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Gorshkov looms but India, Russia continue business
11 Oct 2012 7:39 AM ISTDefence minister, AK Antony and his Russian counterpart, AE Serdyukov, met Wednesday for the 12th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-governmental...
India, Russia seek clear millitary path
10 Oct 2012 5:53 AM ISTSergei Lavrov, Russian defence minister’s day-long visit to the country’s capital Wednesday, is not an issue of concern to either side of South Block...
Antony steps up coastal security plans
9 Oct 2012 6:34 AM ISTThe Supreme Court Monday refused to interfere with the military training imparted to Sri Lankan army and air force personnel in India. Justice Aftab...
IAF plans to watch Maoists day and night
6 Oct 2012 8:02 AM ISTThe India Against Corruption [IAC] activists-turned-politicians Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan created a political storm on Friday when they...
Track II Indo-Pak teams try to bridge the gulf
4 Oct 2012 6:28 AM ISTA Track II military CBMs [confidence building measures] initiative of top former armed forces officers and diplomats of India and Pakistan ended the...
Because history does not end abruptly
2 Oct 2012 7:17 AM ISTThe man who helped us recognise the 19th century and even much of the 20th century could not beat the eventual call by nature to end the innings. Eric...
She who does the unthinkable
2 Oct 2012 3:14 AM ISTIt is often difficult to like Mamata Banerjee as a political leader. But you have to give it to her that she knows she belonged to the class of urban...
Track II finds a path to Siachen solution
1 Oct 2012 5:40 AM ISTA Track II proposal on dealing with the Siachen problem has been suggested by an Indo-Pak joint committee recently in Lahore. The committee was...
Neither friend, nor foe, China is just a ‘competitor’
27 Sept 2012 6:18 AM IST'Indian army does not consider Chinese People’s Liberation Army to be an “enemy”. But, it considers the PLA and China itself as a “peer competitor”.'...
Confusion reigns on Armed Forces concession
26 Sept 2012 7:08 AM ISTConfusion reigned supreme on Tuesday after the Union Cabinet of Ministers promulgated on Monday what was considered to be ‘major concessions.’ on the...
Siliguri Corridor needs country’s attention, tanks or no tanks
26 Sept 2012 6:13 AM ISTThe army is not sure of the efficacy of deploying full armoured brigades on the Line of Actual Control [LAC] that stretches across the frontier of...
So-called pillar of Indian economy
20 Sept 2012 3:07 AM ISTIf courage is exemplified by putting the common people to distress, then surely Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a courageous man. If political risk...