Defence general
Army rolls our Rs40,000-cr arms procurement plan
30 Oct 2017
20 IAF planes land, take off from highway in unique exercise
24 Oct 2017
The IAF exercise, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh government, is the first on an expressway
Indigenous stealth corvette INS Kiltan set to patrol Indian Ocean
16 Oct 2017
The Kiltan is India’s first major warship to have a superstructure of carbon fibre composite, resulting in improved stealth features, lower top weight and lower maintenance costs, it said
Bhutan discusses Doklam situation with China in Delhi
14 Oct 2017
Bhutan has never in the past accepted China's claim over Doklam, and in fact raised the issue of its sovereignty over the area in each of the over 20 rounds of boundary talks it has had with China
Mattis wants Indian troops in Afghanistan, but India won’t budge
26 Sep 2017
The two countries, however, vowed to jointly take action against militant groups operating from Pakistan that target India and neighbouring Afghanistan
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