A 25-year-old man was killed and four were injured in firing allegedly by security forces during protests in Baramulla town of north Kashmir on Tuesday. ...
11:12 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday said it would bring an adjournment motion in the state assembly on Wednesday to discuss the Baramulla firing incident. The adjournment motion would seek suspension of normal business to discuss the situation arising out of the killing of a youth in Baramulla, a PDP spokesman said here. ...
10:53 PM, Mar 05, 2013
India's three defence services have reported shortage of officers and other ranks with the Army facing crunch of 10,100 officers as on July 1, 2012, Parliament was told on Monday. ...
12:47 AM, Mar 05, 2013
A brigadier, whose name figured in the allegations of kickbacks in the chopper deal, has been asked by the government about the charges, which he has denied. The allegations were levelled against the brigadier for seeking USD five million from AgustaWestland during an ongoing probe in Italy into the alleged involvement of Finmeccanica in paying kickbacks to secure the deal for 12 VVIP choppers. ...
09:04 PM, Mar 04, 2013
In an interview to CNN-IBN, Irom Sharmila said that she loved life and was only using fast as a means of protest. ...
05:42 PM, Mar 04, 2013
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the government on a public interest litigation (PIL) over killing of two Indian soldiers at the LoC by Pakistan army. The PIL raised questions over what steps the government was taking to prevent such incidents in future. ...
11:47 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Indian Army sources have confirmed that there have been at least 24 cases of ceasefire violations from Pakistan in 2013 alone. ...
09:38 AM, Mar 04, 2013
The Indian Army launched its official Twitter account on Friday. The account, which goes by the Twitter handle @adgpi, has already attracted more than a thousand followers. ...
01:10 PM, Mar 03, 2013
The Pakistani Taliban have welcomed a recommendation by major political parties for holding a dialogue with militants but said any talks would be incomplete without the participation or backing of the powerful military. The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) led by Hakimullah Mehsud welcomed the proposal made by a conference of political parties on Thursday for talks with militants but said it was waiting for a positive response from the military....
02:36 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Indigenously developed Pinaka rockets were on Thursday successfully test-fired from a multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) by an armament establishment from a base at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore. ...
03:03 PM, Feb 28, 2013
In the midst of a major modernisation drive, the Defence Ministry on Thursday got a 14 per cent hike in its budget as Finance Minister P Chidambaram gave it Rs 2,03,672 crore for 2013-14 with a promise to provide any additional fund required for national security. ...
02:05 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the Union Budget on Thursday. Given the likelihood of no major increase in defence spending, here is a look at what the priorities of the armed forces are. ...
10:26 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The AgustaWestland chopper deal will be debated in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after the BJP's demand for a discussion. The BJP is expected to raise the issue giving the Opposition the chance to corner the UPA on the tainted chopper deal. ...
08:08 AM, Feb 27, 2013
A Colonel-rank Defence PRO in Manipur and five others arrested for allegedly transporting illicit drugs estimated at over Rs 24 crore for smuggling to Myanmar were on Monday remanded to police custody till March 8. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thoubal, passed the order for police custody of the six, including Manipur Defence PRO Ajay Chaudhury arrested Sunday in Chandel district, following an application by investigating officer A Ghanashyam Sharma. ...
05:50 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Denying an involvement in the drugs smuggling, Colonel Ajay Chowdhry said, "I has been cheated and not informed what the merchandise was." Chowdhry and five others were detained on Sunday by the police in Manipur's Chandel district after they were allegedly caught carrying illegal drugs meant to be smuggled out to Myanmar. ...
06:35 PM, Feb 24, 2013
The Manipur Police on Sunday detained an Army officer after he was found carrying drugs worth Rs 16 crore. The officer, reportedly a Colonel, was returning from Moreh on the Myanmar border and was caught at Chandel. ...
03:22 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday condemned the alleged killing of LTTE chief Prabhakaran's son by the Sri Lankan army and the matter should be tried in International Court as a war crime. She said the evidences presented by a documentary that has sparked global anger reveal the mindset of the current Sri Lankan government. ...
12:46 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam on Wednesday rejected claims made by a documentary that showed LTTE's chief Prabhakaran's son dead with five bullet wounds and said the photos in the documentary are "morphed". He added the documentary was the propaganda of LTTE backers and that the Sri Lankan military did not kill Prabhakaran's 12-year-old son. ...
11:31 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Some photographs have shown LTTE chief Prabhakaran's son shot dead with five bullet wounds. ...
09:21 PM, Feb 19, 2013
