Saturday 7 November '09
Yet another Lt Gen has been attached to the Kolkata-based Eastern Command for the ongoing Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the controversial land deal in Darjeeling....Friday 6 November '09
Army top brass has been rocked by another controversy with an inquiry being ordered into alleged irregularities in the construction of a war memorial and renovation of a museum.Thursday
5 November '09A day after the Services team apologised for pulling out of a Ranji Trophy match in Srinagar on security grounds, Minister of State for Defence...Friday
30 October '09A probe indicated that an educational institution posing as an affiliate of Mayo College in Ajmer was close to finalising more deals elsewhere to purchase military land.Thursday
29 October '09In a major embarrassment for India, an indigenously developed helicopter that was sold to Ecuador earlier this year crashed at the military day parade of the country, seriously injuring two pilots....Thursday
29 October '09The probe into a controversial land deal in Darjeeling that has brought some of the seniormost officers of the Army under the scanner....Wednesday
28 October '09An inquiry into a controversial land deal in Darjeeling has brought two of the seniormost Generals under the scanner and has put on hold the appointment of one of them as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff....Tuesday
27 October '09After a tough fight, Indian forces manage to capture Abu Abida, the dreaded warlord who, with the covert support of a neighbouring state....Saturday
24 October '09A suicide bomber riding a bicycle today struck a security checkpoint near a strategic military complex reportedly linked to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme at Kamra near Islamabad....';Wednesday
21 October '09Two months after Defence Minister A K Antony went on a high-profile visit to the Maldives, initiating the process to bring...Monday
19 October '09Traditionally, countries that have sent men into space have chosen Air Force pilots as astronauts. Rakesh Sharma, the only Indian to have travelled to space so far, was also from the Air Force.Friday
16 October '09After a controversy that led to the cancellation of the tender in 2007, the Armed Force’s wait for new light helicopters to replace ageing Cheetah choppers....Wednesday
14 October '09As the Union Home Ministry prepares to launch a massive anti-Maoist drive to take down rebel strongholds across the country after getting the green signal from the Cabinet Committee on Security....Monday
12 October '09The country’s largest counter-insurgency fighting force that has close to one lakh specially trained soldiers is caught in a bind with the government still undecided on giving it a permanent mandate....Monday
12 October '09IN A move that will add even more teeth to its most modern fighter, the Indian Air Force is set to upgrade its fleet of Su-30MKI aircraft in a major modernisation effort....Friday
9 October '09Clearing the air on whether the Air Force has been allowed to fire back at Naxals in case its helicopters come under attack, Defence Minister A K Antony...Wednesday
7 October '09The government may have decided to let Ottavio Quattrocchi off the hook, but the Bofors ghost continues to haunt the armed forces...Friday
2 October '09With Indian Air Force helicopters operating in Naxal-dominated areas coming under attack, IAF Chief P V Naik said on Wednesday...Friday
2 October '09With its entire fleet of basic trainers grounded following a fatal crash in July, the Air Force is seeking to purchase 180 new aircraft...Thursday
1 October '09The Navy is awaiting its new fleet of fighter jets — the first batch of MiG-29 K combat aircraft — set to arrive in Goa in November this year.Tuesday
29 September '09Leaving the US flummoxed, the Indian Navy pulled out of an amphibious exercise with American forces in Japan last week after it failed to get clearance from the Defence Ministry....Tuesday
29 September '09India will get its first set of lethal drones designed to take down high-value targets like missile sites, radars and even senior enemy personnel by 2011....Monday
28 September '09The Indian Air Force’s plan to acquire six new refuelling aircraft to give its fighters extended reach has hit a roadblock with the Finance Ministry questioning....Wednesday
23 September '09A few days before Ilyas Kashmiri — the Pakistani militant who owned up to beheading an Indian Army soldier and killing seven...Tuesday
22 September '09Nine years after a young Indian soldier on duty at the LoC was beheaded, the Pak militant who owned up for the act was reported killed in a US drone strike last week.
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