J’khand carrot & stick policy weans villagers from Maoism

By: Sapna Singh At a time when Naxals’ influence has been confined to a few pockets in the bordering areas of Jharkhand, police officers deployed in these areas are still finding it difficult to wean villagers from Naxal ideologies, but ...

Govt to celebrate 2nd anniversary of surgical strike from Sept 28

In what it could be called as showcasing the capability of Indian Army to go beyond the border and carry out its operations, the government has decided to celebrate 3-day second anniversary of Surgical strike --- conducted against cross border terror...

HAL successfully completes demonstration flight of 10 kg Rotary wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Defence aviation PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) successfully demonstrated flight of a 10 Kg Rotary Wing (Helicopter) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (RUAV) in Bengaluru. HAL in a statement on Friday said the RUAV is powered by a 2-stroke pet...

Army commando martyred, another injured in Kupwara encounter

A soldier was martyred and another was injured  when militants attacked a patrol party in the woods in the frontier district of Kupwara in Kashmir on Wednesday, official sources said. They said security forces launched a search opera...

Shopian encounter: Two militants killed, Army JCO injured

Two militants were killed and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was injured in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian early Tuesday, official sources sa...

Govt sends team abroad to select rifles, carbines for armed forces

The Ministry of Defence has sent a nine-member "empowered committee" headed by an Army brigadier to the US, Australia, South Korea, Israel and UAE to select new assault rifles and battle carbines for the armed forces. "A 9-member empowered...