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Panel confirms arms shortage

A report of the parliamentary standing committee on defence has expressed alarm about critical deficiencies of equipment in the Army’s aviation wing, tank ammunition and artillery systems, thereby co

SC asks Army to decide how to try personnel involved in fake encounter cases

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Army authorities to decide whether its personnel accused of fake encounter killings in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam should be tried by court-martial proceedings o

A testimony to sacrifices of soldiers

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The calm and serene atmosphere at the Madras War Cemetery in Nandambakkam does not even give a hint of the ferocious battles the slain Commonwealth soldiers across the world fought.

However, the war

British military seeking missile sites for London Olympics 2012

Britain's military is scouting locations in the capital including residential buildings to station surface-to-air missiles during this summer's Olympic Games, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.

LCA Tejas to be inducted in Air Force in 2012: DRDO chief

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Indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) 'Tejas' will be inducted into the Indian Air Force in 2012, DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat has said.

"With 'Tejas' completing almost 1,855 flying hou

Tripura trooper guns down five of family

A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper on Friday gunned down five of his family members, including his wife and two other women, following a family dispute, police said.

"TSR rifleman Bijoy Reang, 25,

IAF chief voices concern over instability in Af-Pak region

The Taliban threat and instability in the Af-Pak region can have its fallout on India's security in the next two years, Air Chief Marshal N. A. K. Browne warned on Saturday.

"2013 and 2014 are cruci

CVRDE to develop stealth battle tanks to power Army

The Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) in the city has embarked on an ambitious mission to develop “stealth” battle tanks.

The Defence Research and Development Organisatio

N. Korea: 'Mobile weapons' capable of striking US

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A senior North Korean army official says his country is armed with 'powerful mobile weapons' capable of striking America.

Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho emphasized the importance of defending the North agai

Govt orders fresh probe into graft charges in chopper deal

Government on Wednesday ordered a fresh probe into the allegations of malpractices in procurement of 12 helicopters for the VVIP Communication Squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Italian firm

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