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‘IAF surgical strike details post 26/11 leaked’
7 April 2015 5:52 AM ISTA presentation was made about a surgical strike across the border by the IAF. Two days later, surveillance by India showed that Pakistan armed forces,...
Navy and Air Force join hands to rescue Indians stranded in Yemen
3 April 2015 5:12 AM ISTIndian Navy and the Indian Air Force are set to play a major role in the rescue of stranded Indians – about 3500 in number – in Yemen, in West Asia....
Love thy neighbour
25 March 2015 4:10 AM ISTIn the relationship between India and Bangladesh, the latter has for long been a giver. India, meanwhile, has been a taker. When Bangladesh Prime...
Chinese do not have military bases in Pak, Lanka: Parrikar
22 March 2015 4:56 AM ISTThe defence minister’s statement in Parliament on Friday negated that information. However, the defence ministry stated that the government “is aware...
Parrikar defends his Pak boat version
18 March 2015 6:17 AM ISTThe boat that Indian Coast Guard (ICG) had trailed off the coast of Porbandar in Gujarat on 31st December, and had eventually sought to board, for...
Jaishankar, Gupta frame factors for Indo-US ties
17 March 2015 7:21 AM ISTWhile Jaishankar stated that ”There is substantial shared interest (with the US),” but a tendency to “overstate developments,” Gupta was more...
Has AAP become like any other party?
13 March 2015 2:55 AM ISTLeadership is tricky business. It puts a person at the summit of a mountain, from where you can only go down. To stay at that height, you require...
Army’s air defence wing set for modern makeover
5 March 2015 5:34 AM ISTThe army’s air defence (AAD) wing is undergoing a long awaited modernisation and rejig – an exercise that remained stalled since 1990s. For a starter,...
Armed forces cheer 9.46% hike in defence budget
1 March 2015 5:38 AM ISTThe revised estimate (RE) of the defence budget 2014-15 was uncharacteristically lower by about Rs 13,000 crores than the budget estimate (BE) of Rs...
19 ‘strategic roads’ at Sino-India border completed: Parrikar
28 Feb 2015 6:30 AM ISTNineteen roads with total length of 625 kilometres have been completed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at the Sino-Indian border. This was...
Till January, 2015, govt cleared 251 defence-industrial licences
25 Feb 2015 6:21 AM ISTTill January, 2015, the central government has sanctioned 251 defence-industrial licences to covering 150 companies. Of them, 49 licenced companies...
For a sane coalition in Jammu and Kashmir
24 Feb 2015 2:56 AM ISTAfter a three-month hiatus, the people of Jammu and Kashmir will have a government in Srinagar. In all likelihood, that government will be a coalition...