NEW DELHI: The Army will finally get its own heavy-duty attack helicopters after a bitter tussle with the IAF over the last several years. The defence ministry on Thursday cleared the acquisition of six Apache attack helicopters, armed with Hellfire and Stinger missiles, for the Army at a cost...
WASHINGTON: A Senate panel has approved a legislation which blocks $300 million US military aid to Pakistan unless the defence secretary certifies to the Congress that Islamabad is taking demonstrable steps against the Haqqani terror network.
The Senate Armed Services Committee, which renewed...
The US has conveyed to India it has put in place an "effective oversight" and end-use monitoring system to ensure that security assistance given to Pakistan is used solely to combat terrorism.
In Februarfy, the US had proposed $860 million in aid for Pakistan, including $265 million for...
Was a bid to slow poison 62-year-old cricketer-politician Imran Khan to grab his political legacy the last straw that led him to divorce his journalist wife, Reham Khan? This is one of the theories making the rounds since the two announced their split on October 30.
The two are yet to divulge...
MUMBAI: The icy Indo-Pakistan ties notwithstanding, the city welcomed an ailing Karachi teen who flew into the city for treatment on Monday afternoon.
Fifteen-year-old Saba Ahmed, who suffers from Wilson's disease, was immediately taken to Jaslok Hospital, Peddar Road, where a city-based NGO...
CHENNAI: Many may find it a crowning glory, but Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) scientists think it's just an acknowledgement long due. The US, which imposed sanctions on India, will take India's help to launch one of its satellites soon.
Isro has a track record of launching...
NEW DELHI: Pakistan military claimed on Wednesday that had shot down an "Indian spy drone" along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber, in Azad Kashmir.
"The Indian spy drone had violated Pakistani airspace after which it was targeted by Pakistani forces and brought down for...
BENGALURU: The country's low-cost Mars mission spacecraft that is in a rendezvous with the red planet for an extended period has enough fuel for it to last "many years", Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Kiran Kumar said on Friday.
"....now it will be surviving for many years," Kumar...
NEW DELHI: Faced with continuing deadlock in the mega deal to acquire 126 French Rafale fighters, India is now pressing the throttle to seal the even bigger project with Russia for the stealth fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA).
India has told Russia it wants deliveries of the FGFA to...
BEIJING: In a significant development, China and Russia on Monday decided to back India for moving a proposal at the United Nations that essentially goes against Pakistan on the issue of terrorism.
In order to corner Pakistan for sheltering and facilitating terrorists involved the 26/11...
New Delhi: In a major diplomatic victory for the Narendra Modi led NDA government which can also boost the India-America relationship, US President Barack Obama will be joining as the chief guest on Republic Day celebrations next year, reports said on Friday.
According to news reports, the...