India is nearing a significant defence agreement with the Philippines for the supply of the indigenous Akash Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system, expected to be finalised within 2025.
This potential deal, estimated to be worth over $200 million, would represent India's second major defence...
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A retired senior officer of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has asserted that Pakistan is on track to achieve air power superiority over the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the next decade to decade-and-a-half.
Writing in The Express Tribune on April 7, 2025, Air Commodore (Retd) Zahid Ul Hassan stated...
India’s NTPC is exploring the possibility of building small modular reactors to replace its older thermal power plants, according to a tender document, the first such proposal since the country moved to open its much-guarded nuclear sector.
The state-run company, India’s top power producer...
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, today visited the Border Outpost 'Vinay' in Kathua during his Jammu and Kashmir visit and interacted with the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed. On this occasion, Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor, Shri Manoj...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday emphasized completely eradicating terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir and ensuring zero infiltration from across the border during a high-level meeting of the Unified Headquarters at Raj Bhawan here, the highest security grid in the union territory.
He was...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the government is deploying an electronic surveillance system to safeguard the country’s borders and that technology will be used to detect and dismantle underground cross-border tunnels to thwart infiltration by terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir...
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar welcomed UAE’s Crown Prince, Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on his first official visit to India on Tuesday. In a post on X, Jaishankar expressed warmth upon his arrival and noted he values the positive sentiment of the Crown Prince over...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched multiple locations, linked with Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar, across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The premises belonging to suspects and accused associated with Canada-based terrorist...
The Ministry of Defence on Monday signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru for the acquisition of Electronic Warfare (EW) Suites and aircraft modification kits and their installation on Mi-17 V5 helicopters for the Indian Air Force worth Rs 2,385.36 crore.
The contract...
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence on Monday stated that the State Visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reaffirmed the shared vision of both nations for a prosperous and secure Indian Ocean Region (IOR), strengthening further the profound historical, cultural, and strategic ties...
The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected the plea of Tahawwur Rana -- accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks -- seeking a stay on his extradition to India.
"The application for stay addressed to The Chief Justice and referred to the Court is denied," the SC order dated Monday, April...
As many as 26 Maoists, including three carrying rewards totaling ?4.5 lakh, surrendered before the security forces on Monday, along with five women Maoists in Narayanpur. This brought the total count of surrenders on Monday to 31, as per officials.
The five female Maoists who surrendered in...
A suspected Bangladeshi drone was found inside the Indian territory of southern Tripura on Monday, triggering tension in the border villages, officials said.
Police, quoting the local people, said that farmer Sadhan Mazumdar first spotted the mini drone in a paddy field near the...
