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Opinion: 2022 AD: India and Pakistan A story of past, present and future. August 5, 2009 Editor’s note: This is a historical narrative based on the views of the author. As the cataclysmic civil war of Europe was drawing to a close and the sun was setting on the British Empire, trouble...

Infiltrators keep off By: MiD DAY Correspondent Date: 2009-08-06 Place: Delhi While the netas talk only peace, the Army has devised a three-rung system to make the border impenetrable Even as five rounds of composite dialogue process and a number of high profile visits later...

Indian students in spotlight after RAAF hack attack By Lexi Metherell for AM AM | abc.net.au/am Posted Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:02am AEST Updated 11 hours 0 minutes ago The RAAF website on July 16, 2009, when it was hacked The RAAF website on July 16, 2009, when it was hacked by someone...

India to launch US-controlled satellite. An Algerian satellite with US-controlled components is expected to be the first satellite to be launched by India after the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) is signed between India and the US. The deal is expected to be signed during Secretary of...

US should support India as UNSC permanent member: Burns 24 Jun 2009, 2153 hrs IST, PTI WASHINGTON: The United States should support India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, former Bush Administration's point man for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal said on Wednesday...

Indian Army Embraces Digital Technology Sonal Desai, Jul 06, 2009 1741 hrs IST Is scouting IP radio for providing end-to-end radio communication on IP technology E-Mail Print Keeping pace with global defence establishments, the Indian Army is also embracing digital technology...

India, China developed and growing much more quickly, Obama worried 6 Jul 2009, 0922 hrs IST, PTI WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has said though the United States remains the military superpower and has the largest economy, countries like India, China and Brazil are fast catching up...

Chandrayaan-II to be launched by 2013 Kolkata (IANS): India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II is likely to be launched by 2013, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said on Saturday. "Chandrayaan-II should take place by 2013. Our first lunar mission...

China losing its grip on Pakistan Toronto, ON, Canada, — Since the early 1990s, China has taken advantage of opportunities to move strategically and militarily closer to Pakistan, always with an eye on rival India. China took advantage of U.S. pique over Pakistan from 1992 to 2001, and of...

Pak, Afghan important but not at cost of India: Blake July 1st, 2009 - 7:19 pm ICT by ANI - Washington, July 1 (ANI): The United States has made it clear that India remains one of its most important allies. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robert Blake told a US daily that...

India far more successful in bridging Urban-Rural divide than China. by John Lee In 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked what Mumbai could learn from Shanghai? Both these giants will defy the economic malaise in Western economies and are likely grow at more than 7 per cent in 2009...

Hindus asked to pay Rs 6 mn jiziya in Pak' Islamabad, June 28: An unidentified caller claiming to represent the Taliban demanded Rs 6 million as "jiziya" from the minority Hindu community of Battagram district in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province on Sunday. The caller made the...

NEW DELHI: In about a week, the United Progressive Alliance government, in its second innings, will present its first full budget, and there is anticipation that defence sector spending will be on the rise. The emphasis of the government — as outlined in President Pratibha Patil’s address to...

China unhappy over ADB’s “India Country Partnership Strategy” as it includes border with Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang’s said that China is dissatisfied with Asian Development Bank’s Executive Board adopting a document involving disputed...

India to build 7 stealth frigates worth $9 billion 09:17 GMT, June 24, 2009 India will pump in $9 billion to manufacture seven advanced stealth frigates for the Indian Navy at shipyards in Kolkata and Mumbai. Being one of the landmark indigenous defence deals, this ambitious project called...

Time to upgrade India-U.S. ties to version 3.0: Hillary Washington (PTI): Invoking IT parlance, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says time has come to "upgrade" India-U.S. ties and she would be discussing the contours of version 3.0 of it when she visits New Delhi next month. Addressing...

90 percent of Chinese think India poses big threat Sunday,14 June 2009, 20:33 hrs Beijing: In a recent poll taken in China, 90 percent of the respondents said that India poses the biggest threat to its existence. The poll was conducted immediately after Global Times, the newspaper reported...

IAF inducts first batch of Sukhoi-30MKI fighters at AFS Tezpur 13 June 2009 New Delhi: Providing a major boost to its defences along the Sino-Indian border in the country's north-east, four frontline Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jets landed at Air Force Station Tezpur in...

India can beat Asian peers, even China: Morgan Stanley - International Business Times By Staff Reporter 05 June 2009 @ 09:06 pm ISTNext Market Article India can outperform the Asian region by a margin and even leave China behind in its trail, a top official of financial services major...

India warns Israel, Russia to meet deadlines or lose defence orders news 29 May 2009 With its increasing clout in the international armaments bazaar, India used the occasion of the introduction of the Phalcon AWACS into the Indian Air Force as an opportunity to warn Russia and...