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India may explore the possibility of leasing a few kilo-class submarines from Russia, government sources said. With the INS Sindhurakshak likely to be written off, the navy’s submarine arm will be left with just 13 conventional submarines — two of which are under repair. And most of them...

The man who has done 6316 sorties with the MiG-21, arguably the most by any air force pilot, says there isn't anything wrong with the aircraft many call the 'widow-maker' and 'flying coffin'. As the one-time warhorse aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) completed 50 years in the fleet in 2013...

A militant was on Friday killed in an encounter between ultras and security forces in a forest in frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said. The encounter started on Thursday evening when security forces, acting on a specific information, launched a search operation to flush...

The Chinese incursion across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh has stoked an old rift between the Defence Ministry and the Ministry of Home Affairs over the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) guarding the 650-km LAC with China along Jammu and Kashmir. South Block mandarins are...

The management at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is reportedly apprehensive about having Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as one of its key speakers. According to NDTV, the management might ask for the Gujarat chief minister, who was approached by students who organised...

The famed London Underground Railway has approached Central Railway (CR) for help to convert from DC power to AC. CR is in the process of changing the suburban railway system from DC to AC. A better part — 70 per cent — of the London line runs in tunnels under the Thames river. Seniors...

Almost three out of four of smartphones around the world are now running the Android mobile operating system, a new report has said. According to IT market research firm Gartner, Google’s mobile OS now has a 72.4 per cent share of the market for mobile operating systems, a massive increase...

It is a beautiful gun to look at. with its wooden sturdiness, it has a dignity that many modern guns, like the plastic m16, do not. The most interesting of all the mercenary soldiers of India in the 1700s were the Naga sadhus. They were ferocious, utterly reckless and totally naked...

ND Tiwari's DNA test confirms Rohit Shekhar is his son At 87, veteran politician ND Tiwari has a new son. A DNA test has confirmed that the senior Congress leader is the biological father of Rohit Shekhar, who took him to court. "This is my personal matter. The country should not waste its...

In Andhra Pradesh, 148 Maoists have surrendered before the police at Bhadrachalam in Khammam District. District Superintendent of Police Hari Kumar said the surrendered Naxals included three women. AIR correspondent reports that for the first time in the recent past, huge number of Maoist...

Clearance for many strategic roads have been delayed because the ministry of environment and forests as well as respective state forest and public works departments have been sitting on the proposals without realising their importance to national security, reports RS Chauhan The Indian...

RAMESWARAM: Sri Lankan naval personnel allegedly attacked some fishing boats and arrested 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen when they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits on Sunday, fisheries department officials said. The Lankan navy also seized five boats, officials said. The fishermen...

NEW DELHI: A man allegedly working for a Pakistani intelligence agency has been arrested with several Indian Army documents. He had been asked to gather information on Air India pilots, Army bases in the country, journalists who frequently visit Pakistan and relatives of officials working in the...

NEW DELHI: India has decided to scale down its diplomatic ties with Denmark after that country's refusal to appeal in their Supreme Court against a decision of its lower court rejecting the extradition of Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy. Upset over Copenhagen's refusal to act on New...

New Delhi: That the Indian Army's artillery regiments are in desperate need of a makeover is well known. But the process of modernisation and upgrade has moved at a glacial pace. The only new weapon in sight is the M777 light howitzer which has been cleared for procurement from BAE Systems in...

TOKYO: In a veiled reference to Pakistan, S.M. Krishna on Sunday told the international community of the "existential threat" Afghanistan faces from terrorism emanating from across its borders. It also underlined its long-term commitment to the reconstruction of the country in the light of...

Just the fact that there is jewellery worth over Rs.15,000 crore under one roof is staggering. Even if one doesn't consider the cost, the sheer magnificence of each of the exhibited pieces is enough to leave one speechless with awe and wonder. In Hyderabad, which is keeping up to its reputation...

Dapon Ratuk Ngawang was one of the senior leaders of the Voluntary Freedom Fighter Force in Tibet, a Tibetan guerrilla outfit which fought Chinese rule and played a key role in the Dalai Lama’s escape to India in March 1959. After the 1962 Sino-Indian border war, Ratuk Ngawang commanded the...