Defence general

07 Sep 2015

05 Sep 2015

05 Sep 2015

Ex-servicemen have decided to continue their agitation over the one-rank, one-pay agitation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, as most of the critical conditions, they say, remain unmet

05 Sep 2015

Announcing the decision at a press conference in New Delhi in the afternoon, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said the OROP policy will cost the exchequer Rs10,000 crore a year

05 Sep 2015

Intelligence reports say terrorists using paragliders as well as unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned aircraft systems could launch attacks on Indian cities

04 Sep 2015

04 Sep 2015

The new pension formula will kick in from July 2014 and use 2013 as the base year for calculations, but will stick to a five year reset clause for veterans and 10 years for civilians

04 Sep 2015

04 Sep 2015

Mumbai’s administrators need to be on their toes – insurance giant Lloyds says it has $8 billion at risk from terrorist attacks, and another $1.92 billion from power outages

03 Sep 2015

The proposed troop reduction, the forth since the start of a modernisation drive in the 80s, however, is not an olive branch, but a sign of the growing technological sophistication of its armed forces

31 Aug 2015

29 Aug 2015

Boeing's lase cannon addresses a new threat in commercial drones doubling up as carriers of explosives or chemical weapons

28 Aug 2015

28 Aug 2015

28 Aug 2015

This is the second project that the Russian government has awarded to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group after the Pipavav deal

28 Aug 2015

Pakistan has 120 nuclear warheads against India’s 100, and could outstrip some of the recognized nuclear powers in 10 years. But this strategy is self-defeating, says a study

27 Aug 2015

25 Aug 2015

25 Aug 2015

The art and architecture of Palmyra, standing at the crossroads of several civilizations, has been a symbol of the complexity and wealth of the Syrian identity and history

24 Aug 2015

Pakistan’s NSA, who pulled out of the talks to avoid facing unpalatable evidence of Pakistan harbouring traitors like Dawood Ibrahim, now says that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is acting like a regional superpower

22 Aug 2015

22 Aug 2015

22 Aug 2015

Having failed to meet J&K separatists, Islamabad now insists on meeting them as a pre-condition for talks in New Delhi on Sunday and Monday

22 Aug 2015

Any war between North and South Korea, however, 'could go nuclear,' experts warn

20 Aug 2015