Kargil to be a major air base by 2016
Learning lessons from the 1999 war with Pakistan, India is all set to develop the Kargil airfield as a full-fledged transport base by 2016, by when the Indian Air Force (IAF) aims to operate both medi
US should avoid unilateral military actions: Obama
President Barack Obama said US should avoid unilateral military action overseas and follow the Libyan model where international forces have joined hands against Muammar Gaddafi regime.
Israel’s military attache was 'industrial spy': Russia
Russia expelled Israel's military attache at its Moscow embassy because he engaged in industrial espionage, an unnamed secret service official told the state RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday.
'Armed forces short of 15,000 officers'
New Delhi: The armed forces are facing a shortage of 15,004 officers and have initiated several measures, including increasing the intake of Short Service Commission (SSC) officers, to meet the shortf
US push to ease out Mubarak
Washington, Feb. 4: The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for the President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately and turn over power to a transitional government hea
US accused of failing to probe Iraqi abuse cases
Washington: WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war on Friday, some detailing gruesome cases of prisoner abuse by Iraqi forces that the U.S. military knew about but did
Bomb kills 7 in Philippines: military
Seven people were killed and six others wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded aboard a passenger bus in the troubled southern Philippines, the military said.
US Army opens up to Sikhs
Washington, Sept. 24: Growing up near the air force base in Dayton, Ohio, Mr Tejdeep Singh Rattan, knew he wanted to serve in uniform. When he was turned away the third time from serving in the milita
9 killed in bombing at military parade in Iran
A bomb exploded on Wednesday during a military parade in north-western Iran, killing at least nine people, state media reported.
3 held after 11-hr Pakistan gunfight
Islamabad, Aug. 28: Terrorists detained in office of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Saturday overpowered the guards in Pakistan’s Peshawar city and the military was only able to bring the situation u