Helsinki, Sep 14 (IANS) Finnish President Sauli Niinisto denied that Finland and Ukraine had agreed on increasing the military cooperation during a press conference aired by Finnish national television. International media on Thursday quoted the…
Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi to deliver its surface-to-air Akash missile systems to seven more squadrons of the…
Gurugram, Sep 13 (IANS) An army man, identified as Rajiv Kumar (35), allegedly committed suicide in the washroom of a hotel, here on Thursday. No Suicide note was found. A resident of Trarpur village under…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 13 (IANS) Indian peacekeeper, Lt Col Gaurav Solanki, died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while trying to rescue a colleague in Lake Kivu, according to the UN…
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) With off-site emergency exercise programme planned for Septemeber 27 at Kalpakkam where several nuclear power facilities are located, the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) on Friday held a training programme for…
Chandigarh, Sep 13 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday hailed the Centre’s decision to scrap the controversial blacklist, which was totally discriminatory towards the Sikh community, in response to the state’s persistent demand…
Udhampur (J&K), Sep 13 (IANS) Amid desperate efforts by Pakistan to push militants into the valley and disturb the calm, Northern Army Commander Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh took stock of security preparedness in Kashmir. Lt….
Udhampur (J&K), Sep 13 (IANS) Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Army Command, visited the Kashmir Valley on Friday to review the prevailing security situation in the region. The Army…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in a heated exchange on the northern bank of Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh but disengaged after holding talks. According to sources, the exchange…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The CISF’s Delhi airport unit has won the top award in an inter-unit competition of the Aviation Security Group (ASG) organised between the months of April and July, it was…
Tripoli, Sep 12 (IANS/AKI) A group of 98 vulnerable refugees was on Thursday airlifted from war-wracked Libya to Italy in the third direct humanitarian evacuation to the country this year, United Nations refugee agency UNHCR…
Kathua, Sep 12 (IANS) A possible terror strike in Kashmir has been foiled by the Jammu and Kashmir police with the seizure of a large cache of arms and ammunition, including 6 AK assault rifles,…
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s statement on Thursday that the Army is prepared for any operation, including retrieving Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) from Pakistan if the government wants…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Army on Thursday began recruitment drives for the first batch of women soldiers, who will be inducted in non-combat roles. Rallies were held in various cantonments including those in…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Pakistan has abstained itself from the SCO’s Military Medicine Conference that kicked off here on Thursday even as it is participating along with India in a joint anti-terror drill that…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Indian Army Chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat said on Thursday that the army is prepared for an operation to retrieve Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) from the clutches of Pakistan, if the government…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) An Indian Army officer, who went missing five days ago during a kayaking trip in Congo’s Lake Kivu, was found dead in Lake Kivu on Thursday, officials said. Lt Col…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Thursday that the armed forces and its medical services have to be on the forefront of combating the threat of bio-terrorism. Singh was…
Hyderabad, Sep 12 (IANS) The immersion of Ganesh idols was underway across Telangana with a mammoth procession in Hyderabad amid tight security on Thursday. More than 50,000 idols, majority of them in Hyderabad and outskirts,…