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While the world braces for e-threats, India moves slow Feb 6, 2012, 01.04AM IST TNN [ Rajat Pandit ] MUNICH: After the first four "real'' battlefields of land, air, sea and now increasingly space, India needs to get very serious about the virtual front as well. The country should begin...

Search for atomic minerals widens in Central India Jan 21, 2012, 05.03AM IST TNN [ Snehlata Shrivastav ] NAGPUR: Continuing its exercise of exploring known as well as newer areas for uranium, the Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) for Exploration and Research is now enhancing activities in...

'Drunk' Yahya hinted at India attack 10 days before '71 war Jan 16, 2012, 03.11AM IST PTI NEW DELHI: Around 10 days before war broke out between India and Pakistan in 1971, the then President of Pakistan Yahya Khan had given an inkling of his intentions to attack this country after...

No Australian uranium for Pakistan: Gillard Jan 13, 2012, 10.38PM IST IANS SYDNEY: Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reiterated that Australia will not agree to export uranium to Pakistan, which is imploring Canberra to make a similar policy change as done recently for India...

'China did not expect India to give up so easily in 1962' Jan 9, 2012, 03.30AM IST TNN [ Pratishtha Ingale ] NAGPUR: China did not expect India to give in so easily in the 1962 war, so much so that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) overran Indian posts and reached deep into Tezpur in the...

China bankrolls R&D while India plays the miser Jan 9, 2012, 12.42AM IST TNN [ Nitin Sethi ] NEW DELHI: Did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underplay China's superiority over India in the field of science, research and technology? Analysis of new data shared at the National Science...

'Tulsi' to be used for anti-radiation medicine Jan 8, 2012, 03.23PM IST IANS BHUBANESHWAR: From grandma's home remedies for cough, cold and other ailments, 'tulsi' (Indian Basil) is now being tested by Indian scientists for treating people exposed to harmful radiations and initial tests...

US defence secretary Leon Panetta counts India as a challenge yet again Jan 6, 2012, 12.20PM IST PTI WASHINGTON: For the second time in less than two months, US defence secretary Leon Panetta has said that the country is facing challenges from rising powers like China and India in Asia...

China to open its first military base abroad in Indian Ocean Dec 12, 2011, 12.27PM IST PTI BEIJING: In a move that may cause unease in India, China on Monday announced that it will set up its first military base abroad in the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to "seek supplies and...

'Smiling Buddha' had caught US off- guard in 1974 Dec 7, 2011, 02.57AM IST TNN [ Srinivas Laxman ] MUMBAI: The American intelligence community in the Nixon era missed India's preparations for a nuclear weapons test and was caught unawares when "Smiling Buddha" was successfully conducted at...

Nixon's tilt towards Pak, China led India to 1st nuclear test Dec 6, 2011, 02.27PM IST PTI WASHINGTON: US tilt towards Pakistan and its overtures to China in the early 70s apparently led India to go ahead with the decision to conduct its first nuclear test in Pokharan in 1974, which...

NEW DELHI: IAF may have ejected US fighters from its $10.4-billion project to acquire 126 jets, but is eager for its fighter pilots to match their combat skills with American top guns. The air force has taken the initiative to take part in the "mother" of all air combat exercises, the Red...

We can't match India militarily: Pak def minister 28 JUN, 2011, 06.04PM IST,PTI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cannot afford to match the induction of modern weaponry by India, which possibly has a greater capacity to sustain a war, Pakistani defence minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said.:suicide...

Ulfa ready to announce ceasefire Jun 20, 2011, 01.59am IST TNN [ Prabin Kalita ] GUWAHATI: The Arabinda Rajkhowa-led pro-talks faction of Ulfa is set to declare ceasefire formally to pave the way for peace talks with the Centre. “Our general council has decided to declare ceasefire either...

Did MV Suez rebuff India's help warship? Jun 17, 2011, 01.57am IST TNN NEW DELHI: After all the hullabaloo over why India had not promptly dispatched a warship to protect MV Suez during its passage to Salalah port in Oman, missile frigate INS Godavari did sail close to the merchant vessel...

No possibility of Kargil-like situation in Arunachal: Antony Jun 14, 2011, 04.47pm IST PTI NEW DELHI: Defence minister AK Antony on Tuesday discounted the possibility of Kargil-type operations in Arunachal Pradesh as apprehended by a minister of the state, saying the situation on the...

India to take up with Pak ISI's nexus with 26/11 perpetrators Jun 13, 2011, 01.26pm IST PTI NEW DELHI: India will raise the issue of nexus between Pakistan's ISI and the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks during the forthcoming talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries...

India plans 'major upgrade' to prevent terror strikes from seas Jun 8, 2011, 04.59am IST TNN [ Rajat Pandit ] NEW DELHI: Terrorists trained like marine commandos to dive and slip through harbour protection systems could one day unleash havoc by planting underwater bombs or mines at a...

A few Points to be discussed. Data and Information from various sources: INTRODUCTION The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about 35.5°N 77.0°E, just east of the Line of Control between India- Pakistan. India controls all of the...

Gaddafi could be sponsoring anti-India terror group: Wikileaks Jun 2, 2011, 03.38am IST TNN [ Sachin Parashar ] NEW DELHI: A newly-released WikiLeaks cable has revealed that Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi could be financing a Pakistan-based anti-India terror group, Sipah-e-Sahaba, which...