Forensics can’t find human remains: Only 4 Pathankot attackers confirmed March 02, 2016 at 07:30AM

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Forensic investigators have failed to find human bone or tooth fragments in a charred mass claimed to be the remains of a terrorist killed by the National Security Guard (NSG) during the Jaish-e-Muhammad strike on the Pathankot airbase, official sources have told The Indian Express. The absence of this material means […]

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Al Qaeda ‘hacks’ Railway website, leaves message for ‘Indian Muslims’ March 02, 2016 at 07:27AM

SOURCE: IANS Terror outfit al Qaeda on Tuesday allegedly hacked a microsite of the Railnet page of the Indian Railway to show its sinister reach for the first time. It later left the page.  The hacked page of Bhusawal division of Personnel Department of the Central Railway and part of a large intranet created for the […]

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Draft Affidavit was Dictated by PC in Ishrat Jahan case, says Ex-bureaucrat March 02, 2016 at 07:26AM

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Former under secretary in the Home Ministry RVS Mani has come out with new allegations against ex-Union minister P Chidambaram, claiming the latter altered the affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan case to allegedly fix Narendra Modi. It was Mani who had drafted the first affidavit in the case in August 2009 […]

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Bihar bare body test: Manohar Parrikar seeks report from Army chief March 02, 2016 at 06:58AM

SOURCE: PTI Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has sought a report from Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on hundreds of young men, seeking jobs in the army, writing an exam wearing only underwear in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur. While army officials denied having received any order from the Ministry, top sources said a file has been prepared […]

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India cannot afford to lose China’s support: Chinese daily March 01, 2016 at 05:30PM

SOURCE: PTI India cannot afford to lose China’s support by joining the US in patrolling the disputed South China Sea as it needs Chinese help for economic growth and for success of BRICS, a state-run daily said today. In the second commentary within a week on the joint patrol issue, an article in the Global Times […]

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John Kerry asks Pakistan to reduce nuclear arsenal March 01, 2016 at 05:28PM

SOURCE: PTI The US has pressed Pakistan to reduce its growing nuclear arsenal but Islamabad has refused to accept any curbs on it saying America must show “greater understanding” of its security concerns in South Asia. Citing the example of the US and Russia which are working to further reduce their nuclear arsenals, Secretary of State […]

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Radars, sensors to be installed along border with Pakistan, Bangladesh March 01, 2016 at 05:27PM

SOURCE: PTI A pilot project for installing radars, sensors and cameras has been launched along the border with Pakistan and Bangladesh to check incidents of infiltration, Lok Sabha was informed today. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said the government has decided to deploy technological solutions in the form of integration of radars, sensors, […]

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Differences on nuclear issue surface at US strategic talks : PAK Media March 01, 2016 at 05:26PM

SOURCE: DAWN Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz urged the United States on Monday to show a greater understanding of Pakistan’s security concerns as US Sec­retary of State John Kerry asked Islamabad to consider reducing its nuclear arsenal. The two top diplomats made these remarks at the inaugural session of the US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, which both […]

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PAK Army’s MI-17 helicopter crashes during night training flight March 01, 2016 at 05:17PM

SOURCE: GEO TV A Pakistan Army MI-17 helicopter crashed during a routine night training flight near Tarbela on Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) branch of the Pakistan Army Lt Colonel Tauqeer Haider embraced martrydom in the crash.  Lt. Colonel Haider hailed from village Bhatti Gujar Chakwal and leaves behind a widow, daughter […]

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Australia Pulls the Plug on Defective Tiger Gunship March 01, 2016 at 05:15PM

SOURCE: SPUTNIK In 2008, Australia purchased 22 Tiger ARH attack helicopters that were celebrated by military-industrial enthusiasts and investors as identical to “the latest Apache model, but using later airframe technology and with different role optimizations.” Unfortunately, eight years after spending more than the annual gross domestic product of the 27 poorest countries in the […]

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Pathankot Attackers Non-state Actors with Establishment Support: Parrikar March 01, 2016 at 02:00PM

SOURCE IANS Non-state actors were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they cannot function smoothly without support from the state, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha. Replying to supplementary questions in the upper house, the minister was asked by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut whether the Pathankot attack was […]

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Goa CM Launches FPV Built for Mauritius Coast Guard March 01, 2016 at 01:44PM

SOURCE : PTI In a new chapter in Indo-Mauritian Defence co-operation, Goa government launched a Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV), ‘MCGS Victory’, designed and built in-house by Goa Shipyard Limited for Mauritius Coast Guard. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, while addressing a gathering at the launch here yesterday, lauded the work being done in the shipyard. He […]

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IAF Strengthening Ground Infrastructure in North/North-East March 01, 2016 at 01:10PM

SOURCE: India Strategic The Indian Air Force (IAF) is expediting the upgradation programmes of its various ALGs (Advance Landing Grounds) especially the ones located in the northern regions in Ladakh and India’s north-eastern region in and around Arunachal Pradesh taking into account massive Chinese infrastructural development opposite these areas in the Chinese occupied Tibet. This […]

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India in the Indian Ocean March 01, 2016 at 01:10PM

SOURCE: Air Marshal D Kukreja (Retd)/India Strategic During the Mauryan Empire, from the time of Chandragupta Maurya to Ashoka, some 2,400 years ago, India’s Navy was the dominant power in the Indian Ocean. The medieval Chola dynasty was India’s only true maritime empire, with a sphere of influence extending from the Indian coast, through the […]

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Why Did the British Keep India and Australia as Colonies? March 01, 2016 at 01:10PM

SOURCE: SLATE This question originally appeared on Quora, the knowledge-sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus. Answer by Balaji Viswanathan, history buff: Indian colonization provided the key ingredients for the textile revolution (also called the Industrial Revolution) in Britain. The two […]

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A new wave for India and Australia March 01, 2016 at 01:10PM

SOURCE: POLICYFORUM Australia’s defence white paper and India’s maritime strategy plot a course for the two countries to help bring stability to the region, writes Darshana M Baruah.  India has long considered Australia a distant continent with no immediate effects on its security or strategic interests. Canberra too didn’t see much in its engagements with […]

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Why Tail Numbers of India’s Sukhoi-30s are misleading March 01, 2016 at 08:10AM

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK Plane spotters in India are having difficult times when it comes to following tail numbers on HAL manufactured Sukhoi-30 MKI lately. Tail numbers are grossly misleading due to production phases which have been mixed up leading to leapfrogging from Phase to Phases. The original order for 140 Sukhoi-30MKI’s to be built […]

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Here’s How INS Arihant Could Change Regional Security Equation For Forever March 01, 2016 at 08:04AM

SOURCE: GIZMODO As the Indian Navy stands poised to complete the country’s nuclear triad by deploying its first nuclear-armed submarine INS Arihant, the sub-continent would become the sixth country across the globe to possess a vessel capable of providing a credible survivable deterrent from underwater. According to an Economic Times report, INS Arihant has passed […]

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Is nuclear Armageddon more likely than ever? March 01, 2016 at 08:01AM

SOURCE: The Week magazine New weapons, unstable nations, and terrorism are raising the nuclear stakes. Is a doomsday attack more likely? Here’s everything you need to know about the new nuclear arms race: How many nuclear weapons are there? About 16,000. Russia and the U.S. have 93 percent of them, with more than 7,000 each; the […]

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China to conduct over 20 satellite launches in 2016 March 01, 2016 at 08:00AM

SOURCE: TNN China plans to conduct more than 20 satellite launch missions in 2016, which positions China to exceed launches by the US, an official from the country’s Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said on Monday. Among them, a total of 15 launches are significant projects or first flights, People’s Daily quoted the official as […]

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