Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma will lead a delegation to China next month to discuss the resumption of military exercises between the armed forces of the two countries. The Defenece Secretary will head a tri-services delegation to China on January 14-15 as part of the 5th Annual Defence Dialogue between the two sides, Ministry officials said here today. ...
02:39 PM, Dec 28, 2012
New Delhi: India and China will resume military exercises after a two year gap. That appeared to be the high point of Defence Minister AK Antony's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Gen Liang Guanglie on Tuesday. The details are expected to be formalised during the bilateral defence dialogue in November. India suspended all military exchanges in 2010 after China insisted on paper visas for a visiting Indian Army officer. Antony...
12:47 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Defence ties between India and China are set to gain momentum with New Delhi mulling joint exercises with Beijing next year after the just concluded naval drills in Shanghai held after a gap of six years. India is planning to propose joint military exercises with China which will also include army-to-army exercises, sources said. The armies of the two countries last held counter insurgency and counter terrorism wargames...
09:03 PM, Jun 20, 2012
New Delhi: India and US kick-started their two week-long joint military exercise in the Rajasthan desert on Monday with their troops set to engage each other in a series of anti-terrorist and urban warfare drills. "The US Army is being represented by troops from 25 Infantry Division while the Indian side has pitched in troops from Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and Mechanised Infantry," an official said. The 170-strong member US...
03:37 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Chennai: England batsman Jonathan Trott is getting frustrated by his team's continued failure to turn good positions into one-day victories a trend that continued spectacularly at the World Cup with defeat to Ireland. Trott said on Friday that the side threw away several good positions in Australia just before the tournament during a 6-1 series loss that could easily have been avoided. England was on course to beat India in...
06:52 PM, Dec 25, 2007
Mohali: The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), which owns a world-class stadium here, is all set to come up with another modern cricket stadium at Mullanpur village near Chandigarh. "We have decided to build a cricket stadium of international standards spread over 40 acres in Mullanpur village. This would be completed within two-and-a-half years. Then we will shift the matches to the new venue," PCA president I.S. Bindra told reporters here...
09:49 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Melbourne: Former Australian captain Allan Border feels New Zealand would be more dangerous then usual in the World Cup match against Australia as the Black Caps have been motivated further by the earthquake that has devastated their country. "They're a side that tend to lift against Australia and given the recent events in Christchurch, they've got the added incentive to do well," Border told
foxsports.com.au. "Not that that should make...
04:25 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Nagpur: Dutch captain Peter Borren played down Kevin Pietersen's new role at the top of England's order on Monday to promote his own team's World Cup opening pair. While much of the talk in the build-up to Tuesday's clash has centred around England's decision to promote Pietersen to partner captain Andrew Strauss, Borren said his two openers were worth watching. I'm looking out for Alexei Kervezee, a young opening batsman...
11:31 PM, Dec 19, 2007
The 10-day exercises are aimed at strengthening the bonds of friendship between the Pakistani and Chinese armies. ...
01:58 PM, Dec 11, 2006
