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Russia to replace S-300 with Vityaz air defence systems

20 Aug 2011

Russia stops production of legendary S-300 anti-missile systems

20 Aug 2011

123 Hawk advanced jet trainers to be delivered by 2016: MoD

18 Aug 2011

Washington mulling finance of PoK dam project

17 Aug 2011

China to spend $1.8bn on exploiting Tibetan hydro resources

17 Aug 2011

Pipavav Defence to buy 51 % stake in ship design services firm

13 Aug 2011

Retrofitted Chinese aircraft carrier starts sea trials

10 Aug 2011

ISA approves China exploration bid in Indian Ocean

03 Aug 2011

Germany seeks urgent UNSC meet on Syria as India starts presidency

01 Aug 2011

Germany has requested that the UN Security Council meet Monday to discuss the worsening situation in Syria, even as India takes over rotating presidency of the Council after a gap of 19 years.

India confirms $2.4bn deal for Mirage 2000 fighter upgrade

30 Jul 2011

Admiral Nirmal Verma now heads chiefs of staff committee

30 Jul 2011

US military top brass warn against defence cuts

28 Jul 2011

The unrelenting pace of military combat over the past decade has taken a substantial toll in terms of wear and tear across all wings of the armed services, leaving them at near breaking point

US seeks bilateral consultations on terror financing

28 Jul 2011

Eurocopter India, Mahindra Group announce JV

27 Jul 2011

India assumes presidency of UN Security Council in August

27 Jul 2011

Pakistan obstructs US embassy staff movements into Peshawar

25 Jul 2011

Despite row Iran supplied India more oil in June

21 Jul 2011

Despite all the moaning over unpaid bills, Iran actually supplied more oil to India in June - up 14 per cent over May - according to a report.

Bhakra Dam high on terrorist hit-list, warns IB

16 Jul 2011

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 JSF programme budget overshoots by $1.5bn

15 Jul 2011

Social media turns Good Samaritan to help Mumbai blasts affected

15 Jul 2011

Pentagon disclosses highest data loss in March cyber attack

15 Jul 2011

The Pentagon yesterday revealed that a cyber attack launched by an unnamed foreign government earlier this year had caused the largest ever loss of sensitive data

Suicide attack a possibility in Mumbai blasts

14 Jul 2011

  • The government has not ruled out the possibility of the involvement of a suicide bomber in the Mumbai serial blasts, Home Secretary RK Singh has said. According to Singh, the director general of the NSG has said that a body with circuitry embedded in it has been found from near an explosion site.
  • PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced ex-gratia assistance of Rs2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased in Wednesday's terror attack and also Rs1 lakh each for the seriously injured.

Red Alert: multiple explosions in Mumbai

13 Jul 2011

A quick intelligence assessment of the Wednesday bomb blasts in Mumbai by global intelligence analysis group Stratfor

Serial blasts in Mumbai

13 Jul 2011

Devas Multimedia seeks international arbitration on Antrix deal

11 Jul 2011

Controversial space-services related firm, Devas Multimedia, has approached the International Court of Arbitration seeking restoration of its contract with ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix.