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NEW DELHI: Indian soldiers deployed in the world's highest battlefield Siachen glacier are getting personal kit worth around Rs one lakh for protection against extreme cold conditions there. Along with the personal kit for protection against winters, every soldier also gets equipment worth...

The Indian army is planning certain changes in its uniforms, including in its regularly worn olive green and combat uniforms, officials said. The army’s top brass discussed the issue recently. Officials in the army explained that some suggestions have been received and are being examined. The...

If as an Indian, I'd like to visit Pakistan,let's say, to visit Lahore for sight seeing, will I be able to get a tourist visa? If yes, please share details of the formalities. Note:- Also mention about must visit places in Lahore alongwith good eating places.

At least 20 terrorists have been neutralised in a daring cross-LoC operation by the Indian Army in response to the Uri attack. Two units of the elite 2 Paras comprising 18-20 soldiers flew across the LoC in the Uri sector in military helicopters and reportedly carried out an operation that...

The Indian Air Force’s falling end strength and problematic force structure, combined with its troubled acquisition and development programs, threaten India’s air superiority over its rapidly modernizing rivals. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is in crisis. Despite being a world-class combat arm...

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[Book excerpt] Former Delhi Police commissioner on planning the 'escape' of the 1992-93 Mumbai serial blasts convict's kin from Dubai. The serial blasts in Mumbai drew worldwide attention. Amidst the outrage in the international community, the Pakistani establishment, particularly the ISI...

Yess! India beats Pak 6-2 to win the Junior Hockey Asia Cup! Congrats Boys!!

You wouldn’t know him, why would you know him? You’ve probably not even heard his name. You should be ashamed but you won’t be because honestly, all of us are too proud after doing absolutely nothing with our life but well, that’s us, the common people. He and his family are beyond that. I would...

India’s manpower intensive Special Forces (SF), which continue to operate without a specific operational mandate, adequate gear, organisational support or dedicated funding, face an identity crisis. Senior military officers concede that the country’s under-equipped SF units are deployed...

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has confirmed that his country received nuclear technology from Pakistan. The assertion, made in an interview published on Thursday, undermines Islamabad’s long-standing claims that its supply of technology and material to Iran, Libya and North...

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I have been following this man's videos since long. Most of his talks are logical and the perception he gives about the Pakistani society in general is very negative to say the least. He has openly said how Pakistani politicians over the course have distorted the history and due to which the...

Pakistan has cranked up the production of nuclear weapons in a bid to pull ahead of India in the South Asian version of the nuclear arms race. In its latest tally, the somewhat Orwellian sounding Stockholm International Peace Research Institute puts the Pakistani arsenal at a maximum of 120...

@LutyensSpice ,an anonymous handle on twitter,which proclaims to bring up the inside news from the Lutyens has tweeted that its VIF which is actually calling the shots with regards to Defence Ministry. It also proclaims that the general view of Amit Shah being the No. 2 to Modi is incorrect and...

Guys,Can anybody help in explaining to me why the salutes in these three services are different?

As the IAF kicks off another round of myth-making -- launching a year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 India-Pakistan war -- it is worth remembering how little there was to celebrate in those September days when the underdog PAF got the better of the IAF in raid after raid...

It is a long, tiring journey to Kodumanal, a tiny village in western Tamil Nadu -- a place virtually unheard of until archaeologists recently unearthed a 2,500-year-old industrial estate there. The trip from Chennai to this inland village happens in three stages: eight-hour bus ride to Erode...

Indian cricket’s tough guy Kapil opens up to reveal emotional side - Newspaper - DAWN.COM Former Indian captain Kapil Dev Nikhanj was unquestionably one of the greatest all-rounders of the game. Having made his Test debut against Pakistan at Faisalabad in 1978 as a 19-year-old medium-pace...

The 1967 Sino-Indian skirmish also known as the Chola incident, was a military conflict between Indian troops and members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Sikkim, who had infiltrated the area on 1 October. On 10 October, once again both sides had the conflict, the Defence Minister of...