New Delhi: A fresh attempt is being made to build consensus within the Government to amend the controversial Armed Forces Special (Powers) Act (AFSPA), Home Minister P Chidambaram indicated on Thursday. "I am trying to revisit AFSPA but as you know one needs to build a consensus within the government before amendments can be brought before Parliament," Chidambaram said while replying to questions after presenting the monthly report for his...
05:38 PM, Sep 01, 2011
New Delhi: There are two different dates of birth for Army Chief General VK Singh in official records, one with the Adjutant General's branch in Army Headquarters that lists May 10, 1951 and the other at the Military Secretary's branch that shows the date as May 10, 1950. As the Defence Ministry takes its time to examine what date it should agree on and with that the future of who...
12:38 PM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: With a controversy raging over Indian Army chief General VK Singh's age, Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday said the government will soon take a decision on the issue, but refused to set a deadline. "Why set a deadline? Before that, we have to examine the whole thing and ultimately the government will take a decision," Antony said responding to reporters' queries on the issue on the sidelines...
04:52 PM, Apr 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Army's Court of Enquiry (CoI) indicts two ex-chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij in the Adarsh Scam. The report says that their conduct was blameworthy - and wants the CBI to step in. Army Court of Inquiry also blames top raking officers including Lt Gen GS Sihota, Lt Gen PK Rampal, Lt Gen Shantanu Choudhury, Lt Gen Tejinder singh, Major Gen RK Hooda, Maj Gen...
08:45 AM, Mar 24, 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
Mumbai: It has been nearly a year that six Indian sailors on the ship MV Iceberg were taken as hostage by Somali pirates but the government has not come to their rescue. CNN IBN’s Shoaib Ahmed managed to speak to the sailors of the ship MV Iceberg which was taken over by pirates in March 2010. The Chief officer of the ship, Dhiraj Tiwari recounted the daily ordeal that he...
08:37 PM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: Carrying out a massive modernisation programme, the Defence Ministry for the first time after the 1971 war is likely to spend its full quota of Rs 60,000 crore for capital acquisitions in the current fiscal. The big ticket deals such as the US-made C-130J transport planes, the preliminary design contract with Russia for the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) and procurement of Akash missile defence systems have helped...
12:28 PM, Feb 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Wednesday said it has submitted its report on the Adarsh Housing Society scam to the Defence Ministry. The report along with the recommendations of the Navy for the future course of action has been sent to the Defence Ministry, Navy sources said in New Delhi. After ordering a probe into the issue, the Defence Ministry had sought reports on the controversy and its past...
02:01 PM, Nov 03, 2010
Chandigarh: The Defence Ministry on Tuesday ordered a reinvestigation into the death of Shaurya Chakra awardee Captain Sumit Kohli. An Army's Court of Inquiry had claimed that Captain Kohli committed suicide while the officer's family members have been blaming the Army for his death. Captain Kohli's mother Veena Kohli had met Defence Minister AK Antony on August 28 and demanded that her son's post-mortem report be re-looked at. She had...
01:30 PM, Sep 07, 2010
Army will consider giving permanent commission to women short service commission officers in judge advocate general (JAG) and educational branch. ...
12:21 PM, Aug 02, 2010
The CBI found the six firms, including four international ones, involved in the Ordnance Factory Board scam. ...
03:32 PM, Jul 07, 2010
While Home Ministry wants Army deployed in Naxal areas, Defence Ministry says armed forces are not keen. ...
05:17 PM, Jun 10, 2010
The IAF lost two of its Russian-made MiG-27s in crashes last year. ...
09:18 PM, Feb 16, 2010
The state police would be given far greater responsibilities. ...
09:40 AM, Jan 13, 2010
Defence Ministry has almost finalised a deal to buy choppers for Rs 3,600 crore. ...
07:13 AM, Dec 15, 2009
The danger of surprise guerilla attacks by Pakistanis still looms large. ...
11:37 PM, Jun 25, 2009
Companies blacklisted following a CBI FIR against them. ...
10:37 PM, Jun 05, 2009
A K Antony acknowledges corruption is making India's defence system weak. ...
01:18 AM, Feb 05, 2009
Pak isn't relenting to India's demand for action against terror groups. ...
07:23 PM, Jan 05, 2009
Antony calls for better coordination between military and intelligence agencies. ...
10:52 PM, Dec 03, 2008
