Monday 11 September '06
Six years after the Kargil Review Committee recommended a comprehensive review of the special clothing provided to Army troops deployed in Siachen...Monday 28 August '06
The first-ever Dalit national conference kicked off here today with a call to bring backward communities into the mainstream...Friday
25 August '06The IAF is keeping close tabs on the recent arrival of a much-hushed Chinese aircraft prototype at the Chaklala airbase in North Pakistan.Saturday
19 August '06When Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi lands in the US tomorrow for a ten-day tour, the Pentagon will tell him that one of the immediate needs for the Indian Air Force...Wednesday
9 August '06With plans to build channels, that will stop Visakhapatnam’s navy-controlled airport from being inundated by rainwater year after year...Sunday
6 August '06Two Indian firms blacklisted on Friday by the US for allegedly supplying chemicals used to make weapons of mass destruction...Saturday
5 August '06The discovery of what is considered a military establishment in China’s Northern plains by a Google Earth user from Germany has kicked up a storm on the Net’s strategic forums.Friday
4 August '06A team from Russia’s Sukhoi Design Bureau and Irkut gave a detailed classified presentation to the Defence Ministry on Thursday on its fifth generation fighter concept...Wednesday
2 August '06With the killing of four ULFA militants last night in an encounter in the Arara village of Assam’s Nalbari district, the army’s Tezpur-based 4 Corps...Friday
28 July '06Ministry pushes the pace to lift minuscule pvt sector participation, says it expects $10 bn offsets in 11th PlanThursday
27 July '06The Women Special Entry Scheme, till now the only route through which women could join the Army...Sunday
23 July '06Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett belonged to a time in rock few can now reconcile withMonday
10 July '06In anticipation of a possible government decision to formally establish the IAF’s involvement in counter-insurgency operations...Tuesday
27 June '06With the new Russian MiG-29K fighter set to make its first flight in three months, the Navy, the aircraft’s first customer...Sunday
25 June '06The Army’s inexplicable delay in implementing a 10-month-old Cabinet decision to bring women through the Short Service Commission...Sunday
25 June '06For first time, Govt decides to get Army and forest staff to work together to crack down on poaching in reserves, Sanctuary Task Force to be set upFriday
23 June '06Nine months after the UPA government pulled back the Indian Army from the Tinsukia forests in Assam in the midst of an operation against ULFA...Sunday
18 June '06Days before the Indian and Chinese governments open up Nathula, one Army porter of Village Yakla, just 16-km from the frontier with Tibet, is already on a nostalgic trip.Sunday
18 June '06With the reopening of Nathula, Sikkim will become the gateway to trade between India and China and potential regional integration. But the hill state is as much to clear the political and social issues at home as the granite on the highway to trade, reports Shiv AroorSaturday
3 June '06Is the Indian Air Force adequately protected on the ground against air attacks? The answer, according to the Defence Ministry itself, is ‘No’.Saturday
27 May '06After two days of official level parleys on the disputed Sir Creek area issue, India and Pakistan have decided to conduct a joint survey of the area by March 2007.Thursday
18 May '06During Royal Navy Chief Admiral Sir Jonathon Band’s three-day trip here starting May 27, Admiral Arun Prakash is expected to convey his deep consternation...Thursday
18 May '06With the Special Forces still making do with underpowered assault rifles, it is finally clear why there has been such inordinate delay...Saturday
13 May '06Advancing joint military training to yet another level, a company of the US Marine Corps will be in India for the first time, to take part in Shatrujeet...Saturday
6 May '06Colombo might have turned to Pakistan with a comprehensive list of weapons and other military hardware it wants to procure after India kept it waiting, but the UPA Government seems in no hurry to change the status quo.
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