Defence & Security

NEW DELHI: Amidst national outrage over mutilation of two Indian soldiers' bodies, Indian Army’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen AK Bhatt on Tuesday spoke on hotline to his Pakistani counterpart, conveying grave concern over the Indian patrol...

NEW DELHI: India on Monday strongly condemned the Pakistan Army's barabaric act of mutilating the bodies of two Indian soldiers in the Krishna Ghati sector, vowing an appropriate response from the Indian Army.   In a stern statement, Defence Minister...

MOSCOW: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday conveyed India's strong solidarity with Russia in the wake of the recent terror attack in St Petersburg, he said the scourge of terrorism remains the primary security challenge for all peaceful countries. Having...

Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as new DG of CRPF. He is currently serving as Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau  (NCB) - an ADG rank post which has temporarily been upgraded to a Special DG rank. Rajiv...

NEW DELHI: India joined the club of select few nations as the Navy today successfully fired the BrahMos Land attack supersonic cruise missile from a ship. This variant of Long Range BrahMos missile was fired from Indian Naval Ship Teg, a...

New Delhi : As the Modi government continues to accord high priority to its  “Make in India” flagship programme, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today welcomed the U.K.’s interest in manufacturing in India as evidenced by recent MoUs between companies of...

New Delhi: Almost all governments are under pressure to give VIP security protection to politicians and high-profile persons. The present NDA government has doled out VIP security cover to nearly 300 persons, often seen as a status symbol by several...

As the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday and teams of DRDO and HAL rejoiced, there were scientists and allied workers CSIR's National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in Bengaluru...

BANGALORE: The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fits with the needs of the Indian Navy and the U.S. Defence major is keen to go through the route of "Make in India" for building a world-class industrial facility which can produce aircraft...

Airbus Defence & Space, Europe's top defence and space enterprise, sees Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" programme as a long-term "vision" which will yield fruits in years to come. "This rule is fixed by the Prime Minister. We...