India never debriefed why Mig-35 was Eliminated under MMRCA: Mig CEO February 22, 2016 at 08:12AM

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN) Mig CEO Sergei Korotkov said that Indian Air Force and Indian Ministry of Defence (MOD) never officially debriefed Mig Corporation, why its Mig-35 fighter jet offered under MMRCA Contract was eliminated and what were technical reasons for ouster from MMRCA Race, before EAD’s Eurofighter and Dassault Rafale fighter jets were shortlisted […]

from http://ift.tt/1mRONR7
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Rafale Slipstream: India not to Budge on Lowering Jets’ Price February 22, 2016 at 08:08AM

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Under pressure to conclude the much-hyped Rafale warplanes deal with France, Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials have fired a warning shot to the French negotiators to reduce the price by 30 per cent if they want to ink the deal in this financial year. An MoD official said India wants to […]

from http://ift.tt/1TuD7kn
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Coast Guard jet crash still a mystery as eight-month inquiry ends February 22, 2016 at 08:07AM

SOURCE:  DailyMail The mystery surrounding Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Dornier plane flight CG791 has only intensified after the end of a prolonged inquiry. Older questions about the plane’s sudden disappearance and the discovery of its wreckage at the bottom of the Bay of Bengal have been replaced by new ones. Flying at about 9,000 ft from […]

from http://ift.tt/1mROLJ5
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

India, Pakistan Can Never Use Nuke Weapons February 22, 2016 at 08:06AM

SOURCE: INSERBIA Four years before her assassination (on December 27, 2007), former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto predicted that India and Pakistan could never use nuclear weapons against each other. The concerned authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently recovered recordings of an interview, given by Benazir at her Dubai residence in 2003, from […]

from http://ift.tt/1TuD7kj
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Defence experts warn about Pak, China designs on Siachen February 22, 2016 at 08:04AM

SOURCE: UNI Strategic affairs expert Brigadier (Retd) AG Krishnaiah called for evolving a strategic culture and a formidable security policy for India. Addressing a seminar on Indias Security imparatives and Siachen organized under the aegis of awareness in action at Osmania Univarsity here today, Mr Krishnaiah said India must be prepared to foil attack from both […]

from http://ift.tt/1mROLJ1
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Budget 2016: 9% hike in defence budget allocation likely this ye February 22, 2016 at 08:03AM

SOURCE: ECONOMIC TIMES I: India’s defence budget is likely to see a modest hike of 9% to Rs 2.68 lakh crore in 2016-17 while thepension bill alone may go up by over Rs 80, 000 crore. Further the defence ministry is likely to surrender Rs 12,400 crore, or 16% of the Rs 77,406 crore earmarked […]

from http://ift.tt/1QvjlpP
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Over 1,500 Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel died fighting militancy February 22, 2016 at 08:01AM

SOURCE: PTI Over 1,500 Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel have lost their lives while fighting militancy in the state. “More than 1500 personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police(JKP) have made supreme sacrifices while bringing peace and normalcy in the state,” Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary B R Sharma said while inaugurating the 27th police-public mela at Gulshan […]

from http://ift.tt/20OYsFu
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Review: 1962 – The War That Wasn’t February 22, 2016 at 08:00AM

SOURCE: SAWARAJMAG ‘Looking back, I think I should have submitted my resignation at that time. I might have saved my country from the humiliation of defeat.’ General Pran Nath Thapar, India’s Chief of Army Staff 1961–1962, in a conversation with journalist Kuldip Nayar on 29 July 1970, in Nayar’s autobiography, Beyond the Lines It truly was […]

from http://ift.tt/1QvjjOI
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Some want quota, others azadi. I only want my razai: J&K martyr Pawan Kumar’s last Facebook post February 22, 2016 at 07:59AM

SOURCE:  TNN At a time when his state Haryana and his hometown Jind were ablaze with rioting and caste wars over quota, Captain Pawan Kumar was leading his troops from the front in a fierce gun-battle with heavily-armed terrorists far away at Pampore in Jammu & Kashmir. Pawan, barely 23, was considered an intrepid officer […]

from http://ift.tt/20OYspa
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Mere FIR In Pathankot Terror Attack Case Is Not Enough: Manohar Parrikar February 22, 2016 at 07:57AM

SOURCE:  PTI Mere registration of an FIR in the Pathankot terror attack case is not enough, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said, making it clear that Pakistan should do serious investigation to India’s satisfaction. “Registration of a case is merely a step ahead but it won’t do. There should be serious investigation. Our effort is […]

from http://ift.tt/1Qvjl9g
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

IAF chief Arup Raha embarks on 5-day visit to Bangladesh February 22, 2016 at 07:56AM

SOURCE:  PTI IAF Chief Arup Raha today left on a five-day visit to Bangladesh during which he will hold bilateral discussions to deepen defence cooperation. He will also handover to Bangladesh training aids related to aircraft systems. The visit is intended to take the existing defence cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries […]

from http://ift.tt/20OYqxp
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Toll Rises to Six as Two Army Captains Killed in Srinagar Siege February 22, 2016 at 07:54AM

SOURCE:  EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Two young Army captains and a soldier of the elite para-commando force were on Sunday killed on the second day of the operation to wrest control of a multi-storeyed government building from heavily-armed terrorists in Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar. Following the deaths, the toll in the two-day long gunfight […]

from http://ift.tt/1UgXeDi
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Taking stock: The US-India nuclear deal 10 years later February 22, 2016 at 07:53AM

SOURCE:  THE Bulletin A decade has passed since negotiations first began on the “US-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement,” an accord that, when it was finally signed, gave India a waiver from the rules of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. In a nutshell, the act ended a 34-year ban on nuclear trade with India. Popularly known as […]

from http://ift.tt/1WCpJtQ
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

MS Dhoni Salutes The Indian Armed Forces in His Latest Tweets February 22, 2016 at 07:51AM

SOURCE:  THE QUINT As v have this debate on freedom of speech our forces r making sure v stay in position to keep debating. — Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) February 21, 2016 Amid continuing uproar on the issue of freedom of expression in the country, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has called for respect […]

from http://ift.tt/1UgXeDe
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Five students accused of sedition including Umar Khalid surface on JNU campus February 22, 2016 at 07:49AM

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Five JNU students, including Umar Khalid, who the police have been looking for in connection with a sedition case, on Sunday evening surfaced on campus, saying they did not do anything wrong but were “framed” using ‘doctored video’. While police rushed a team to the campus on receiving information about them, the […]

from http://ift.tt/1WCpHlz
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Pakistan receives India’s nod to visit Pathankot February 22, 2016 at 07:47AM

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said Islamabad has received a nod from Indian authorities regarding the Special Investigation Team’s intention to visit India in connection with the Pathankot terror attack. Khan said Pakistan had approached India to seek permission for Pakistan’s SIT to visit Pathankot, and Indian authorities […]

from http://ift.tt/20OWYuU
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Another Officer Martyred In Jammu and Kashmir Encounter, Gunbattle On February 21, 2016 at 08:02PM

SOURCE : NDTV Another Army officer has been martyred in the ongoing encounter in Kashmir’s Pampore, taking the number of lives lost in the encounter so far to six.The encounter has been on for more than 20 hours now. Three to five terrorists are still holed up in the complex, say security officers. The young […]

from http://ift.tt/24k4QsW
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Look Out, America: China Wants Its Own Vertical Takeoff Jets February 21, 2016 at 07:21PM

SOURCE : NATIONAL INTEREST Writing in China’s premier military journal China Military Science [??????] last year, People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) senior captain An Peng writes: “In the last few years, certain great powers have encircled and contained our country, mainly by pushing the ‘rebalance strategy’ . . .” He outlines a strategy to […]

from http://ift.tt/216N7q1
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Pro-Raheel party wants review of retirement decision February 21, 2016 at 07:19PM

SOURCE : DAWN There is a new political party in town. And its posters are a testament to its presence in Karachi, especially if one takes the arterial Sharea Faisal. The ‘Move on Pakistan’ party calls for extension in the term of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and demands that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […]

from http://ift.tt/1VwJLFO
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT

Pakistan withdraws security of prosecution chief in 26/11 case February 21, 2016 at 07:14PM

SOURCE : PTI Pakistan has withdrawn thesecurity of prosecution chief in the Mumbai attack case following which he has refused to appear for future hearings, the latest in a series of hurdles in the high-profile case in which the government has been accused of using delaying tactics. The government has given no reason regarding withdrawing […]

from http://ift.tt/24jWGRv
ref=da&site=blogger">IFTTT