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Agni V production to begin in a year's time NEW DELHI (PTI): India has emerged as a major missile power with the successful launch of Agni V ballistic missile and the production of the weapon system would start in a year's time, DRDO chief V K Saraswat said Thursday. "This launch has...

Kashmir no excuse for Pakistan's terrorist ties: US senator WASHINGTON, Former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said the Kashmir dispute was not an excuse for Pakistan to not break ties with the Haqqani network, held responsible for recent coordinated attacks across...

Give me more security, my life is in danger: Hafiz Saeed LAHORE: LeT founder Hafiz Saeed has moved the high court, asking it to stop Pakistani authorities from taking any "adverse action" against him under pressure from the US and provide security to him as his life was "not safe" and any...

A Welcome Move! fast-tracks acquisition of weapons With an eye on both China and Pakistan, the government on Tuesday approved a slew of measures to fast-track acquisition of weapons as well as boost infrastructure development along the borders for faster mobility of troops and equipment...

150 Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack KUNDUZ ( Afghanistan): About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female education...

BSF guns down Pakistani intruder in Punjab CHANDIGARH: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers on Sunday morning gunned down an unidentified intruder along the India-Pakistan international border in the Dera Baba Nanak sector of Punjab, an official said. A BSF officer said Sunday that the...

England jealous of IPL: Kevin Pietersen NEW DELHI: Jealousy could be the reason for negative attitudes in England towards the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), Delhi Daredevils batting star Kevin Pietersen said. The Twenty20 IPL was an instant hit when it began in 2008 as a mix of...

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Three army personnel killed after being hit by avalanche in Kashmir SRINAGAR: Three army personnel were killed when they were hit by an avalanche outside their post near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The three soldiers, including a junior...

Russia orbits three GLONASS satellites MOSCOW (BNS): Russia has successfully orbited three GLONASS navigation satellites last week. A Proton-M rocket carrying the payloads was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 4 after a 24-hour delay, the federal space agency...

Not Easy for US to do an Osama-type raid on Pak nuclear weapons: Musharraf WASHINGTON: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the country's nuclear weapons are very hard targets and can never be attacked by the United States. "I don't think it is possible from my purely...

19 Days After Crash, IAF MiG-29 Pilot Declared Dead Squadron Leader Dharmendra Singh Tomar, who went down in a MiG-29 on October 18, is dead. Sources tell Headlines Today that body parts were found today at the crash site in the Chokhang Mountains in Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. Hope...

Avoid cow slaughter on Eid to respect Hindu sentiments: Darul Uloom Deoband MUZAFFARNAGAR: On the eve of Eid-ul-Zuha, leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband on Sunday appealed to Muslims to avoid cow slaughter on the festival as a mark of respect for the feelings of Hindus...

Shooting An Indian Navy Amphibious Assault Drill Filmed an entire amphibious operation at Rutland Island in the Andaman Sea earlier this week involving two Indian Navy landing ships, the Shardul-class INS Kesari and Magar-class INS Gharial. The latter vessel, based in...

Explosions rock China, seven killed, 200 injured At least seven people were killed, about 200 others injured and several buildings destroyed when two explosives-laden vehicles detonated in southwest China on Tuesday, local officials said. "Seven people have been confirmed dead and...

China to launch 25 satellites in 2011 BEIJING (PTI): China has set up a target of launching 20 rockets and 25 satellites into space by the end of this year, making it the second country after Russia to accomplish that many launches in a year. "This year, we are supposed to launch 20...

Craze for mini-submarines, the latest toys for India's super rich Erik Hasselman, sales and marketing manager of the Netherlands-based aqua-products maker U-Boat Worx, isn't disappointed about selling only eight submersibles so far - they started off more than five years ago. After all, the...

Robots help fighter Jets take off BANGALORE: In a small factory tucked away in Peenya, a dusty industrial suburb of Bangalore, a master-robot is busy rehearsing giving commands to a 'slave-robot' to integrate complex engine components of Sukhoi aircraft, a multi-role fighter jet. The...

Third Sukhoi T -50 stealth fighter ‘to fly soon’ Russia’s third prototype Sukhoi T-50 fifth generation fighter will be ready to take to the skies in the near future, a military industry source said on Thursday. “It will fly when the designers are absolutely confident in their product,”...

US drone strike kills key commander in Pakistan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN: Suspected US unmanned aircraft fired six missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan's rugged tribal region Thursday, killing five militants, including a close ally to one of the area's top commanders, Pakistani intelligence...