India on Friday made a major breakthrough in mounting an electronic eye in the sky, taking delivery here of the first Embraer 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft, built with Indian technology.

Defence minister A.K. Antony on Saturday said the number of suicides in the Indian Army had reduced over the years but added that every suicide was a cause of concern.

He made the comment after bein

A global tender has been floated by the Indian Navy for procuring 56 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) which are expected to cost over Rs 4,000 crore and will replace the fleet of its vintage Cheetah

Sharpening its missile teeth, India on Thursday successfully test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of 2000 km as part of a user trial by the Army from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

India has viewed seriously the matter of a tunnel being detected from Pakistan side into the country in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Saturday said.

"Yes, a tunne

The discovery of a tunnel 300 metres inside the Indian territory from Pakistan has forced the government to soon initiate an extensive seismic and geological survey all along the International Border

It has all the appearance of an arms race on the roof of the world.

Asia's two great powers are facing off here in the eastern Himalayan mountains. China has vastly improved roads and is building or

Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Thursday outrightly rejected Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's pitch for a share from the national security allocation for social development programmes.

"Mon

Top American Senators have asked the Obama administration to give a go ahead to co-development and co-production of military weapon systems with India.

They stressed that closer defence ties with Ind

India will get the first P75 Scorpene submarine being developed by French naval defence firm DCNS commissioned by 2015.

While the first Scorpene is expected to be launched by 2013-end and commission