Lashkar behind Jalalabad attack, Afghans tell India
Trained militants belonging to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba were behind the attack aimed at the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on August 3, the Jalalabad police commissioner told Amar Sinha, Indias ambassador to Afghanistan, in an official...
Last rites of five Army jawans held with military honours
Amid heart-rending scenes, the mortal remains of five army jawans killed by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) were on Thursday consigned to flames with full military honours in their respective villages in Bihar and...
BSF, Pak Rangers exchange sweets on Eid
ATTARI: Exchange of sweets and pleasantries between officials of Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers on the occasion of Eid at Attari international border has not gone down well with many especially in the wake of recent killing of 5 Indian...
Army chief pulls up top commanders at LoC after Pak attack
NEW DELHI: Army chief Gen Bikram Singh has pulled up the commanders of formations deployed in Poonch sector at line of control in the wake of two major raids by the Pakistan army special troops ion Indian territory in the last eight...
Indian, Chinese troops exchange beer, rasgullas after face-off in Sikkim
NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops had a face-off in Sikkim earlier this week which, however, ended in a friendly exchange of beer and rasgullas.
The face-off happened near the Tangkar La pass at the height of over...
India requests 145 Howitzers at $885 mn from US
The US Department of Defense has notified the Congress the sale of 145 state-of-the-art 155mm towed Howitzers to India worth about USD 885 million. The Indian Government has requested a sale of 145 M777 155mm light-weight towed Howitzers...
Retaliation against Pakistan is warranted
The time window to retaliate against the Pakistani castration and beheading of three Indian soldiers earlier this year or killing of five brave soldiers in Poonch this week does not elapse if a month or year has passed. In fact, the time, place...
Tamil Nadu to get 100MW more from Kudankulam plant
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will get an additional 100MW of electricity from unit 1 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant when generation begins, said Union power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Electricity from unit 1...
India to launch first indigenous aircraft carrier 'INS Vikrant'
KOCHI: If there is a constant factor in the history of great powers, it is their naval capabilities unparalleled in their period of dominance. This has especially been so since wood and sails were replaced by steel and steam...
Scrap With IAF Aside, HAL Trainer Development Throttles Up
It's been a rough couple of weeks for HAL. Then again, they deserve a kick in the rear every now and then. Their well-known scrap with the IAF chief apart, the company is depending on the MoD, its parent government ministry, to...
Hurdles to BrahMos Export
When CEO and Managing Director of the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace A. Sivathanu Pillai told reporters that fourteen countries have already expressed interest in buying different modifications of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, But it will...
India names envoys to US, Russia and China
NEW DELHI: India is preparing to send its top diplomats to three key capitals in a sign that the PM has returned to concentrating on foreign policy.
S Jaishankar, currently India's ambassador to Beijing, is likely to be the new Indian envoy to...
DRDO has developed chilli-spray for womens self-defence: Antony
Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday informed that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a chilli-spray for protection using the worlds hottest chilli grown in Assam.
Defence...
INS Vikrant, first Indian-made aircraft carrier, enters water next week
The first aircraft carrier to be made within India, the INS Vikrant, will be launched on August 12 at the Kochi shipyard. With its debut, India will become just the fifth country in the world to build aircraft...
INS Vikramaditya will serve Navy for 30 years
For all the debates over its price, utility and delay in induction, aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is sure to serve the Navy for at least 30 years, says a senior technical officer of the Navy.
The entry of the Vikramaditya marks a...
LoC killings: Should India have its defence minister from north
Bangalore, Aug 7: The conduct of the Indian leadership in the wake of the killings of the Indian soldiers is not only farcical, it is even more dangerous than our hostile neighbour's sinister designs. We have a violation of...