Defence News

Banks may refuse to release funds to save Anil Ambani jail time

Lenders' boards may not allow RCom's request for releasing Rs 260-crore tax refund held in escrow account for paying off Ericsson after Supreme Court verdict.

Feb 23, 2019

Pakistan begins war preparations; hospitals, LoC residents on high alert

All civil hospitals near the LoC area asked to reserve 25 percent of their bed capacity for injured soldiers.

Feb 22, 2019

Tejas team confident of indigenous large passenger plane roll-out in 5-7 years

Indigenous technology developed for LCA Tejas and small passenger plane Saras could help in producing larger aircraft at 20 per cent cost advantage.

Feb 22, 2019

Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter in Sopore, 2 terrorists killed

The security officials started a search operation based on a tip-off about the presence of militants in the area.

Feb 22, 2019

After MiG-29, Indian Air force to procure additional squadron of Su 30 MKI jets

The IAF is in dire need of maintaining the number of squadrons required for a possible two-front war and needs 11 more squadrons to simultaneously fight a war on two fronts.

Feb 21, 2019

HAL to make 16 Tejas for IAF operational fleet

As a partner in co-developing and manufacturing the combat fighter, HAL has already delivered to the IAF 16 Tejas in the Initial Operation Clearance (IOC) configuration.

Feb 21, 2019

India vs Pakistan | Comparison of troop strength and weapons of the nuclear-armed rivals

While India has clear superiority on conventional hardware, nuclear warheads even out the battlefield though technological advances could be India's trump card

Feb 21, 2019

Aero India 2019: Tejas, world's lightest fighter, is battle-ready after years of delay

HAL Tejas is a single-engine, multirole light fighter designed and developed jointly by the Aeronautical Development Agency and HAL.

Feb 21, 2019

Aero India 2019: US offers F-21 supersonic fighter jets to Indian Air Force

Lockheed Martin's offer comes with 'Make in India' opportunity amid intention to build F-16 wings in India in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems.

Feb 20, 2019

Eliminated JeM leadership within 100 hours of Pulwama attack: Indian Army

Indian Army has killed three militants of Pakistan-backed JeM. Two of them were Pakistani nationals identified as Kamran and Abdul Rashid alias Ghazi Umar.

Feb 19, 2019

Pulwama attack martyrs fund: Here's how to help families of departed CRPF jawans on Paytm

Indian citizens can help the families of departed CRPF soldiers by funding their children's education and well-being on Bharat Ke Veer, CRPF Wives Welfare Association fund on Paytm websites and mobile apps.

Feb 17, 2019

Precision air strike across LoC seen as a viable military response

Modi government has multiple options for a retributive response to the Pulwama JeM terror attack including deploying air power, experts say.

Feb 16, 2019

China says it will block India's bid to list Masood Azhar as global terrorist

China has repeatedly blocked India's bid to ban Azhar at the UN, citing lack of evidence against the man who was the mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attack.

Feb 15, 2019

Bharat Ke Veer: Here's how you can help families of departed CRPF Jawans

Indian citizens can help the martyred family by funding their children's education and well-being through Bharat Ke Veer corpus fund website.

Feb 15, 2019

IAF to immediately buy 21 MiG-29 fighter aircraft to bolster depleting fleet

The IAF is down to only 31 fighter aircraft squadrons when it needs 42 squadrons to simultaneously fight a war on two fronts.

Feb 14, 2019