Defence general

07 Mar 2015

CIA plans to create a new directorate that will be responsible for accelerating the integration of its digital and cyber capabilities, and delegate more powers to regional centres

04 Mar 2015

China is ramping up investment in high-tech equipment such as submarines and stealth jets, partly to offset a slowing of economic growth

27 Feb 2015

In a statement calculated to raise Indian hackles just days before Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's visit to Islamabad, Pakistan's army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has warned India of a "befitting response to provocation" along the Line of Control

26 Feb 2015

If the proposal goes through, it could be a somewhat rueful time for the Indian Army, which would lose some of its best potential jawans and officers to more lucrative and beneficent foreign shores

25 Feb 2015

The militants struck before dawn, carrying out house-to-house raids in a cluster of villages in northeastern Syria and abducted at least 90 people  — many of them women and children

24 Feb 2015

23 Feb 2015

Many Australians who are suspected to be adherents of the Islamic State will be stripped of their citizenship as part of tough new counter-terrorism laws, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced today

23 Feb 2015

21 Feb 2015

20 Feb 2015

20 Feb 2015

It will take a decade or even longer for all the ships to be built, even if the shipyards were to start construction immediately

20 Feb 2015

For the first time the US is withholding from Israel sensitive details of its nuclear negotiations with Iran because Israeli officials have leaked information to try to scuttle the talks

19 Feb 2015

The two countries have identified cyber security, including cyber forensics, and joint development of technology as thrust areas for cooperation in the areas of homeland security

19 Feb 2015

19 Feb 2015

17 Feb 2015

The 82- year old Pansare, a lawyer and writer and an associate of the deceased activist Narendra Dabholkar, was leading a campaign against the collection of toll on Maharashtra’s roads

12 Feb 2015

Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering has denied it was in talks to sell a stake to M&M, after widespread reports today that the Mahindras were close to picking up a 25-30 per cent stake in it

12 Feb 2015

The formal request eases criticism of Obama's failure to seek abacking of Congress, where some accused him of breaching his constitutional authority

12 Feb 2015

Although the reports have not been officially confirmed, a stake in Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering will give the Mahindras a big presence in the defence sector

11 Feb 2015

11 Feb 2015

The defence ministry will fund two Indian consortia to develop a Rs40,000-50-000 crore 'battlefield management system', to interlink soldiers and battlefield sensors through voice and data channels

11 Feb 2015

A Chinese strategic expert on Tuesday aid that China will not make many concessions, and a "breakthrough" in relations would be impossible without concessions from India in Arunachal Pradesh

10 Feb 2015

China, like the US, also cannot hope to secure peace in Afghanistan without the support of Pakistan and, more specifically, its Taliban elements

06 Feb 2015

Russia has warned NATO against its move to arm Ukraine with lethal weapons and back it up with additional forces in other Baltic states

04 Feb 2015

The flat-deck technology will help increase the number of aircraft on board the INS Vishal to 50 from 34 and enable deployment of heavier fighter jets with longer reach as well as airborne early warning aircraft