Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Price was the only issue left to negotiate now in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said…
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said government is reconsidering the denial of the OROP scheme to premature retirees. In an interview to…
New Delhi: Eminent writers attends the Sahitya Akademi Award 2015 in New Delhi on Feb 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) Twenty-four eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages were felicitated…
Siachen: Lance Havildar S Kumar who are trapped at Siachen on Feb 9, 2016. (File Photo: IANS/DPRO) Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) A tearful final farewell was given on Tuesday to four soldiers from Tamil Nadu…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) India on Tuesday test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile from a test range in Odisha. The missile, capable of carrying warheads weighing 500 kg to 1,000 kg, was test-fired…
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Indian national Hamid Nehal Ansari, who went missing after illegally entering Pakistan over three years ago to meet his Pakistani girlfriend, has been jailed for three years for espionage. A military…
Siachen: Havildar Elumalai M who are trapped at Siachen on Feb 9, 2016. (File Photo: IANS/DPRO) Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) Homage was paid to the remains of Havildar Elumalai M, who was buried alive in…
Siachen: Rescue operation underway on the seventh day at Siachen on Feb 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/DPRO) Hyderabad, Feb 15 (IANS) The body of Sepoy Mushtaq Ahmed, who was among the 10 soldiers killed in an…
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) The defence ministry on Monday signed 40-50 MoUs with many global players, including manufacturers of jet aircraft and helicopters, as part of the…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Indian Army’s “command and exit” policy giving priority to infantry and artillery for promotion as colonel, as it asked the government…
Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS) Russia is shipping S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran, the country’s foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said on Monday. “The agreement for the delivery of S-300 systems has been…
Siachen: Rescue operation underway on the seventh day at Siachen on Feb 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/DPRO) New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The bodies of nine Indian soldiers, who were buried alive in an avalanche on…
Visakhapatnam: Naval ships of participating countries during the inauguration of the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Anjali Ojha Visakhapatnam, Feb 14 (IANS) A boat or the sea doesn’t…
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday announced Rs.5 lakh for the family of Sepoy Mushtaq Ahmed, who was among soldiers killed in an avalanche in Siachen Glacier last week. Chief Minister N….
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A group of retired servicemen have decided to return their degrees to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over ongoing anti-national activities taking place inside the campus, a statement said on Saturday….
Siachen: Rescue operation underway on the seventh day at Siachen on Feb 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/DPRO) New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The bodies of nine soldiers who died in the avalanche in Siachen’s Sonam post…
Siachen: Rescue operation underway on the seventh day at Siachen on Feb 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/DPRO) With the death of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad and nine of his comrades, India has lost nearly one soldier…
Paradip (Odisha), Feb 12 (IANS) On its farewell journey on the east coast, Indian navy’s aircraft carrier INS Viraat made a call at the Paradip port in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. Set to retire soon,…
Hubli (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with other ministers pay their last respect to Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad in Betadoor village in Hubli, Karnataka, on Feb 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Dharwad (Karnataka), Feb 12 (IANS)…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) An Indian American danseuse has been nominated for 2016 US Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honours for high school students. Pavithra Nagarajan from California is one…