
July 13, 2009 02:11 IST
Standing tall and dominating the famous Tiger Hill on the Line of Control (LoC) is a grim reminder of the Kargil war. Point 5353,the highest peak in the region which has a clear view of the National Highway 1 D...
Mon, Jul 13, 2009July 10, 2009 03:41 IST
Ten years after Captain Vijyant Thapar died a heros death while capturing an impossible peak in the Drass sector,his father will make a final pilgrimage to the spot to honour his sons last wish. In his last letter...
Fri, Jul 10, 2009July 08, 2009 04:33 IST
He went up the heights of Batalik to look for his missing yak but what he saw and reported became the 1999 Kargil war.
Wed, Jul 08, 2009July 01, 2009 01:58 IST
A board of inquiry against the two senior-most members of the Navys high flying skydiving team has found several cases....
Wed, Jul 01, 2009June 26, 2009 04:29 IST
The Defence Ministry has written to the CBI to expedite the probe into the Ordnance scam and provide more details regarding the investigation.
Fri, Jun 26, 2009June 24, 2009 00:28 IST
The Indian Army is set to order new artillery guns worth approximately Rs 1,000 crore as...
Wed, Jun 24, 2009June 20, 2009 04:40 IST
India has cleared its largest ever indigenous defence contract worth Rs 45,000 crore to manufacture seven advanced stealth frigates for the Navy....
Sat, Jun 20, 2009June 18, 2009 00:39 IST
A week after a Russian-built AN 32 transport aircraft of the Air Force crashed in Arunachal Pradesh,killing 13 people on board...
Thu, Jun 18, 2009June 13, 2009 02:23 IST
Ten years ago,two fighter pilots from India and Pakistan had an interesting conversation over tea and snacks...
Sat, Jun 13, 2009
June 12, 2009 10:17 IST
A former PAF pilot,who was Director of Ops during Kargil conflict,has given a blow-by-blow account of the preparations undertaken by Pak Army that led to operations inside Indian side of LoC.
Fri, Jun 12, 2009
June 12, 2009 09:21 IST
In the first account by a Pakistani military officer that nails Islamabads lie on Kargil,a former pilot who was Director of Operations of the Pakistan Air Force.
Fri, Jun 12, 2009June 12, 2009 01:17 IST
More than a year after the P Rama Rao Committee submitted a detailed report outlining a roadmap to transform the Defence Research and Development Organisation....
Fri, Jun 12, 2009June 11, 2009 00:35 IST
Grappling with an acute shortage of officers,the Army will get a new Officers Training Academy (OTA) at Gaya with the Cabinet....
Thu, Jun 11, 2009June 06, 2009 09:41 IST
Having already taken a knocking with the controversies involving Bofors and Denel,Indias artillery modernisation programme hit....
Sat, Jun 06, 2009June 05, 2009 03:02 IST
The Defence Ministry has issued a notice suspending all business dealings with seven companies,including two major international defence firms....
Fri, Jun 05, 2009
June 03, 2009 11:41 IST
Shashi Tharoor,who also has a bilingual website,has been twittering since he took oath.
Wed, Jun 03, 2009May 31, 2009 02:25 IST
This is one test the Indian Air Force thought it would never have to conduct.
Sun, May 31, 2009May 28, 2009 01:18 IST
Investigations into the shocking Su-30 MKI crash last month,which resulted in the fighter being grounded for close to three weeks....
Thu, May 28, 2009May 27, 2009 09:15 IST
The new UPA government has issued its first defence tender,estimated at $600 million,to procure attack helicopters for the IAF.
Wed, May 27, 2009May 24, 2009 01:46 IST
This is a rescue story that went unnoticed in the deluge of election talk.
Sun, May 24, 2009May 22, 2009 03:04 IST
India has resolved a long standing problem over sending troops for peacekeeping missions to Congo after the country withdrew...
Fri, May 22, 2009May 22, 2009 02:47 IST
India has resolved a long standing problem over sending troops for peacekeeping missions to Congo...
Fri, May 22, 2009May 21, 2009 02:27 IST
The first of Indias three Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems,a Phalcon Israeli radar system mounted on a Russian IL-76 aircraft...
Thu, May 21, 2009May 15, 2009 02:42 IST
In a startling disclosure,a top US Admiral has revealed that China offered to divide the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions between....
Fri, May 15, 2009May 14, 2009 01:48 IST
As the last phase of polls approached,the Congress made a last ditch effort to woo ex-servicemen in Punjab,Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh....
Thu, May 14, 2009



