UN tribunal stays legal proceedings against Italian marines August 24, 2015 at 05:50PM

SOURCE : HINDUSTAN  TIMES An international court on Monday suspended all judicial proceedings against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012 in a setback to India’s efforts as Italy has neither carried any investigation into the case nor initiated any legal action. The 21-member International Tribunal for […]

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Fifth test of China’s WU-14 hypersonic glide vehicle conducted August 24, 2015 at 05:49PM

SOURCE: WANTCHINA TIMES China successfully carried out the fifth test of its WU-14 hypersonic glide vehicle from the Wuzhai missile test range in northern China’s Shanxi province on Aug. 19, reports the Washington Free Beacon. Pentagon officials said the WU-14 — as it has been designated by the Pentagon — not only traveled along the […]

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J&K: IAF’s MiG-21 Aircraft Crashes in Budgam District August 24, 2015 at 01:30PM

SOURCE: PTI A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Soibugh village in Jammu & Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. The pilot managed to eject from the plane safely just before the crash. He was later rescued from the crash site by an Army helicopter. “A MiG-21 Bison of IAF crashed in Soibugh area of […]

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Honey, we shrunk the separatists August 24, 2015 at 01:29PM

SOURCE: DAILYMAIL Late on Saturday night as Pakistan called off the blighted NSA-level talks, India had reason to smile to itself. It is quietly achieving an unexpected success in its tempestuous relationship with its neighbour, one far more important than getting back an international criminal who is four months away from his 60th birthday. India is […]

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Mital credits defence minister for helping in GSL turnaround August 24, 2015 at 01:27PM

SOURCE: TNN Goa’s only defence public sector undertaking, Goa Shipyard has come a long way and is today recognized by the ministry of defence for timely delivery and quality service, accolades that other shipyards in the country have struggled to achieve. Having successfully revived the fortunes of the yard, chairman and managing director Shekar Mital […]

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Within hours of Pakistan calling off the NSA-level talks on Saturday evening, the Army intercepted three suspected terrorists in Handwara area of Kupwara district, who were killed after night long encounter early on Sunday. DIG, North Kashmir, Garib Dass, said the police and Army’s 21 RR and 6 Para cordoned off Kurhama forest in Handwara on specific information about the presence of militants in the area on Saturday night. “When the joint team began the combing operation, the militants hiding in the jungle began firing at the forces. The firing triggered the encounter leaving three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists dead while one soldier was injured,” DIG Dass told TOI. August 24, 2015 at 01:26PM

SOURCE: TNN Within hours of Pakistan calling off the NSA-level talks on Saturday evening, the Army intercepted three suspected terrorists in Handwara area of Kupwara district, who were killed after night long encounter early on Sunday. DIG, North Kashmir, Garib Dass, said the police and Army’s 21 RR and 6 Para cordoned off Kurhama forest […]

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LCA-Tejas: Cleared for Export, DRDO and IAF to Work together in exploring possibilities. August 24, 2015 at 09:20AM

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN) After been Cleared for Export by Ministry of Defence with firm backing of Indian air force which too has given its blessing, DRDO is working on exploring possibilities to hard sell its indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas to prospective buyers from overseas in 2016 on wards. Sources close to […]

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India planned covert Dawood operation, says RK Singh August 24, 2015 at 08:50AM

SOURCE : INDIA TODAY India had planned a covert operation to take down underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but the operation was compromised by some Mumbai police officials. These are the explosive revelations made by former Home Secretary and now BJP leader RK Singh in an exclusive interview with India ToRK Singh revealed details of how […]

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Defence production gets ‘Make in India’ boost, offset policy undergoes changes August 24, 2015 at 08:49AM

SOURCE : DNA INDIA In a bid to build domestic capabilities in defence and to link defence production with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, India has relaxed its offset policy, exempting foreign firms from obligations, like declaration of Indian offset partners’ name, amount of FDI and value of equipment. Thus under the new deal, […]

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India’s Modi faces tough Afghan choices August 24, 2015 at 08:47AM

SOURCE :Asia Times Two powerful arguments, diametrically opposed to each other, have appeared in the recent days regarding the stance India should adopt vis-à-vis the leadership crisis within the Taliban following the death of Mullah Omar and its downstream reverberations, including the heightened tensions in Afghan-Pakistan relations. Writing in the New York Times, the noted […]

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Ajit Doval had planned to confront Pakistan on shoddy 26/11 probe during NSA talks August 24, 2015 at 08:46AM

SOURCE: TNN Besides preparing a list of 54 Pakistan-based fugitives wanted for offences committed in India, national security adviser Ajit Doval had intended to confront Islamabad on its shoddy investigation in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case. According to sources involved in preparation of the 26/11 dossier for the now-cancelled NSA-level talks, India had meant to […]

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Why India And UAE Need Each Other – Analysis August 24, 2015 at 08:43AM

SOURCE : EURASIA REVIEW There is a popular saying that seeing once is better than reading a hundred reports. Being a hands-on prime minister no doubt Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in UAE at a most important juncture in the politics of West Asia; when every issue seems to be in a state of flux […]

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Indo-Pakistan DGMOs meeting to go ahead as planned: Sartaj Aziz August 24, 2015 at 08:13AM

SOURCE: ECONOMIC TIMES A day after calling off Indo-Pak NSA-level talks, Pakistan today said the meetings between the DGMOs of the two countries and representatives of Pakistan Rangers and BSF will go ahead as agreed in Ufa. “Yes, Rangers and BSF are going ahead…DGMOs will also talk, but it requires mechanism which goes beyond and […]

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We are a nuclear power, and know how to defend ourselves: Sartaj Aziz August 24, 2015 at 08:42AM

SOURCE : DAWN Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said on Sunday that the current Indian government under Narendra Modi acts as if it is a regional superpower.“Modi’s India acts as if they are a regional superpower, we are a nuclear-armed country and we know how to defend […]

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India and the hidden hand August 24, 2015 at 08:40AM

SOURCE : EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Late in the autumn of 2002, as Pakistan’s military emerged from a bruising 10-month standoff with India, Brigadier Muhammad Zia was among a small group of officers tasked with rethinking how an increasingly powerful adversary could be contained. “India is highly volatile on its internal front,” he wrote, “due to […]

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Pakistan says militants firing from Afghanistan killed four soldiers August 24, 2015 at 08:38AM

SOURCE :Reuters Pakistan said militants firing from Afghan territory killed four of its soldiers along the border on Sunday, as tensions continued to rise between the neighbors.Islamabad’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Afghan ambassador later on Sunday to protest and demand an investigation. Afghanistan and Pakistan accuse each other of doing too little to prevent Taliban […]

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Is ISRO going weak in the knees over intl competition? August 24, 2015 at 08:34AM

SOURCE : Bangaloremirror.com With international private space-commerce industry developing at a galloping pace, space technology agencies in India, including the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), are feeling insecure over future prospects of adequate government funding. ISRO chairman and space department secretary AS Kiran Kumar, while delivering the Prof Brahm Prakash Memorial Lecture on ‘Indigenous Development […]

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India ‘won’ 1965 war with Pakistan: New Army book August 24, 2015 at 08:33AM

SOURCE : TNN Pakistan has long claimed victory over India in the 1965 war, celebrating September 6 as the ‘Defence of Pakistan Day’, when most objective assessments have held that the war ended more or less in a draw. India was always more realistic, with its official war history recording that the 1965 war was […]

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Scientists to get access to desi data from Mars August 24, 2015 at 08:30AM

SOURCE: TNN Indian researchers and scientists, for the first time, will have access to desi data from Mars collected by the five scientific instruments on Isro’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft. Until now, all research on the Red Planet depended on data from foreign agencies, especially Nasa, which has the most extensive collection of information. […]

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Road a weapon in govt’s Red war August 24, 2015 at 08:28AM

SOURCE: TELEGRAPH INDIA When Maoists took 250 villagers hostage in Chhattisgarh on May 9, initial reports tied it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state that day. But however obvious the conclusion was, it proved wrong. Police later clarified that the mass abduction from Marenga – 60km from Modi’s rally in Dantewada town -was […]

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