Team work will restore the pride of Indian Navy: Robin K Dhowan
VISAKHAPATNAM: The new chief of the Indian Navy, Admiral Robin K Dhowan, on Wednesday said that effective team work, diligent training and strict adherence to procedures would restore the pride and prestige of the Indian Navy...
Pak minister's attack on Modi unites Cong, BJP
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: Breaking from their mutual acrimony, the two main national parties -Congress and BJP- joined forces against Pakistan on Wednesday, slamming a statement on Narendra Modi by the Pakistani interior minister.
Pakistani interior...
British Comedian John Oliver Describes the Indian Election and Nails It
We nearly fell off our chair watching this one. The Indian media is fighting for perspective in this general election and who can blame them, when all our politicians can talk about is caste, religion, misogyny and...
BJP plans to lure Facebook, Google, Yahoo if it comes to power
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: The Bharatiya Janata Party has said that if it comes to power it will create a policy environment where companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo will be encouraged to set up servers in India.
An official...
'Encouraged' by Modi's remark, Pak wants to start talks 'quickly'
NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Wednesday said it was "encouraged" after BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's remarks regarding ties with foreign countries and asserted that it was looking forward to a stable government...
India’s Basant Aerospace to Create Service Centre for IAF’s MiG-29s
India’s Basant Aerospace Private Limited has signed two agreements worth $55 million as part of a general offset contract with Air India, according to itar tass.The first contract worth $43 million will allow the...
India, China agree to hold regular peace talks
NEW DELHI: India and China now plan to hold regular meetings among their top operational commanders in tune with the stepped-up military confidence-building measures being implemented to manage and defuse troop face-offs, with both sides...
User Trials of Akash From April 23
In a bid to induct the surface-to-air nuclear capable Akash missile in the armed forces, DRDO is readying to conduct final round user associate trial of the weapon system from April 23 for several days.
Defence sources said this indigenously developed...
'Turbulence probably downed Super Hercules'
Initial findings of a probe into the crash of the Indian Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules on March 28 indicate that it may have gone down due to turbulence caused by another C-130J flying ahead of it, a source told HT.
The four-engine aircraft...
Tanks trundle through Avadi
It may not always be necessary to go to rugged terrain to watch the main battle tank Arjun or the Russian made T-90 tank trundle past majestically.
All it takes is a trip to Avadi. Residents from a cluster of colonies – including Central Reserve Police Force...
Pro-LTTE website claims IAF operating Runway in Northern Srilanka
Pro-LTTE website Tamilnet.com claims that Indian air force and its personnel is operating a Runway constructed by Liberation Tigers of Tami Eezham (LTTE) in Ira’naimadu in Ki’linochchi which has been handed over to the...
Antony Asks Army to Build Cyber Security Capabilities
Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday asked commanders of the Army to build a robust cyber security system, describing it as the new domain of war fighting. He was speaking at the five-day biannual Army Commanders’ Conference that began...
Indian Air Force Doesn’t Want To Wait For Indigenous AWACS Development
NEW DELHI — The Indian Air Force and the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are at odds over development of an airborne warning and control system capability, with DRDO promoting indigenous...
Navy kicks off largest combat exercise with dedicated satellite above
NEW DELHI: With an all-seeing eye 36,000km above the equator, the Navy has kicked off its largest exercise with both the western and eastern fleets amassing in the Bay of Bengal for intensive combat manoeuvres.
"Tropex"...
Delays dog desi defence projects
New Delhi, Feb. 12: Major indigenous defence projects are at least three years behind schedule and some are delayed by as long as seven years, according to information given by defence minister A.K. Antony in Parliament today.
The projects were assigned to...
India's workhorse to launch three satellites for China
ISRO says it plans to launch the three DMC-3 Earth observation satellites from Sriharikota by the year-end or early 2015.
While China has proved its capabilities in building human space flights and lunar missions, it will be an Indian...