Washington: New US battle guidelines partly designed to counter the military challenge from China are attracting strong criticism at home and abroad as unnecessarily provocative of one of America's strongest economic partners. The AirSea Battle fighting "concept" intends to maintain military dominance in strategically important areas as the US reconfigures its global outlook more towards Asia. It is being gradually disclosed by the Pentagon, which has viewed China's military build-up...
01:47 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Mumbai: An India-Pakistan media conclave in Mumbai has urged the two countries to cut their military expenditure and focus more on socio-economic development. "Increasing tensions between India and Pakistan, piling up of arms worth billions of dollars, helps only arms merchants of the US and other countries... and is not in the interests of India and Pakistan," Karachi Press Club president Tahir Hasan Khan said Saturday. Khan, who is leading...
02:20 AM, May 28, 2012
A bloody massacre in Houla in Syria left 92 people including 32 children dead. ...
11:28 AM, May 27, 2012
Cairo: Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had topped this week's polls and would compete in next month's second round with former air force chief Ahmed...
02:01 AM, May 26, 2012
Washington: A House panel on Wednesday moved to cut the foreign aid budget by some 9 percent, targeting economic aid and contributions to the United Nations and the World Bank. Despite the cuts, the legislation won bipartisan backing from the Appropriations foreign aid panel, though it's sure to draw a White House veto threat because it's in line with a broader GOP spending plan that breaks faith with last summer's...
07:21 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: India is raising an offensive Corps and taking other steps to gear up its preparedness along China border to meet the challenges, Defence Minister AK Antony said as he pitched for a substantial hike in defence budget to meet this changing threat perception. Terming the growing military ties between Pakistan and China as a "cause of worry", he said the armed forces have been issued a new directive...
02:39 AM, May 09, 2012
The US Secret Service and military have been accused of getting prostitutes before President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia. ...
02:09 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Shimla: After a spat between the Army and the Himachal Pradesh government on control over Annandale ground in Shimla, the BJP on Thursday sought to distance itself from the controversy saying it was a "closed chapter". BJP National General Secretary JP Nadda and Co-incharge of party affairs for Himachal Pradesh Shyam Jaju, who was in Shimla for a meeting of senior leaders, decried the "sinister moves" of some elements to...
04:23 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Monday warned the Army that he would file a defamation case against the defence force for allegedly accusing the Himachal Pradesh state government of colluding with land mafia to grab defence land. Dhumal threatened to sue the Army despite the U-turn taken by the defence forces on Monday over the historic Annandale military ground. He met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
05:16 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Shimla: The row between Himachal Pradesh government and military over ownership of Annandale ground on Sunday escalated with the Army saying national security cannot be ignored for "game and gimmicks" and the Chief Minister alleging the large ground was under its "unlawful occupation". Chief Minister PK Dhumal also threatened to file a defamatory suit against the Army if it did not tender an unconditional apology for allegedly maligning the image...
10:10 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said the spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence should have no role in the country's politics. "The ISI should have no role in the country's politics," he said while interacting with reporters at his residence on Sunday evening. He was responding to a question on whether the ISI's political wing had been closed. "My principled stance is before you on this issue," he...
10:29 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Melbourne: The Australian military has been rocked by a sex scandal after a 23-year-old soldier was arrested over the alleged rape of a civilian woman at a military college. The soldier has been arrested and charged with raping a 21-year-old woman at Canberra's Royal Military College, Duntroon on Friday. The incident comes just weeks after the military handed down wide-ranging reviews of Defence culture, including how to handle sexual abuse...
03:13 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: With by-poll results in Myanmar indicating a landslide win for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), India on Tuesday welcomed the successful conduct of the by-elections and congratulated Suu Kyi for the victory. "We welcome the successful conduct of by-elections in Myanmar on April 1, 2012," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said in response to reporters' queries. The results officially announced so...
02:17 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Yangon: It may be the start of a new era in Myanmar as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party the National League for Democracy swept the elections. But will the Military Junta, give up power? A day after the historic elections, Suu Kyi who told her cheering fans that the victory in the Myanmar polls was their triumph. Suu Kyi said, "Not so much our triumph. It's a triumph...
07:17 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly 60,000 Punjab police personnel and 15 companies of para-military forces have been put on alert after a Chandigarh court ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's killing, be hanged as scheduled on March 31. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 banning assembly of five or more persons were clamped at various places as a state wide bandh has been called on Wednesday...
07:40 AM, Mar 28, 2012
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