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China's external debt soars to 27 year high at $695 billion Beijing: China's external debt totalled a whopping USD 695 billion last year, highest in 27 years, adding to concerns that it might undermine the country's fiscal position at a time when its economy has slowed down due to declining...

India Maintains Strategic Air Base in Central Asia NEW DELHI | FEB 29, 2012 India is in talks with Tajikistan to set up a military hospital there even as it maintains an airbase in Ayni there, the country's only such facility overseas. India has collaborated with Tajikistan to...

IAF, Afghanistan Air Force play soccer New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS) Air Marshal Naresh Verma on Monday declared open a series of football matches between the Afghanistan Air Force and Indian Air Force (IAF) Football team at the football ground, New Willingdon Camp, Air Force Station Race...

Rights violations shame Pakistanis at Congress hearing WASHINGTON: Guilt and shame were the two dominant feelings that overwhelmed many Pakistanis at a US congressional hearing room on Wednesday as witnesses detailed human rights abuses in Balochistan. Some were also troubled – while some...

Pakistan army tries brigadier, four officers over extremist ties ISLAMABAD: Security officials say the Pakistani army has started court martial proceedings against a brigadier and four other officers over suspected ties to a banned extremist group that has called for ousting the...

'Jihadit' organizations like Difa-e-Pakistan now on the rise in Pak Islamabad, Feb 11 (ANI): Jihadis urge for resurgence seem to be gaining momemtum in Pakistan, with reports saying that the Difa-e-Pakistan Council (Defence of Pakistan Council) movement has strengthened its hold across the...

Millions pushed into child labour in Pakistan February 11 2012 at 11:00am Islamabad - Tears tracing lines of dirt on his face, six-year-old Pakistani boy Nabeel Mukhtar cries while crouching on a pavement to scrub motorbikes, his job for nine hours a day, six days a week. He is one...

Russia, U.S. seal Afghan helicopter deal The U.S. Army Forces Command and Russian state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport have sealed a contract for the supply of 21 Mi-17V5 multipurpose helicopters to Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Service of Military-Technical...

SAAB to bid for Indian Navy MRMR tender Swedish defense and aerospace company SAAB is planning to offer its SAAB 2000 aircraft to the Indian Navy when it issues a Request For Proposal (RFP) for Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance (MRMR) aircraft in the next few months. The Indian Navy...

India, France to hold joint army drill French Defense Minister Gérard Longuet announced that the French and Indian armies would be holding a joint exercise, Shakti. Longuet made the announcement at a press conference held at the French Embassy in New Delhi on Friday. The two countries...

Punjab pleads for foreign loans, but quietly ISLAMABAD: Contrary to its public position against accepting any new foreign loans, the Punjab government on Saturday pushed the National Economic Council to approve new international borrowing ceilings and complained about delays in the...

Will Consider India for NSG Membership: Germany With Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) deciding to discuss India's membership to the non- proliferation body in its next month's meeting, Germany today said it will consider India's bid keeping its "excellent" track record in the field of...

Budget deficit to climb over Rs1 trn ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic the difference between what the government spent over the past twelve months and what the government managed to collect will cross Rs1,000,000,000,000. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza...

Baloch movement not fuelled by India: US Washington: The separatist movement in Pakistan's Balochistan province is fuelled by the country's domestic policies and not India, a top US official said on Wednesday. "I don't think that the existence of a terrorist or a separatist movement...

The IAF dilemma: To upgrade its Mirage fleet or buy new jets FORCE IN A FIX THE BIG QUESTION Should the IAF upgrade all its 51 French Dassault M2000 jets for Rs 14,400 cr or purchase new fighters? WHAT THE IAF WANTS The IAF expects the aircraft to have beyond visual range...

Wipro allies with EADS ahead of defence bounty With an eye on the so-called defence ‘offset’ spending running into several billion dollars, infrastructure engineering division of Wipro has entered into a component supply agreement with CESA — or Compania Espanola De Sistemas Aeronauticos...

J&K: LeT Militant Killed in Encounter A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here today. Acting on information about the presence of militants in Poonch district's Soni-top...

India and the US Central Command The Army chief, General V K Singh’s planned visit to the headquarters of the US Central Command in Tampa, Florida during his trip to the United States next week will mark an important milestone in the evolution in Indo-US defence ties. Until now, India...

Turkey May Buy Up to 116 F-35s: Defense Minister ANKARA- Turkey's Air Force may buy up to 116 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Lightning II aircraft, the NATO ally's defense minister has said. Turkey, a member of the U.S.-led nine-nation F-35 consortium, has already said that it...

After IAF, Navy Now Wants Amphibian Aircraft In March last year, when the Indian Air Force said it wanted six amphibious aircraft for "search and rescue missions, inter-island communication, rapid response duties and reconnaissance of islands" (see RFI here), the Indian Navy wasn't...