from blacklisting Jaish… Read More
2017-01-02 06:02
Renewing its demand, India on Sunday asked Pakistan for consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, arrested on charges of espionage, and Nehal Ansari, who was caught for illegally entering the co… Read More
2017-01-02 06:01
New Delhi: Despite Pakistan’s repeated claims that Kulbhushan Jadhav is an Indian spy and has been booked for terrorism, the suspect has never been produced before any magistrate. Even… Read More
2017-01-02 05:59
KOLKATA: Laser walls and smart sensors will be installed at the Indo-Bangla International Border in West Bengal to plug the porous riverine and unmanned terrain and keep a tight vigil to che… Read More
2017-01-02 05:58
India and Pakistan on Sunday exchanged for the 26th consecutive year a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral agreement that prohibits them from attacking each other’s a… Read More
2017-01-02 05:55
NEW DELHI: Even as General Bipin Rawat and Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa took over as the new Army and IAF chiefs on Saturday, Lt General Praveen Bakshi made it clear he had no intention of r… Read More
2017-01-02 05:53
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is quoted as saying in a New Year's message that his country's development of banned long-range missiles is in "final stages."Read more » Read More
2017-01-01 04:05
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC on Saturday took over as the 25th Chief of the Air Staff at a ceremony held at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan).Read more » Read More
2017-01-01 04:01
The Indian Army chief, General Dalbir Singh, retired today after 43 years in service and will shortly hand over charge to his successor, General Bipin Rawat.Read more » Read More
2017-01-01 03:53
by Khaled AhmedGeneral Riaz’s invitation to India to join CPEC is conditional on India calling off its Afghan proxy warriors mobilised expressly to disrupt CPEC because it “endan… Read More
2017-01-01 03:50
The year is ending, and its being seen as a grim one around the world. A lot of blood was spilt in horrific terror attacks, a despicable reminder of the many foes of the peace process. The a… Read More
2017-01-01 03:42
Iran tested ‘Sayyad-3’ missiles paired with ‘Talash’ homegrown missile system for the first during the on-going military exercise in the southern Persian Gulf provinc… Read More
2017-01-01 03:37
KOLKATA: Putting to rest all speculation about his resignation, Eastern Army Commander Lt. Gen. Praveen Bakshi today assured full support to General Bipin Rawat, who took charge as the new A… Read More
2017-01-01 03:29
ISLAMABAD: The US has slapped sanctions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country's missile program, a media report said today.Read more » Read More
2017-01-01 03:25
NEW DELHI: New Army chief General Bipin Rawat and Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa on Saturday took over as the chiefs of the two services, with outgoing General Dalbi… Read More
2017-01-01 03:22
CHENNAI: The trial run of India's first 700 MW pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) coming up at Kakrapar is expected to take place in mid-2017, said a senior official of the Nuclear Power… Read More
2016-12-31 09:55
NEW DELHI: The US has now proposed joint development and production of futuristic military helicopters as well as infantry combat vehicles in the first such big-ticket programmes under the D… Read More
2016-12-31 09:49
A decade ago, a far-sighted navy chief, Admiral Arun Prakash, posted his most talented engineering officer, Commander CD Balaji, to develop the Naval Tejas fighter at the Aeronautical Develo… Read More
2016-12-31 09:28
Nellore: The Year 2016 turned out to be most successful year for the Isro that it had registered nine successful launches for the first time including two experimental launches pertaining to… Read More
2016-12-31 07:19
By Hemant Kumar RoutBHUBANESWAR: With successful flight testing of longest range nuclear capable Inter-Continental Range Ballistic Missile Agni-V, trials of submarine-launched long ballistic… Read More
2016-12-31 07:17
HIGHLIGHTSIntel estimates number of Indians battling it out as foreign fighters in IS territory is between 40 and 50Agency fears that upon returning home, they may plan “lone wolf&rdqu&hell…Read More
2016-12-31 07:12
One of the fisherman released from a Pakistan jail has claimed that inmates were “beaten up” on several occasions in the aftermath of the surgical strikes conducted by India acro… Read More
2016-12-31 07:10
India and the UAE are expected to ink a ‘strategic agreement’ next month to elevate their relationship to a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’, providing for great… Read More
2016-12-31 07:08
NEW DELHI: Criticizing Beijing’s move to block India’s proposal to list Pathankot terror attack mastermind and chief of JeM Masood Azhar as a designated terrorist by the UN, New… Read More
2016-12-31 07:05
SRINAGAR: Sixty years after it was adopted, the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir is set to correct an apparent oversight and answer a fundamental question: Is Jammu and Kashmir a secular s… Read More
2016-12-31 07:02
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s latest stealth frigate was entered service on December 29.By Franz-Stefan GadyThe People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned a n… Read More
2016-12-31 06:56
Pathankot (January 2, 2016)A day after the new year began in 2016, a heavily armed group attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force, on… Read More
2016-12-31 06:50
BEIJING: China hopes for better ties with India in 2017 by resolving differences over India's admission into elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and listing of Jaish chief Masood Azhar as a… Read More
2016-12-31 06:47
Even without a sanctioned government project for the Agni-6, it seems inevitable that the Agni-5, over the next few years, would organically evolve into an ICBM with improved technologies an… Read More
2016-12-31 06:39
Kolkata: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) will deliver 100 warships to the Navy in February-March 2017 and become the first shipbuilding yard of the country to do so, a… Read More
2016-12-31 06:36
Year End Review: Indian Space Research OrganizationAn unprecedented seven missions launched, all successful: Successful maiden test flights of Reusable Launch Vehicle and SCRAMJETRead more … Read More
2016-12-31 06:25
WASHINGTON -- Raytheon has received a $207.9 million contract to produce Stinger missiles and supporting equipment for foreign military sales to Qatar, India and Italy.Read more » Read More
2016-12-31 06:23
As many as 1,000 bodies of freedom activists have been found in Baluchistan in the last five years, according to figures shared by Pakistan’s Federal Ministry of Human Rights, BBC repo… Read More
2016-12-31 06:21
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Foreign Office has rejected a new formula for evaluation of the candidature of non-Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) states for the Nuclear Suppliers Groups (NSG) membersh… Read More
2016-12-31 06:10
China has again blocked India’s bid to get the UN to list Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a terrorist, provoking an angry reaction from New Delhi which said it reflected “… Read More
2016-12-31 06:08
Russia Is Believed To Have Supplied The First Batch of Four Su-35 Fighters To ChinaAccording to a Russian web resource, Komcity, “In accordance with the signed contract earlier this ye… Read More
2016-12-31 06:05
Pakistan's Chasma Nuclear Power Station built by ChinaChina continues to invest in building close economic and trade cooperation with its Asian neighbors. In addition, Beijing is seeking to… Read More
2016-12-31 05:59
Russia has completed development of a new mobile anti-drone warfare complex, ‘Repellent’ to destroy miniature enemy drones.Read more » Read More
2016-12-31 05:58
Russia’s Sukhoi PAK-FA, a fifth-generation fighter jet, will enter service with the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2017.Read more » Read More
2016-12-31 05:57
Central security agencies have alerted defence and security personnel against the malicious activity of a virus, falsely bearing the name of elite organisations like NDA and NIA, that may br… Read More
2016-12-30 07:12
NEW DELHI: A draft proposal for accepting new members into the Nuclear Suppliers Group may have boosted India's chances while requiring Pakistan to take additional steps to engage in civil n… Read More
2016-12-30 07:08
Can Pakistan's release of Indian fishermen as a 'goodwill' gesture on Christmas day be the first, faint signs of a thaw at the end of a year that began with a jihadi attack on the Pathankot… Read More
2016-12-30 07:06
by Ajay BanerjeeIndia LeadsIndia is the leader with 50 years of experience in operating sea-borne aircraft carriers while Japan, for the first time since World War-II, has made flat-deck war… Read More
2016-12-30 07:00
India’s indigenously developed 155-mm/52-calibre towed artillery gun, called the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), has successfully completed “engineering trials&rdquo&hell…Read More
2016-12-30 06:59
Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft currently in service is said to last for another 30-40 years in operation, IAF Chief Arup Raha said.Read more » Read More
2016-12-30 06:57
India is likely to introduce prototype of indigenously developed TEJAS light combat aircraft's advanced version in 2019.Read more » Read More
2016-12-30 06:52
by Rezaul H LaskarThe Afghanistan government said on Thursday that the Afghan people alone can decide on removing Taliban leaders from UN sanctions lists, rejecting a call by China, Russia a… Read More
2016-12-30 06:45
Behind the grim toll 2016 has inflicted on Indian soldiers and police personnel in Kashmir lies one, little-noticed fact: Almost half of the 87 fatalities, the worst since 2009, can be attri… Read More
2016-12-30 06:43
NEW DELHI: Attempting to break the ice, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has wished speedy recovery to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who underwent a kidney transplant recently… Read More
2016-12-30 06:40
Tightening its grip on Lashkar-e- Tayyiba, the US State Department on Wednesday (28 December) designated the terror outfit’s student branch Al-Muhammadia as a terrorist organisation.Re… Read More
2016-12-30 06:35
Indian Air Force has made its Advance Landing Ground at Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh operational. The Tuting ALG had been abandoned after 1962-war with China.by Jugal R Purohit HighlightsIAF… Read More
2016-12-30 06:31
Data collected from multiple government sources shows that it is for the first time since 2011 that there has been a significant drop in transgressions from the Chinese side into India.Highl… Read More
2016-12-30 06:22
The Pakistan Army on Thursday fired at Indian positions on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said in Jammu.Read more » Read More
2016-12-30 06:20
Pakistan’s former army chief General (Retd) Raheel Sharif is expected to be appointed defence advisor of a Saudi Arabia-led military alliance of 39 countries, according to a media repo… Read More
2016-12-30 06:17
Jammu: Separatist leader Masrat Alam was Thursday rearrested by police immediately after his release following an order of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.Read more » Read More
2016-12-30 06:13
Mexico and Bolivia are expected to seek help from India to build and launch satellites, officials in the two countries said, in a sign of ISRO's widening footprintRead more » Read More
2016-12-30 06:09
The biggest deal to be struck during 2016 was the one for 36 Rafale fighter jets for 7.8 bn EurosSigning of long-pending deals including one for Rafale fighters, a logistics agreement with t… Read More
2016-12-30 06:06
Lanba succeeded outgoing IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha.Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Thursday took over the baton of the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee (CoSC) from out… Read More
2016-12-30 06:04
by Karamatullah K GhoriThere’s a time-tested adage, universally valid, with no shelf life, saying very simply, that a wise enemy is preferable to an unwise friend.Read more » Read More
2016-12-30 06:02
BANGALORE: After successfully launching a satellite developed by students with the help of ISRO, PES University has now bagged another project from Defence Research and Development Organizat… Read More
2016-12-30 06:00
Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa claimed on Thursday that India was now “silent” on growing Chinese influence in the island nation but the neighbour country w… Read More
2016-12-30 05:57
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said it wants to "amicably" resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, with India even as it underlined that no country can unilaterally revoke the In… Read More
2016-12-30 05:42
A pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution imaging satellites, SuperView-1 01 and SuperView-1 02 launched by China on Wednesday, are currently deemed to be problematic as the two main payloads did… Read More
2016-12-30 05:40
The outgoing year saw no full-scale escalation of the territorial dispute over the South China Sea, but the tense situation remains unresolved, Russian expert Anton Tsvetov told Sputnik Chin… Read More
2016-12-28 16:42
A worsening of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), the signing of a $8.9-billion (Rs 60,520 crore) deal for French Rafale fighter jets, and new deals for artillery were among… Read More
2016-12-28 16:29
Underlining that the teeth of any air force is the combat fleet, Raha said that the country needs another production line besides the Tejas.Read more » Read More
2016-12-28 16:26
In 2016, India overtook Saudi Arabia and Russia to become one of the top five defence spenders for the first time, says Jane’s Defense Budget report by IHS Markit.Read more » Read More
2016-12-28 08:37
The Navy has begun the process of restoring guided missile frigate INS Betwa that tipped over while it was being undocked at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai early this month. Two people were ki… Read More
2016-12-28 08:33
NEW DELHI: India is hoping for more clarity on its bid for a United Nations ban against Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar when China’s "technical hold" blocking the move at the UN Se… Read More
2016-12-28 06:42
A US-based arms control organisation has claimed that the draft proposal for admitting new members into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) paves the way for India’s entry but leaves Pak… Read More
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