Eurocopter, world's leading helicopter manufacturer, and Bangalore-headquartered Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, are in the process of signing agreements to further strengthen their industrial cooperation and links.
"This association will focus on increasing existing collaboration and...
India will get a new frigate equipped with the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from Russia within six to eight months.
"During his visit to Russia, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma reviewed the progress of the Talwar Class follow-on warships, under construction at the Yantar shipyard there...
Two militants were killed on Monday in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, officials said.
A gunbattle broke out between militants and security forces at Shikargah in Tral area of Pulwama, 40 km from Srinagar, last night, the officials said.
Two...
Two militants were killed on Monday in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, officials said.
A gunbattle broke out between militants and security forces at Shikargah in Tral area of Pulwama, 40 km from Srinagar, last night, the officials said.
Two...
With an eye on the future and fed up with the "bureaucratic culture" pervading Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the country's only aircraft manufacturer, IAF now wants the control of the navratna defence PSU.
IAF has asked the defence ministry (MoD) to appoint one of its three-star officers...
The US is likely to be the prime beneficiary of yet another lucrative military contract, after the defence ministry withdrew its commercial tender for the re-engining of the Indian Air Force's Jaguar Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft last month.
New Delhi is likely to proceed through the...
A Pakistani national was apprehended by BSF for sneaking into the Indian territory in Rajasthan''s Barmer district, officials said today.
The 50-year old man, identified as Noor Alam from Karachi, was arrested yesterday after BSF personnel found him roaming in suspiciously, they said...
For hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers, who left their home to avoid war, oppression or fear of persecution, India is a second home where they feel more secure than in their own country.
Despite the pain of leaving their homes and in many cases, part of their families, these stateless...
New Delhi, June 18
India and Russia ended their high-level defence cooperation meeting at Moscow late on Thursday with Russia assuring that the sea-based aircraft carrier, Admiral Gorshkov will start sea trials off the Russian coast by November this year. Delivery of the ship to India will be...
Augmenting its fleet of multi role helicopters, the Navy is looking to procure more such choppers for carrying out anti-submarine warfare and Special Forces' operations.
In a Request for Information (RFI) issued recently, the Navy has said it intends to procure new Naval Multi Role...
Director General of Police, Kuldeep Khoda, Saturday said that there was 50 percent decrease in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in 2011.
We have observed that there has been 50 percent decrease in militant related incidents in 2011, Khoda said during a press briefing at Bakshi Stadium here. The...
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet in Islamabad on June 23 and 24 to discuss issues relating to Jammu & Kashmir, peace and security including Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and promotion of friendly exchanges.
While the Foreign Secretaries have always dealt with...
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has plans to set up four manufacturing plants for the production of medium multi-role combat aircraft, light utility helicopter, fifth generation fighter aircraft and multi-role transport aircraft, a senior company official said today.
HAL Director (Design &...
India has selected the Swiss Pilatus PC-7 aircraft as its beginning trainer for Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots.
The Swiss aircraft, along with Grobs G-120 TP, Embraers EMB-312 Super Tucano, Finmeccanicas M-311, Hawker Beechcrafts T-6C Texan-II and Korean Aerospaces KT-1 participated in...
India is poised to become a USD 30 trillion economy by the year 2030 from the current USD 1.4 trillion, industrialist Mukesh Ambani said.
"India is envisaged to grow from a USD 1.4 trillion economy to over USD 9 trillion by 2020 and over USD 30 trillion by 2030 in nominal terms," corporate...
Pakistani born Canadian Tahawwur Rana exchanged mails with the mysterious "Major Iqbal" of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) about "progress made" on the Mumbai terror attack plot, an FBI agent has testified.
In an July 7, 2008 e-mail, "Major Iqbal", who confessed...