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A terrorist of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in a gunfight with security forces on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.Police sources said Irfan Ahmad Sheikh, the district commander of Lashkar, was killed in Chakoora village. ...

The Indian Army is one of the most respected and trusted institutions in the country. Indian defence forces are said to be among the best in the world. Sacrifice, valour and a sense of brotherhood are what Army is known for. ...

The Indian Army's bid to procure indigenously manufactured high-altitude equipment and clothing for its troops in the mountainous parts seems to be gasping for air.The Army had floated the proposal to choose indigenous manufacturers in order to cut down on import costs by as much as Rs 2. ...

New Delhi is on the cusp of clearing a proposal for defence infrastructure building on the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (ANI). According to the media reports, the Modi government is ready with a 10-year-long 'roll on' plan to create facilities for additional troops, warships, ...

India has requested Russia to prolong the licence for manufacturing the Su-30MKI aircraft at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facilities in India which could mean an additional order for the multi role righter is on track once the 272 planes under the current order are delivered to the Indian ...

One of the first reports submitted to the Government of India on defence expenditure was the Blackett report in 1948. ...

Union minister Subhash Bhamre today said the country is going to invest huge resources on modernisation of the defence sector in the coming years. ...

The Indian media was not allowed entry into a global conference, which was projected as an 'open' event, addressed by Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a committee room in the UK House of Commons complex on Monday. ...

Pakistan's former dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf was responsible for no breakthrough on the Kashmir issue as he launched the Kargil operation without the civilian government's approval to 'sabotage' the talks with India and topple the Nawaz Sharif government, ...

The day-to-day functioning of Army officers to attend courses or crucial meetings may be hit due to cash crunch for meeting travel and accommodation expenses. Nearly Rs 4,000 crore is spent every year on these purposes.An order issued on Monday by Principal Controller of Defence Accounts, ...

An Indian Army helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a potato field near Karnataka capital Bengaluru on Tuesday. News Nation has the exclusive footage of the incident. ...

The Indian Army has issued a warning to its officers and soldiers to be vigilant against honey traps laid by Pakistani spies and intelligence agencies. Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson, General Officer Commander-in-Chief, South Western Command of the Indian Army, ...

Frustrated by its limited success in containing China and not really being able to rein in Russia and Iran, the US is pressurising others including India to not buy arms from Russia or oil from Iran and drop the idea of joining any trade pacts that have China; for instance, ...

The shifting of the project under the Make II category was taken last year in an effort to expedite the process, and to promote the 'Make in India' initiative of the government in the defence sector.Uncertainty continues to loom over the fate of the $8-billion (approx Rs 60, ...

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat reviewed the preparedness of the Indian Army along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during his two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Defence sources said Monday. Arunachal Pradesh shares a 1,080 km border with China, ...

An ice hockey tournament was organised by the Indian Army in collaboration with civil administration and Himalayan Sports and Cultural Development Organisation at minus 22 degrees Celcius at Drass town in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, which is the second coldest habitat in the world. ...

The Indian Air Force is all set to deploy ASRAAM heat seeking close combat air-to-air missile in its Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Fighters, Livefist has reported. The IAF is currently in the final stages of the programme to mate the British missile system with Russian-origin Sukhoi fighter jets. ...

As many as 191 local youths joined various militant outfits in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, 65 more than 2017, a senior Army official said Monday.'The new recruits mostly hailed from the restive south Kashmir region,' he added.'As many as 191 Kashmiri youths joined militancy in 2018, ...

China called on countries that have not yet joined the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to join as non-nuclear weapon states as soon as possible.China's Foreign Ministry said this in response to questions on India's application to the NPT treaty. ...

The Defence budget for the first time touched the figure of Rs 3.05 crore as the government hiked it by Rs 19,873 from last year's allocation of Rs 2,85,423 crore, the government said today. However, going by the figures provided by the Defence Ministry last year, the hike is only Rs 9,785 crore, ...