Defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday said the “armed forces have the freedom to respond to the developing situation appr-opriately” on the Line of Control bordering Pakista-n-occupied Kashmir.

In a giant technological leap that will eventually lead to India having a full-fledged nuclear triad capability, the nuclear reactor on board the INS Arihant indigenous nuclear-powered submarine was activated and “attained criticality” early on Saturday morning, the ministry of defence (MoD) confirmed.

India is planning to drastically scale up the number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from one to six that survey the skies at the same time over Naxalite-infested areas in Chhattisgarh, but the mov

The proposed establishment of an Indian Army mountain strike corps in India’s eastern sector bordering China — which will for the first time give the Indian Army offensive capabilities vis-à-vis China

The government has proposed levying of a “safety fee” — on each passenger catching a flight — of either `5 or `10 which will create additional revenue of `50 crores or `100 crores (depending on the levy) to fund the new proposed Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to be set up as an aviation regulator that will replace the current aviation regulator DGCA.

Speculation was rife that civil aviation minister Ajit Singh was unhappy with certain content in a press note and documents made public by the PMO two days ago.

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh met UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday morning, triggering speculation that the minister was unhappy with the stand taken by the Prime M

Against the backdrop of objections by some MPs, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh strongly defended the `2,050-crore Jet-Etihad deal, saying those opposing it were “long on politics and short on fact

While civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday staunchly defended both the Jet-Etihad FDI deal and the nearly four-fold India-UAE bilateral entitlement hike on the grounds that it would bring in

The civil aviation ministry is considering a proposal to levy about `40 to `50 as an air-travel cess on every passenger catching a flight anywhere in the country in order to subsidise flight operation