New Delhi: With the defence ministry dragging its feet on crucial purchases, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to lose its conventional edge over Pakistan for the first time since independence. The force's fighter strength is set to hit an all-time low of 31 in the next two years. The largest arms importer in the world with a defence spending of Rs 77,000 crore, India seems to have missed...
09:25 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Army has been hit by yet another scam " one which has significant implications for the internal security of the country. Expired tank ammunition from a Central Ordnance Depot in Jabalpur has landed in the hands of Naxalites who are capable of recycling them for launching audacious attacks on security forces. Documents accessed by Express reveal that the Army has initiated disciplinary proceedings against Lieutenant Colonel SC...
10:36 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday termed the reports on India's ammunition shortage as 'rumours' and said the country was fully prepared for a war-like situation. "These are all rumours that ammunition only for four days is left in the stock. India is well prepared," Antony said on the sidelines of the two-day IAF Commanders' Conference. He claimed that the Indian armed forces were better prepared to face...
10:55 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: The CNN-IBN report on Indian Army's critical ammunition has shocked the Parliamentary defence panel. The members of the panel now want to summon Army Chief General VK Singh next week to explain. General Singh had listed some of the critical deficiencies in ammunition and equipment in a letter to the Prime Minister that was later leaked. A CNN-IBN investigation shows that the problem could be much worse than...
07:57 AM, Apr 06, 2012
A CNN-IBN investigation shows that ammunition levels could last only 10 days in a war situation. ...
11:03 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: While the focus has been on the power struggle between Army Chief General VK Singh and the Defence Ministry, lost in the process is the real crisis facing the armed forces. General Singh had listed some of the critical deficiencies in ammunition and equipment in a leaked letter to the Prime Minister. Now, a CNN-IBN investigation shows that the problem could be much worse than imagined. In some...
09:28 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Tehran: An accidental explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot west of Tehran killed at least 15 soldiers on Saturday, officials said. The explosion occurred while military personnel were transporting munitions at a base, said Guard spokesman General Ramazan Sharif. The base is located outside Bidganeh village, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of the capital. The Guard is Iran's most powerful military force. "My colleagues at the Guard were transporting...
09:02 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Srinagar: A militant hideout was busted and a huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered by the Army in the forest area of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. "A militant hideout was busted in the Rajwar forest area of Handwara in Kupwara district by troops of Six Rashtriya Rifles assisted by the police," a senior army official said. He said the arms and ammunition included...
12:48 PM, May 08, 2011
Dubai: A massive blast ripped apart an ammunition factory in Southern Yemen, killing 70 people and wounding more than 100 in fresh violence in the strife-torn key Arab state, where crucial transition of power talks have been stalled. "At least 70 people were killed in the explosion in the ammunition factory near Jaar town in South Yemen," Al-arabia channel reported, quoting a local government official. The explosion came a day...
05:29 PM, Mar 28, 2011
New Delhi: In its race to join the club of international powers, India has reached another milestone - it's now the world's largest weapons importer. A Swedish think tank that monitors global arms sales has said that India's weapons imports had overtaken China's, as the South Asian nation pushes ahead with plans to modernise its military and gain international clout. "India has ambitions to become first a continental and (then)...
08:20 PM, Mar 13, 2011
New Delhi: India is in the process of signing defence deals worth nearly $42 billion, including a $10.4-billion deal for 126 multi-role combat aircraft, making it one of the most attractive markets for both global and domestic arms industry, an industry study has concluded. The joint study by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and audit firm KPMG has also assessed that India has already signed defence deals worth...
09:25 AM, Feb 27, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal police have seized at least 235 illegal arms and a huge cache of ammunition during the first two weeks of February and arrested 6,500 people against whom non-bailable arrest warrants had earlier been issued, a poll official said Tuesday. "During the period between February 1 and February 15, a total of 235 illegal firearms have been recovered across the state and over 6,500 non-bailable warrants (NBW) have...
12:03 AM, Feb 23, 2011
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged India to "buy American" as it upgrades its defence capabilities as the United States has the finest military hardware in the world. That was the message she gave to Indian Defence Minister A K Antony during a 30-minute meeting Tuesday when they talked about regional issues such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to State Department spokesman Phillip J Crowley. "They agreed...
11:12 AM, Sep 29, 2010
It was meant for terrorist attacks ahead of R'day celebrations. ...
06:12 PM, Jan 24, 2010
Maoist literature and handwritten posters were also found in the rooms. ...
01:19 PM, Jan 10, 2010
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