Turkey — a country that loves to preach the world on what’s right and what isn’t, a country which in tandem with Pakistan — has kept the rhetorical fire on Kashmir al... Read more
The hoopla over the approval accorded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in imminently procuring 118 indigenously developed Mk-1A Arjun main battle tanks (MBTs) for the Indian Army for Rs 8,35... Read more
On Feb. 10, after nine rounds of high-level military talks, India and China began partially disengaging from what was the bloodiest (if not the longest) crisis on the Sino-Indian border in t... Read more
Chinese Report Claims to Have Detailed Knowledge of India’s Border Deployment
The analysis by expert Pan Xinmao, formerly from the PLA Academic of Military Science’s Operation Theory and Doctrine Research Department, was published on the website of the Outlook Weekly... Read more
Mistrust Hits Pullback, Troops not Yet Back at Home Bases
The first phase of the disengagement process commenced on February 10 with simultaneous withdrawal by both sides from both banks of the Pangong Tso, a 135-km-wide glacial lake. The matters o... Read more
On Tuesday, the Hindustan Times reported Hindustan Shipyard Limited, the Visakhapatnam-based shipbuilder, was expecting a major Indian Navy contract by this year-end. The contract involves t... Read more
‘ITBP to Strengthen Short & Long-Range Patrolling, BOPs on Full Deployment’: DG Deswal
On Tuesday, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director-General Surjeet Singh Deswal on disengagement of India-China army troops said that ITBP will strengthen their short and long-range... Read more
Disengagement of India, China Armies Win-Win Situation for Both Sides: Army Chief
The disengagement of armies of India and China from north and south banks of Pangong Tso is a “very good end result” and a win-win situation for both the sides, Army Chief Gen M M Naravane s... Read more
1040 Militants of 5 Outfits Surrender in Assam
In a major surrender, as many as 1040 militants of five Karbi ethnic militant groups, laid down arms and joined the mainstream society. The surrender ceremony was organised in Guwahati on Tu... Read more
China Recognises India’s Growing Role in South Asia but Won’t Give it the ‘Global Power’ Tag
How China perceives itself has fundamentally changed in recent times. Erstwhile Chinese President Hu Jintao laid emphasis on China’s “peaceful rise”; his successor Xi Jinping now has a belli... Read more