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Indian army to continue further fortification of LAC
7 May 2013 5:54 PM ISTWhile a large number of questions remain unanswered at the end of the three-week long military stand-off between India and China on a stretch of icy...
China crisis: CCS summons Army chief, chooses more diplomacy
2 May 2013 7:32 AM ISTIt met at the Prime Minister’s residential office Wednesday and summoned the Indian Army chief, General Bikram Singh, on the Chinese incursion by the...
Indo-Pacific theatre spilling over to Ladakh?
1 May 2013 7:17 AM ISTThere is a distinct sense of unease within the higher echelons of the armed forces with the Prime Minister endorsing the concept of ‘Indo-Pacific’...
Flagging it: Is Indian army toning down Chinese heat?
26 April 2013 7:27 AM ISTUnlike in the last few days, on Thursday Indian Army appeared to have settled down to the line of managing the Chinese incursion at the ‘tactical’...
Redefining secularism
23 April 2013 5:14 AM ISTRegis Debray, Che Guevara’s biographer, friend, a journalist, and one, who was present with him when the Bolivian death squads – backed by the CIA –...
Will IAF get to fly Rafale
17 April 2013 6:54 AM ISTThe much talked-about – in the normally cloistered defence sector circles – stall in the contract negotiations between the defence ministry and the...
LiveWire completion spells out success story of IAF
16 April 2013 6:46 AM ISTConcluding two Indian Air Force (IAF) exercises, Iron Fist and Live Wire, the top brass of the forces have come to the conclusion that ‘perhaps the...
IAF-led multi-agency plan for 24x7 security on anvil
11 April 2013 6:14 AM ISTA multi-agency plan, that includes the armed forces, especially the air force, is on the anvil to provide 24x7x365 security coverage to seven cities...
Race to the Racecourse
8 April 2013 5:52 AM ISTIf one can convey time in spatial magnitude, one can say the 3,000 km steeplechase that can be called a general election in India, is just about...
Army readies for Indo-US military exercise in May
6 April 2013 8:23 AM ISTA contingent of the Indian Army, including 30-odd para commandos will be flying to California, the USA next month (May, 2013) to take part in this...
Scourge of Indian journalism?
28 March 2013 5:04 AM ISTPress Council chief, Markandey Katju, a Kashmiri Pundit by birth, shares his name with the sage of the Puranic times, who sought the truth amidst a...
ISAF plans to leave Afghanistan via Iran
25 March 2013 7:55 AM ISTAs the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) plans to leave Afghanistan, New Delhi is telling...