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China inducts J-20 stealth fighter, aims at ‘first class’ navy
11 Mar 2017
China has put into service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States
ISIS debuts in India with train blast in Ujjain; suspect killed in encounter
08 Mar 2017
Mohammed Saifullaa, the terror suspect who was holed up in a house in Haji colony of Thakurganj area of Lucknow, was killed in a 12-hour operation by the UP Police’s Anti-Terror Squad
China hikes its defence budget 7% to $152 bn this year
07 Mar 2017
China has hiked its military budget by 7 per cent to $152 billion, about three times higher than India's
Former Pak NSA says Pak terror group carried out 26/11 Mumbai attack
06 Mar 2017
Pakistan's former National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani today admitted that the 10 terrorists who launched attacks across Mumbai on 26 November 2008 were from Pakistan, but said his government had no role in it
India hoists tallest flag near Attari border; Pakistan cries foul
06 Mar 2017
India on Sunday hoisted the tallest tricolour in the country at the Attari border with Pakistan; the 360-foot high flag is tall enough to be spotted from Lahore in Pakistan
INS Viraat retires today: sink or scrap, Navy weighs options
06 Mar 2017
Sinking the Viraat and converting into a tourist attraction for divers is one of the plans being considered for the ship
China offers to trade Aksai Chin for Tawang tract in Arunachal
03 Mar 2017
If India ceded the Tawang tract then China would make concessions in Aksai Chin, a Chinese diplomat told the China-India Dialogue magazine
ISIS fixes its eyes on China, vows ‘rivers of blood’
03 Mar 2017
A new video, purportedly released by ISIS militants from China’s Uighur ethnic minority, shows people including children undergoing training in Iraq, and threatens that Chinese blood will “flow in rivers”
India successfully test-fires short-range interceptor missile
02 Mar 2017
The endo-atmospheric missile, capable of intercepting incoming targets at an altitude of 15 to 25 km destroyed an incoming test missile, successfully meeting all the mission objectives
Army recruitment exam papers leaked; 18 held
27 Feb 2017
Trump vows ‘great military buildup’
25 Feb 2017
President Donald Trump vowed to make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism
India clears Rs17,000-crore missile deal with Israel
25 Feb 2017
Delivery of the first MR-SAM system for the Army, which will have a strike range of up 70 km, will be ready for deployment by 2023
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