New Delhi: A group of pro-democracy activists and human rights defenders have called for the United Nations and its institutions that are currently kept in shackles by Beijing to free themselves and support democracy in China.As Communist China celeb...
New Delhi: Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Air Marshal Vikram Singh has taken over as Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters Western Air Command (WAC).He was commissioned into the fighter stream on December 21, 1984, an IAF spokesperson said.The Air M...
New Delhi: Expressing concern over resumption of hostilities in the Nagarno-Karabakh region of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, India on Thursday urged them to keep restraint and take all possible steps to maintain peace at the border.During his virtua...
New Delhi: Hitting back at Indian Army’s internal report that held faulty ammunition led to deaths and injuries of troops, state-owned production firm Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) on Wednesday said the accidents could also be because of &...
New Delhi: Offsets will not be applicable in three categories, including inter-government agreement, government-to-government (G2G) deal and single-vendor, a senior official in the defence ministry said on Monday.The official said the policy has not ...
An Indian Army soldier training with a Sig Sauer rifle.New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, on Monday, approved the purchase of another 72,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles for the Indian Army from the United States. The deal is worth ₹780 cr...
INS VikrantThe fascinating story of INS Vikrant’s role in bringing the 1971 war to a conclusion in India’s favour.Heating the iron1971 was an eventful year for the Indian subcontinent. In this year, Amitabh Bachchan got his first Filmfare...
Ajit Doval.New Delhi: After the Pakistani side used a fictitious map as a backdrop for its representative depicting sovereign Indian territories as part of Pakistan, India’s national security adviser, Ajit Doval, protested and left the mee...
FDI inflows of over Rs 3454 crore have been reported so farNew Delhi: In May, 2001, the Defence Industry sector, which was hitherto reserved for the public sector, was opened up to 100 per cent for Indian private sector participation, with Foreign Di...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (File Pic)New Delhi: India will attend the meeting of Council of foreign ministers (CFM) of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for the third as a full member, to be held in Moscow on September 9-10.External...