India Seeks a Place at the Arms Bazaar September 27, 2016 at 08:19AM

SOURCE: Asiasentinel India’s international diplomacy is increasingly taking on a newer and more assertive dimension – of combining high-level discussions with sales and exports of defense equipment. This has been evident in the country’s recent engagements with countries including Vietnam, Afghanistan Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Russia and Maldives. Modi, 66, one of India’s most peripatetic […]

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After Pathankot and Uri, Centre OKs smart fence to stop Pakistan terror export September 27, 2016 at 08:19AM

SOURCE: TNN The government has given in-principle approval to the recommendations of a committee that stressed the need of technology, among other measures, to strengthen security along India’s 3,323km border with Pakistan. Headed by former Union home secretary Madhukar Gupta, the committee was set up by the ministry of home affairs in April 2016 in […]

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Is India’s Israel envy misplaced? September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: LIVEMINT It is a curious thing that a nation of a billion people with an army of a million should yearn to be more like a country of eight million people—fewer than the Chennai metropolitan area —with an army of 180,000. But it is so. India’s Israel envy is manifest, like clockwork, upon every […]

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Uri attack is tantamount to Pakistan audacity, says former Army officer September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: LIVEMINT A week since Pakistan based terrorists struck the Indian army garrison in Uri, north Kashmir, India has clearly indicated that it cannot be business as usual with Pakistan. Srinath Raghavan, a former Indian Army officer, now with the New Delhi based Centre for Policy Research think tank and author of books on India’s […]

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India steps up radio wars against Pakistan, AIR service says Nawaz Sharif is ‘weak’ September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: ET Radio has become akey part of India’s message war against Pakistan. “Religion and terrorism cannot be the state policy for any country” — that’s the central message in the 16 post-Uri bulletins AIR’s External Services Division has broadcast to listeners in Pakistan, with special stress on reaching Balochistan. This shortwave service has also broadcast […]

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Despite anti-India sentiment, rush for police jobs in Kashmir September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: HINDUSTAN TIMES Farooq* holds a grudge against Indian security forces for the rights violations they allegedly commit in the Valley, but he was seen standing in queue at the district police lines on Monday morning. The 20-year-old Ganderbal resident has applied for the post of a special police officer (SPO) with the state law-enforcement […]

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India Receives Exclusive Rights for Exploring Strategic Minerals in Indian Ocean September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: SPTUNIK The contract will enhance India’s presence in the Indian Ocean where China, Korea and Germany are already active.India has signed a 15-year contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for exploration of Poly-Metallic Sulphides in the Indian Ocean. Poly-Metallic Sulphides (PMS) are precipitates of hot fluids from upwelling hot magma from the deep interior of the oceanic crust. They contain iron, copper, […]

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Pakistan shifts terror camps of LeT, JeM, Hizbul Mujahideen in PoK to Army bases, civilian areas: Report September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA In the wake of the Uri terror attack, intelligence reports from Pakistan have indicated that 16-17 terror camps were shifted from their current locations, as per a media report. India Today quoted highly placed sources in the intelligence agencies as saying that the training camps of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Hizbul […]

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India hasn’t fully utilised Indus treaty: Experts September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: PTI As the government reviews the 56-year-old Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, experts today felt that India has so far not utilised the agreement to its fullest to increase irrigation and hydropower potential in Jammu and Kashmir. Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, who had recently suggested that India should consider […]

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India not serious to resolve ‘historical disputes’ like Kashmir: Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif September 27, 2016 at 08:18AM

SOURCE: INDIA TV NEWS Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif today claimed that India was not serious to resolve “historical disputes” like the Kashmir issue and accused Indian spy agency of “exploiting” the security situation on the border with Afghanistan. “India is unwilling to address historical disputes like Kashmir that directly fan misunderstanding and feed into […]

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Pakistan demands international probe into Uri attack September 27, 2016 at 08:17AM

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan has demanded an independent international probe into the terror attack in Uri, dismissing as “baseless” India’s allegations that militants from Pakistan were involved in it. Pakistan Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz alleged that India always accuses Pakistan without even conducting an investigation into the matter. “An independent international commission […]

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China denies incursion of troops in Arunachal Pradesh September 27, 2016 at 08:17AM

SOURCE: PTI China today refuted reports of its troops crossing into Arunachal Pradesh saying that the Chinese military abides by the bilateral agreements reached with India concerning the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “China’s position on the boundary question between India and China is consistent and clear. The boundary between the two sides is yet […]

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Pakistan bound to use force if India blocks water: Ex Indus Water Commissioner September 27, 2016 at 08:17AM

SOURCE: GEO TV Former Indus Water Commissioner Jamat Ali Shah on Monday slammed India for threatening to block the flow of water into Pakistan’s Indus river.”What should we believe of what the Indian PM says: ending poverty or blocking flow of water into Pakistan,” he said. “This is open economic terrorism.” The former commissioner expressed […]

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Cross-border tunnels in Kashmir: What crawls beneath? September 27, 2016 at 08:17AM

SOURCE: ENS Infiltrators from Pakistan don’t only crawl through the vegetation on the international border to sneak into India. In recent years, they have taken to digging tunnels into Indian territory. The Border Security Force (BSF) has busted several cross-border tunnels in the last few years, at locations ranging from Rajasthan, Punjab to Jammu. In […]

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China ‘not aware’ of its envoy’s remarks in Lahore September 27, 2016 at 08:17AM

SOURCE: THE HINDU China on Monday said it was not aware of the remarks in the Pakistani media, attributed to its Consul General in Lahore, that Beijing will support Islamabad in case of “any foreign aggression.” “I am not aware of the situation you mentioned,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, when asked to […]

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Unmanned PAF aircraft crashes near Mianwali September 26, 2016 at 11:06PM

SOURCE: DAWN A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crashed near Mianwali on Monday.A PAF spokesman confirmed the UAV was on a routine training mission when it crashed. No loss of life or property has been reported as yet, he said. A Board of Enquiry was ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the […]

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‘UN Shouldn’t Remain Frozen In 1945’: Sushma Swaraj Pushes For Change September 26, 2016 at 10:53PM

SOURCE: NDTV On the floor of the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj today made a push for an expanded permanent Security Council, saying it was time the apex world body got in step with the modern era and took into account the new geopolitical realities. At present, the Security Council has only five […]

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China’s Air Force Suffers from One Shocking Flaw September 26, 2016 at 10:49PM

SOURCE: NATIONAL INTEREST China has the third largest air force in the world and may surpass the United States within the next 15 years. But in an aerial shooting war with the U.S. Air Force, Beijing will need more than aircraft?—?but fighter pilots with well-honed skills capable of facing off with some of the best […]

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Army puts in place operational posture to strike at short notice September 26, 2016 at 08:27PM

SOURCE: UNI Amid mounting pressure on government to take tough retaliatory action of the Uri attack, the Army has put in place an operational posture along the Line of Control to strike at a short notice. “We have achieved an operational posture which will allow us to exercise various options at various levels at a short […]

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‘Abandon This Dream’: Sushma Swaraj Warns Pak About Kashmir At UN September 26, 2016 at 08:15PM

SOURCE: NDTV Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj began her closely watched 18-minute speech at the United Nation’s General Assembly or UNGA today not with an attack on Pakistan, but by pledging India’s commitment to sustainable development and to eradicating poverty. She reserved the latter part of her address for a blistering response to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz […]

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