Report on artificial intelligence for India’s defence filed

SOURCE: IANS The Artificial Intelligence Task Force of the Ministry of Defence led by Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Saturday submitted its final report to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on using AI for military superiority. “The Task Force handed over the final report to Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman to accept it and to implement its […]

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Jammu and Kashmir: Authorities to begin construction process for border shelters along LoC

SOURCE: PTI Starting the process for construction of ‘Seema Bhawans’ (border shelters) along the Line of Control (LoC), authorities in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri convened separate meetings to remove the bottlenecks in the process of land acquisition. The ‘Seema Bhawans’ will provide accommodation to the residents of border villages who are forced […]

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India must not surrender strategic autonomy to US

SOURCE: THE ASIAN AGE. The recent visit to India of Nikki Haley, America’s India-origin permanent representative to the United Nations, can have only compounded the sense in New Delhi that the India-US relationship under President Donald Trump is not going to be smooth-sailing, and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose effort from day one in office […]

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Vajpayee’s surgical strike killed 16 Pak soldiers much before Modi announced his in 2016

SOURCE: The Northlines The operation in January 2000 was launched in PoK in retaliation to an attack from across the LoC. New Delhi: Much before the 2016 surgical strikes against Pakistan, the Indian army carried out several small and big operations inside Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, right from the 1990s up to 2013. One such major operation was […]

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Masood Azhar roams free, incites anti India terror

SOURCE: SUNDAY GUARDIAN LIVE Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar has positioned himself as the leading anti-India voice in Pakistan, emboldened by the lack of any action against him by either the Pakistan government or the US administration. He is encouraging more and more illiterate youths to go to India and carry out terrorist activities in […]

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China joins U.S. and India against Pak terror funding

SOURCE: SUNDAY GUARDIAN LIVE The “Wuhan Spirit” ensured that China joined with India, the United States, Russia and the European Union in rejecting the bid of Turkey to take Pakistan off the “Grey List” of terror funding of the 37-nation Financial Action Task Force at its plenary meeting in Paris last week. The Pakistan delegation sought […]

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India Makes Strong Case at UN Against Lack of Support From Neighbours Who ‘Hide’ Terrorists

SOURCE: News18.com India has reported to the United Nations that it has lived with the curse of terrorism inflicted from across borders for decades while its counter-terror efforts go in vain without the required global support who instead “hide” and protect the accused persons. Speaking at the United Nations High-Level Conference on Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies […]

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LeT mocks army, police chiefs

SOURCE: Kashmir Reader Militant outfit Lashkar-eToiba chief Mahmood Shah mocked at the army and police chiefs in a statement on Saturday, stating that “two stories were released” in the past few days.Shah called the first “a comic story released by Indian Army regarding its fantasy called ‘Sir G Kal Strikes’”, and the second as “no less […]

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India pursuing an indirect strategy to harm Pakistan : Pakistani Think Tank

SOURCE: pakobserver.net SINCE 1947, Pakistan-India relations have generally remained tense due to India’s unfair policies towards Pakistan, including Indian leaders’ statements against the creation of Pakistan, delays in and unfair distribution of assets and illegal occupation of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that resulted into 1947/48 Pakistan-India war. The war ended only when the […]

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Sri Lanka: Anti-India rebel leader’s wife approaches court to locate him 29 yrs after his arrest

SOURCE: PTI The wife of an anti-India rebel leader in Sri Lanka has filed a petition to trace her husband, who has not been heard of since his arrest 29 years ago.Srimathi Wijeweera, wife of former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Rohana Wijeweera, yesterday filed a habeas corpus petition before the Appeal Court here, seeking […]

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Pakistan must address global terror concerns, says MEA

SOURCE: ENS New Delhi on Saturday welcomed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decision to put Pakistan on its grey list at its plenary session which ended in Paris on Friday. In a statement late Friday, the FATF identified Pakistan as a jurisdiction with strategic Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies, while […]

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Armed Forces Tribulations

SOURCE: The Telegraph Navy officer P.K. Banerjee joined service in 1984. He was in command of the latest ship of the force, INS Tabar – the first Indian Navy ship deployed for counter piracy patrols off Somalia. His seniors, the initiating officer who was also the fleet commander and the rear admiral, gave him a glowing […]

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UN’s Jean Pierre Lacroix thanks India for contribution to peacekeeping

SOURCE: ANI United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix thanked India for her contribution to UN Peacekeeping. A delegation under Lacroix, along with Military Advisor Lt Gen Carlos Loitey, Police Advisor Luis Carrillo, UN DPKO are on a three-day visit to India from 28-30 June.The aim of the visit is to thank India for her contribution to UN peacekeeping and discuss contemporary issues related to peacekeeping. The delegation interacted with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Defence […]

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NIA arrests two Maoists in Jharkhand

SOURCE: ENS The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two Maoists – Munesh Ganjhu and Vinod Kumar Ganjhu on Friday and produced them before a Special NIA court of Navneet Kumar on Saturday seeking remand of 10 days. The Court, however, granted five-day remand for the two arrested Maoists with a direction to NIA to produce […]

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Kargil martyr’s teenage daughter pens book about father’s valour

SOURCE: TNN In a unique tribute to her father who laid down his life defending the nation, a 19-year-old girl, brought out a book on him. The girl, Aparajita, was in fact born three months after her father Major Padmapani Acharya was killed in the Kargil war. Major Padmapani Acharya of the city was awarded the second highest […]

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R&AW covert ops dismantled Jamaat-e-Islami terror camps in 1992, reveals spymaster Amar Bhushan in book

SOURCE: FIRST POST Months after Begum Khaleda Zia swept Bangladesh election in February 1991, India’s external spy agency Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) was alarmed over increased harassment of pro-India politicians, large-scale radicalisation and meticulously planned infiltration of trained jihadis into Indian territory by Jamaat-e-Islami, that was operating as a semi-autonomous political force under the […]

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US to impose sanctions if India buys S-400 missiles from Russia

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY In June 27, the US announced the postponement of the July 6th 2+2 dialogue where Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman were to meet their respective US counterparts Mike Pompeo and Jim Mattis. The 2+2 was the first such summit between the two countries and meant to enhance the […]

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Flying start

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY In a move likely to delight the Trump administration, India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is shortly to approve a government-to-government deal for procuring 24 MH-70R multi-role helicopters worth over $2 billion from the US. The Indian navy is short of 61 MRH which its warships can use for surveillance missions, attack enemy […]

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Is caliber change pouring water on army’s firepower

SOURCE: Onmanorama Mitigation of inadequacies in the military inventory is one of the much-publicised commitments of the Central government. The ‘Make in India’ initiative, launched with great fanfare,’ was expected to result in the modernisation of the defence inventory. It had the stated intend of giving a fillip to indigenous defence production too. High-value acquisitions The […]

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Only one militant killed in Pulwama encounter, two escaped: J-K police

SOURCE: PTI The body of only one LeT militant was recovered from the site of encounter in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said today, adding that the other two believed to have been killed in the operation apparently managed to escape. The police spokesman said the LeT militant has been identified as Sajad […]

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What Kautilya would have prescribed for the Kashmir problem

SOURCE: THE PRINT You can’t solve a problem if you have not defined it correctly. The story of the Narendra Modi government’s approach towards Jammu and Kashmir is one of a poorly conceptualised problem definition. Worst situation in 15 years This union government and its political establishment believe that the fundamental problem in Jammu and […]

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India, US are one in saying Pakistan deserved to be demoted to anti-terror funding group’s ‘grey list’

SOURCE: TNN India and the US today welcomed a global terror financing watchdogdemoting Pakistan to a ‘grey list’ + for underperforming in rooting out sources of finance for terrorists within its borders and for not taking enough – or any, at all – action in curbing activities of terror elements who roam freely within its provinces. The […]

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Fresh India-Pak diplomatic spat erupts over help

SOURCE: TNN The current round of diplomatic hostility between India and Pakistan+ seems to have erupted after the Pakistani help of India’s defence attache in Islamabad was forced to stop working for him by local authorities. Indian authorities saw this as violating the understanding reached in late March that the 2 countries follow the 1992 Code of Conduct meant […]

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SAARC CCI Pakistan chapter cancels visit to New Delhi due to Indian hostility

SOURCE: APP SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pakistan chapter has canceled its three-day visit to India at the eleventh’s hour due its hostility towards Pakistan especially in regard of sabotaging 19th SAARC Summit which slowed down the pace of regional cooperation and integration. The delegation of SAARC CCI Pakistan Chapter was to participate in […]

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India welcomes Financial Action Task Force’s decision to place Pakistan on grey list

SOURCE: ANI India on Saturday lauded the decision of the Paris-based global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Pakistan in its Compliance Document (Grey list) for International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) monitoring. Hailing the decision, India’s official spokesperson said Pakistan failed to keep their commitment for countering terror financing and anti-money laundering in respect […]

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CRPF women commandos prepared to take on stone pelters

SOURCE: ANI The incidents of stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir are on a rise with women too joining the pelters. To tackle the situation, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has trained a team of lady commandos. These women commandos have been given rigorous training which includes being blindfolded to deal with night-time deployment […]

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US Congressman blames ISI, Pak Army for Sindhis’ persecution

SOURCE: ANI US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has raised concern on the issue of persecution and disappearances of the Sindhi people in Pakistan and blamed Islamabad for the same.Addressing the House session on Friday, Rohrabacher accused the Pakistan intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and army for the sufferings of the Sindhi population. “Millions of Sindhi people […]

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No sudden escalation of operations in J&K, Army to go by standard rules of engagement: Gen Rawat

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA Amid reports of Army launching an ‘all-out war’ against terrorist outfits after the imposition of President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir, General Bipin Rawat has suggested that there will be no sudden escalation of operations in the Valley and the armed forces will go by the ‘standard rules of engagement’. Army Chief […]

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NIA files FIR against Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi

SOURCE: Hindustan Times The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said an FIR has been registered against Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi for allegedly advocating secession of Jammu and Kashmir from the Union of India and calling for Jihad and use of violence against the country. The FIR was registered on April 26 this year against […]

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4 ITBP personnel lost their lives in landslide in Arunachal

SOURCE: ANI Four Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were killed and six others injured after the bus they were travelling in was hit by a boulder near Likabali town in Arunachal Pradesh. The incident took place earlier in the day when the boulder, loosened by monsoon rains, rolled down a mountain and hit the bus […]

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Surgical strikes took down 70-80 Pakistanis: Lt Gen DS Hooda (retd)

SOURCE: ET A video of the surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in September 2016 was released on Wednesday night, showing the identification and surveillance of four targets by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and the gun assault on military installations, barrack like structures and in some scenes what appear to be armed […]

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After 2+2 delay, India declines US offer to host Nirmala Sitharaman

SOURCE: ENS After it postponed the inaugural ‘2+2’ dialogue due to “unavoidable reasons”, the US offered to host Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Washington DC in the first week of July in line with the original plan but the offer was declined by India, The Indian Express has learnt. India felt that accepting the offer […]

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India rejects anti-chemical weapons draft, says consultations were incomplete

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA India has voted against the draft decision on addressing the threat from chemical weapons use at a special conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) here, citing “incomplete consultations”. India thus joined Russia, China and South Africa in voting against the UK and US-backed decision that authorises OPCW to identify perpetrators […]

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China declines to comment on FATF placing Pakistan on ‘grey list’; praises its counter-terror effort

SOURCE: PTI China today declined to comment on Pakistan being placed on the grey list for failing to curb anti-terror financing by the Financial Action Task Force, but heaped customary praise on its close ally, saying the world should recognise “enormous efforts and sacrifices” made by Islamabad to combat terrorism. In a blow to Pakistan, […]

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Govt clears list of clothing items required to be procured by soldiers using special allowance

SOURCE: PTI After months of deliberations, the Defence Ministry has approved a list of items which will have to be purchased by each soldier from an annual clothing allowance of Rs 10,000, official sources said. The clothing allowance was recommended by the Seventh Pay Commission in lieu of personnel clothing which was earlier being provided […]

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Pro-Pakistan blog, which had hit out at Shujaat Bukhari, continues to threaten journalists and leaders in Kashmir

SOURCE: FIRST POST The anonymous blog kashmirfight.wordpress.com, which the police claimed was run by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) from Pakistan, not only warned founder-editor of Rising Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari, against participating in a peace conference in Dubai, but has also hit out at separatist leaders, including Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik, for asking Hurriyat leadership to […]

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Military’s shadow darkens media coverage of Pakistan elections

SOURCE: AFP Facing abductions, censorship and financial ruin, journalists in Pakistan say they are under unprecedented pressure from authorities ahead of nationwide polls, sparking allegations the military is overseeing a “silent coup” + . Media houses describe a sustained campaign by the security establishment ahead of the July 25 election to curb their coverage.Those who refuse to toe […]

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China’s PLA holds high altitude drill in Tibet first time since Doklam

SOURCE: ENS The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) units of the Chinese military carried out drills testing their logistics, armament support capabilities and military-civilian integration in Tibet, PTI quoted an official media report as saying today. This is the first such report of China’s military drills since the Doklam standoff between the two countries. State-run ‘Global […]

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RIMPAC: India takes part in world’s largest naval exercise

SOURCE: ENS The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest international maritime military exercise, with 25 nations, 25,000 personnel, land forces from 18 countries, 47 surface ships, five submarines and more than 200 aircraft, began off the coasts of Hawaii and southern California on Wednesday. The Indian Navy has deployed INS Sahyadri, an […]

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Despite Islamic State threat, workers from Bihar’s Siwan move to Syria, Iraq for jobs

SOURCE: Hindustan Times Barely three days after he cremated the remains of his elder brother, Sushil Kumar, 27, a resident of Mauja Tandwa village in Bihar’s Siwan district, received a call from an overseas placement agency.“Your visa for a job in Iraq has been approved. You may visit us soon and proceed for the trip after […]

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Sri Lankan armed forces delegation returns after seeking blessings at Bodh Gaya

SOURCE: Sri Lanka Guardian 160 members of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and their families arrived back at Colombo on 26 June 2018 after seeking blessings at Bodh Gaya. Their journey was facilitated by a special Indian Air Force flight. At Bodh Gaya, the delegation was greeted with a cultural show by Indian Army. The Sri […]

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IAF training command chief inspects AFAC in Coimbatore

SOURCE: PTI IAF Training Command Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal S R K Nair visited the Air Force Administrative College (AFAC) here. During the two-day visit which concluded yesterday, he inspected various training facilities, the college museum and addressed the course officers and the personnel, an official release said today. He complimented AFAC for its effort towards the quest for excellence […]

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Missile test project clears a major hurdle

SOURCE: THE HINDU The Ministry of Law on Thursday in principle approved the amendment to Coastal Regulatory Zone notification 2011, permitting construction of a jetty in a creek in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary for the proposed Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Missile Test Launch Facility in the Gullalamoda area of Krishna district. At a […]

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Army chief asks Jammu and Kashmir students to join Indian armed forces

SOURCE: IANS Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday met a group of Kashmiri students and exhorted them to join the Indian Army and serve the nation, an official statement said.The group of 25 students, comprising 20 boys and five girls, and accompanied by five teachers from Jammu and Kashmir has been on a National […]

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Army of ex-servicemen to protect Ganga, patrol ghats

SOURCE: TNN They spent the prime years of their life guarding the country’s borders. Now, this army of exservicemen will protect the Ganga, keep it clean, stop people from throwing trash into its water and patrol its ghats. The Indian Army is raising a battalion of 532 ex-servicemen named ‘Ganga Task Force’, including nine officers and 29 […]

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Denied information on high-tech fighter jet equipment, India develops its own

SOURCE: Hindustan Times Any gaming aficionado would love it: A space age fighter jet cockpit with information on weapons locking systems, enemy planes and flight information flashing on the windshield. This high-tech system is likely to be adapted soon for fighter aircraft in India with technology developed indigenously. The head-up display (HUD) has been developed by […]

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IAF readies for ‘pitch black’ tour, war games with Indonesia and Malaysia

SOURCE: ET The Indian Air Force (IAF) is priming its jets for simulated war games in Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia, in exercises spreading over more than a month that will see at least four Su 30 MKI fighters, a C 130 J special operations aircraft and a support C 17 transporter carry out military maneuvers. In Australia, […]

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Indian Army’s surgical strikes had physical, psychological impact on Pakistan, says ops in-charge Deependra Hooda

SOURCE: FIRST POST Nearly two years after the Indian Army conducted “surgical strikes” on terror launchpads across the Line of Control (LoC), in September 2016, video clips have surfaced that show destruction of bunkers and other military constructions as well as casualties. Military veteran Lieutenant-General Deependra Singh Hooda, former Northern Army Commander who was directly […]

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India needs Islamabad for accessing European market, West Asia, says ex-Pakistan NSA Nasser Janjua

SOURCE: PTI India must maintain a relationship of respect with Pakistan as its burgeoning economy needs access to the markets of Europe via Central Asia and Pakistan is the only country which could provide this, former National Security Advisor Nasser Janjua has said. Speaking at a regional conference on ‘Connectivity and Geo-Economics in South Asia’, […]

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UN wants India to release Saibaba who is serving life-term for Maoist links

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY United Nations rights experts are urging India to release the jailed Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, whose health is rapidly deteriorating “We are concerned about reports that Dr. Saibaba is suffering from more than 15 different health problems, some of which have potentially fatal consequences,” the experts said in a joint statement released in […]

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Pakistani editorials lay blame for terror watchdog ‘greylisting’ country squarely on Islamabad

SOURCE: TNN Editorials in Pakistani newspapers blame Pakistan and Pakistan alone for being demoted to the ‘grey list’ by Paris-based global terrorist watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF).They said the Wednesday greylisting – for failing to curb anti-terror financing – was a “self-inflicted” act and that’s what’s to be expected when terrorists “are free to roam, organise, solicit funding and […]

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Kupwara encounter: Militant killed; operation over

SOURCE: UNI An unidentified militant, suspected to be a foreigner, was killed in an encounter with security forces in woods of Jammu and Kashmir’s frontier district of Kupwara on Friday, official sources said. A security force patrol party was fired upon by militants in Trehgam forest in Kupwara early morning.Troops also retaliated and in the […]

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PM Narendra Modi knows why US deferred talks with India: Nikki Haley

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA US Ambassador to United Nations, Nikki Haley, has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows the reason for the Donald Trump administration cancelling 2+2 dialogue which was scheduled to be held in Washington next week. Speaking to NDTV, Haley said that the talks were cancelled for reasons that had nothing to do […]

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Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Saifuddin Soz booked for making ‘seditious’ remarks against Army

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA A sedition complaint has been filed in a Delhi court against senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz for making ‘derogatory’ statements against the Army. The complaint was filed by advocate Shashi Bhushan at the Patiala House Court, reported ANI.Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad had recently stirred a controversy by saying that […]

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Chhattisgarh: Maoists video shows rebels training to move injured, dead comrades during gun-battle

SOURCE: ENS Rare videos of the banned CPI-M (Maoist) has emerged in Bastar purportedly showing the rebels training their young cadres on how to safely support and move their injured comrades or their bodies to secured locations following gun-battles with security forces. Accessed by the New Indian Express, the clippings show the Naxalites in olive green […]

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BAE to deliver Five new M777 in September to India, India also offered new Long range Howitzers Variant

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK According to information provided by BAE Systems, India will get the first batch of five M777 ultralight howitzers in September 2018 after a preliminary investigation found faulty local ammunition supplied by India’s State-sector companies behind the explosion of the barrel of the US-manufactured M-777 during a field trial in Pokhran last […]

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Maiden Ground Run of First Green ALH Dhruv Mk-III for Coast Guard Held and handed over to the Rotary Wing

SOURCE: UNI The first green helicopter, earmarked for Indian Coast Guard, had a successful maiden ground run here on Thursday and it was handed over to the Rotary Wing R&D Centre, a design house of HAL for integration and certification of 19 new systems.Director General Rajendra Singh, Indian Coast Guard, received the contract documents from […]

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US backs India’s membership in Nuclear Suppliers Group: Haley

SOURCE: ANI US Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley, who is on a three-day visit to India, on Thursday, said the United States supports India’s membership in Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).Addressing a press gathering, Haley said, “India, a nuclear state, is respected widely because it is a responsible democracy. US also supports India’s membership in Nuclear Suppliers Group.” The NSG is a […]

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DRDO is yet to get a full-time chief as lobbying delays appointment

SOURCE: THE PRINT India’s premier defence research body, the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), has been without a full-time chief for nearly a month now. The post has been lying vacant ever since former chairman Dr S. Christopher, who also served as secretary, Department of Defence (R&D), retired on May 31 this year. Christopher’s term had been […]

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Reliance Naval asks government to fast-track maritime security contract awards

SOURCE: PTI Voicing its concerns over delay in awarding contracts for maritime security programmes, Reliance Naval and Engineering(RNEL) has urged Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to fast-track the process. In a letter to Sitharaman, the Anil Ambani-led group company said there are 13 programmes worth Rs 50,000 crore from the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard that […]

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US won’t tolerate Pakistan becoming haven for terrorists: Nikki Haley

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan becoming a haven for terror groups cannot be tolerated and the US has already delivered the message to Islamabad, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley today said.”We cannot turn a blind eye to those harbouring terrorists… Communicating to Pakistan that this cannot be tolerated,” she said while delivering a lecture at […]

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India And China’s New Cosiness Won’t Last Long: Foreign Media

SOURCE:  Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s moves to protect U.S. trade interests are creating unusual bedfellows in Asia. India and China, longstanding economic and strategic rivals, are seeing a thaw in relations less than a year after the most serious border flare-up since a war in 1962 threatened ties between the two Asian giants. Since May, China […]

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Surgical strikes video: Manohar Parrikar lauds Army’s valour, reveals the toughest part of making the decision

SOURCE:  Times Now In the wake of Congress’ accusation that the Modi government used the surgical strike carried out in September 2016 as “political fodder” to garner votes, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said raising a question about surgical strike just to score a point was actually demeaning the armed forces. Parrikar was the […]

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Defence Ministry issues new guidelines for startups

SOURCE: ET The defence ministry has specified new rules for homegrown startups to take part in military projects in an attempt to focus their attention on cutting edge research and development. The new rules, specified this week, seek to encourage new companies to undertake research projects to develop or upgrade weapon systems and to work towards reducing […]

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Hizbul, JeM Recruited, Used Children in Kashmir During Clashes with Security Forces: UN Report

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan-based banned terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen recruited and used children in Jammu and Kashmir during clashes with security forces last year, according to a UN report on Thursday. The annual report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict, covering the January-December 2017 period, said globally, over 10,000 children […]

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U.S. says India talks ‘a priority’ after postponing twice

SOURCE: Reuters U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Thursday that a top-level strategic dialogue with India will take place as soon as possible, after Washington put off the meeting for a second time in months. The talks were expected to cover issues including U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran, arms sales and […]

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US tells India, China to end oil imports from Iran by November 4

SOURCE: PTI The United States has told India and other countries to cut oil imports from Iran to “zero” by November 4 or face sanctions, making it clear that there would be no waivers to anyone. Iran is India’s third-largest oil supplier behind Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Iran supplied 18.4 million tonnes of crude oil during April 2017 and […]

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Chinese general to visit India as re-set in ties gathers pace

SOURCE: Reuters A senior Chinese general will soon visit India, China’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday, as the neighbours step up efforts to reset ties following an ice-breaking summit between their leaders.Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in April to open a new chapter in ties, just months after a dispute over […]

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All Security Arrangements In Place For Amarnath Yatra: Governor NN Vohra

SOURCE: PTI Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra today said that all arrangements have been made for the security of two-month-long Amarnath pilgrimage and there is no cause for any worry. Mr Vohra’s comments came amidst “biggest-ever” security blanket thrown to secure pilgrims undertaking the Amarnath pilgrimage.”I want to give a message and assurance that […]

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Militant arrested during search operation in Manipur

SOURCE: PTI A leader of a banned militant outfit has been arrested in Manipur during search operation in Imphal East district, police said.The militant belonging to Kangleipak Communist Party (Poirei Meitei Lup) group was arrested yesterday during the search operation at Pungdongbam and Sekta areas, the police said in a press release. During his interrogation, […]

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SFDR: India’s AWACS killer?

SOURCE: MANJUNATH REDDY/ FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG In a major breakthrough in missile technology, India recently tested a new missile system which has as the potential to be called as a big deal for the future of air warfare of India. Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) is joint development project between India and Russia […]

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Under-production Sukhoi jet crashes in Maharashtra’s Nashik

SOURCE: TNN An underproduction Sukhoi jet crashed today in Maharashtra’s Nashik. No casualties have been reported yet. Both pilots are said to have ejected safely. The Sukhoi Su-30MKI was an under-production aircraft of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Therefore, it wasn’t yet part of the Indian Air Force (IAF) At least eight Sukhoi-30MKIs have crashed since they were inducted. The IAF has inducted […]

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China’s new, secret missile garrison in Sichuan can target all of India and beyond

SOURCE: THE PRINT China has built a new garrison in its central Sichuan province for its intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) which have the capacity to cover all of India, the Indian Ocean Region as well as large parts of continental America. On 27 May, the 10th test of the Dongfeng-41 or DF-41 (East Wind-41) ICBM, […]

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India’s Quest For Trillion-Dollar Nuclear Fuel On Moon: Foreign Media

SOURCE: Bloomberg India’s space program wants to go where no nation has gone before — to the south side of the moon. And once it gets there, it will study the potential for mining a source of waste-free nuclear energy that could be worth trillions of dollars. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a […]

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India hints at Pakistan role in Afghanistan terror at United Nations

SOURCE: PTI In a veiled reference to Pakistan, India has said the problem of terrorism in Afghanistan is not a local one and attacks inside the country are launched from safe havens in its neighbourhood that has sheltered Taliban leaders and supported the “dark agendas” of terror outfits like the LeT and JeM. India’s Permanent […]

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China-Pak Corridor Encroaches On India’s Territorial Integrity:Official

SOURCE: PTI India continues to oppose the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a part of Beijing’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, as it “encroaches”  on sovereignty and territorial integrity, a senior government official has said. “We have a problem there. We have a problem with CPEC, our problems are well known because it completely […]

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Shujaat Bukhari’s killers identified, one of them is a Pakistani, say Jammu and Kashmir police

SOURCE: Hindustan Times Two men from Kashmir and a Pakistani killed senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar on June 14, said Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday. “The case has been solved and all the attackers identified,” said a senior police officer. He identified the Pakistani as Naveed Jutt, who had escaped from the police custody. Bukhari, 48, […]

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Pakistan’s NSA Nasser Janjua resigns, report cites differences with caretaker PM

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Lt Gen (retd.) Nasser Janjua resigned on Wednesday, amid reports that he had differences with caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk. Janjua’s resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Mulk, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division.The former chief of Southern Command was appointed as NSA during ousted prime […]

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Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat rejects UN report on Jammu and Kashmir, calls it ‘motivated’

SOURCE:  ZEE MEDIA Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday rejected the United Nations’ controversial report on Jammu and Kashmir and called it ”motivated”. ”I don’t think we need to speak on the United Nations report on Jammu and Kashmir. Some of these reports are motivated,”Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said. While speaking to reporters here, […]

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Justin Trudeau slammed for paying USD 17,044 to chef for meal during India visit

SOURCE: ANI Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s opponents, the Canadian Conservative Party, slammed him for taking too many days off, too often. The Canadian Conservative Party’s tweet came soon after uproar over his USD 1.5 million trip and blasted him for taking advantage of his office’s itinerary, Sputnik reported.”Justin Trudeau is taking yet another “personal” […]

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Six Jharkhand Jaguar Force jawans killed in landmine blast

SOURCE: PTI Six jawans of the Jharkhand Jaguar Force were killed today in a landmine blast carried out by Maoists in the state’s Garhwa district, a senior police officer said. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Vipul Shukla said the police got information that some Maoists were present in the Chinjo area of Garhwa district. […]

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Four Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives arrested, arms and ammunition recovered in J-K’s Sopore

SOURCE: UNI Security forces arrested four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Over Ground Workers (OGWs) and recovered arms and ammunition from them in north Kashmir district of Baramulla. Official sources on Wednesday said that following specific information about transportation of arms and ammunition, a joint checkpoint was established by police, Army and CRPF at Fruitmandi crossing Sopore in […]

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‘China proposed 2+1 format for India talks’

SOURCE: THE HINDU The spirit of the Wuhan informal summit echoed strongly last week during the visit of Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Oli to Beijing, with China proposing a new dialogue mechanism that would also involve India. An official source told The Hindu that the Chinese side proposed to Mr. Oli a “two plus one” format for dialogue. “This […]

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India hands over second Dornier aircraft to Seychelles for enhanced surveillance

SOURCE: ET India today handed over a second Dornier aircraft to Seychelles for enhancing the country’s surveillance capabilities to tackle maritime threats. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj while handing over the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) made aircraft to the Seychelles President Danny Faure here said, “To enhance the surveillance capability of Seychelles to tackle maritime […]

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PAF training aircraft crashes at Peshawar Air Base, Two Pilots Killed

SOURCE: GEO TV A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft crashed during landing at the Peshawar Air Base on Tuesday, according to a PAF statement. “Pakistan Air Force reports with regret that a PAF FT-7PG trainer aircraft while recovering from a routine operational training mission crashed during landing at Peshawar Air Base. Rescue operation is in progress,” […]

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Pakistan will be destroyed if it depends on India: Shehbaz Sharif

SOURCE: GEO TV Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said Pakistan will be destroyed if it depends on India. Speaking about the current water crisis, the PML-N president while addressing the Youth Business Forum in Karachi said, “If we depend on India for water then we will be destroyed.” “We are facing […]

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Despite Pak. rhetoric, Kashmir will remain its integral part: India tells U.N. General Assembly

SOURCE: PTI India has told Pakistan that no amount of empty rhetoric by it will change the reality that Jammu and Kasmir is an inalienable part of India after Islamabad’s envoy to the United Nations made a reference to the Indian state at a UN General Assembly debate. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.N., Maleeha Lodhi’s reference came […]

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European think tank raises strong objections against UNHRC report on Kashmir, points out its pro-Pakistan bias

SOURCE: ANI A think tank in Europe has raised strong objections to a 49-page Pakistan-centric report on Jammu and Kashmir prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) maintains that this first ever report on Jammu and Kashmir authored by High […]

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‘All-time high’ threat to PM Modi: Ministers, officers won’t be allowed to come near

SOURCE: PTI Issuing new security guidelines to states in the wake of an “all-time high” threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Home Ministry has said that not even ministers and officers will be allowed to come too close to the prime minister unless cleared by the Special Protection Group (SPG). The ministry said there […]

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2+2 Dialogue may help change current narrative on India-US ties: Experts

SOURCE: PTI External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold talks with their American counterparts Mike Pompeo and James Mattis here next week which experts here hope will help change the current narrative surrounding the bilateral relationship amid economic and trade issues. Pompeo and Mattis will host Swaraj and Sitharaman in […]

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Govt likely to go after Kashmiri separatists for ‘terror funding’, ‘money laundering’

SOURCE: PTI With the imposition of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir, the government is expected to tighten the noose around Kashmiri separatist leaders who were allegedly involved in terror funding and money laundering, officials said today. This would be done through coordinated action by the NIA and the ED, they said.The issue was discussed […]

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India equates Pakistan’s self-determination in Jammu and Kashmir to state-sponsored terrorism

SOURCE: ANI India has identified Pakistan’s attempts of self-determination in Jammu and Kashmir as state-sponsored cross-border terrorism. A Twitter handle named India at United Nations in Geneva posted, “What is portrayed by Pakistan as a right to self-determination in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is actually state-sponsored cross-border terrorism| Human Rights Council cannot be […]

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Why the Dalai Lama is becoming the biggest bone of contention between India and China

SOURCE: DAILY O Forget the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese president Xi Jinping’s dream infrastructure project to link China not only with neighbourhood but also such faraway lands as Europe and Africa.Forget the Pakistan-based India-centric terror fountainheads such as Masood Azhar and others, a topic that has long been a bone of contention between […]

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Nikki Haley’s June 26-28 New Delhi visit set to bolster India-U.S. ties

SOURCE: PTI Nikki Haley is traveling to India for the first time as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. During her two-day visit, she will meet senior Indian officials, NGO and business leaders, students and the inter-faith community. Talks between Ms. Haley, the highest ranking Indian-American in the Donald Trump administration, and Indian officials […]

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Jet Airways’ 75-Aircraft Order Gives Boeing Big Boost Ahead Of Air Show

SOURCE: Bloomberg Boeing Co. isn’t waiting for next month’s Farnborough International Airshow to unveil blockbuster aircraft deals — or start booking cash.The Chicago-based planemaker is poised to bolster its backlog with orders valued at $14.4 billion thanks to two transactions announced Monday. That’s a break from an industry practice of stockpiling sales for the biggest annual […]

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CRPF constitutes motorcycle squad ahead of Amarnath Yatra

SOURCE: ANI Personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) formed a special motorcycle squad as part of its security arrangements ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra.The squad is slated to accompany the batch of pilgrims embarking on the Yatra from Jammu Base camp. The team comprises specially-trained CRPF men with cameras installed in their […]

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We Don’t Play Games With India, China For Political Gains, Says Nepal PM

SOURCE: NDTV Nepal wants a cordial relationship with India and China and does not believe in playing “games” with it neighbours for short-term political gains, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said at the Parliament session in Nepal today. Mr Oli, who returned from his six-day visit to China on Sunday, was briefing Parliament about his recent […]

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Woman Naxal carrying cash reward surrenders in Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon district

SOURCE: PTI A 25-year-old woman Naxal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 3 lakh on her head, today surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon district, police said. Bisanti Netam alias Jano turned herself in before Kondagaon Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallav, citing disappointment with the “hollow” ideology of Naxals, Kondagaon Additional Superintendent of Police Maheshwar Nag told […]

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Sardar Patel was adamant, give Kashmir to Pakistan, take Hyderabad. Nehru saved it: Soz

SOURCE: THE PRINT Saifuddin Soz, former Congress minister and a prominent Kashmiri politician, has made a startling claim that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was happy to let Kashmir go to Pakistan in exchange for Hyderabad and it was Nehru’s insistence that kept it with India. Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, took Patel’s offer to […]

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Shujaat Bukhari gunned down by militants on orders from Pakistan, says J-K Police

SOURCE: Hindustan Times The Jammu & Kashmir police department has got some concrete clues on the killing of Shujaat Bukhari and expects to crack the case soon, even by the end of June, senior police officers said on condition of anonymity. The officers, who are directly involved in investigations, added that Bukhari was gunned down by terrorists on […]

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Indo-US strategic partnership sets stage for deals and drills

SOURCE: TNN The strategic clinch with the US is set to get even tighter, with India signalling its readiness to ink two more bilateral military pacts, procure helicopters worth $3 billion and participate in a joint tri-Service amphibious exercise for the first time. Top government sources said “substantial progress” had been made towards finalising the Communications, Compatibility […]

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Spread violence in Kashmir Valley: Hafeez Saeed

SOURCE: ANI Mumbai terror attack mastermind and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit Hafiz Saeed has openly championed the need for violence in the Kashmir Valley. Addressing his supporters at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Hafiz said, “A new era has begun and with God’s wishes Kashmir will be an independent state, there has been a […]

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Sensitive data of Tejas,Dhruv, Akash missiles and etc now on Indian servers

SOURCE: Tribune News Service In an effort to secure data, drawings and designs of military equipment that are with state-owned defence public sector undertakings, the Ministry of Defence has ended all reliance on foreign servers, it now hosts websites on Indian servers and has appointed cyber security officers in 87 such units across the country. The […]

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Financial Action Task Force to officially grey-list Pakistan

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY The official proceedings to grey-list Pakistan by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will begin in Paris on Monday during the plenary meeting of the global money-laundering watchdog. Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar is leading the Pakistani delegation in the crucial six-day meeting in the French capital. Ahead of her trip, […]

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India, Seychelles agree to work on Assumption Island naval base project, respect concerns

SOURCE: TNN India and Seychelles today agreed to work together on a project to develop a naval base at the Assumption Island keeping each other’s concerns in mind after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Danny Faure, reported PTI news agency. “We have agreed to work together on Assumption Island project based on each other’s rights,” said […]

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India turns heat on Maldives as Chinese dragon spews fire in Indian Ocean

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY India has turned heat on Maldives, a country shifting its alignment at a fast pace with China. With uncertainty growing in Maldives and President Yameen Abdul Gayoom openly taking anti-India stance, New Delhi has decided to curtail the supply of vegetables – potatoes, onions — and other essential articles — rice, flour, […]

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Border Roads Organisation removes major bottleneck in Leh, constructs bridge leading to Siachen base camp

SOURCE: PTI The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) today threw open a vital 35-meter bridge in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir that will ease vehicular movement to the base camp of Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. “The BRO has removed a major travelling bottleneck in Leh by constructing a 35-meter long ‘Chamesahn’ bridge, under […]

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Beyond the South China Sea: Beijing may target these waterways next

SOURCE: CNBC The South China Sea and Indian Ocean have been the principal theaters for Beijing’s naval ambitions in Asia. The Pacific Ocean and Mekong River, each rife with strategic advantages, could soon be next. For the world’s second-largest economy, maritime expansion is a major means of achieving superpower stature and cementing its military, political and […]

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India, Seychelles ink MoU including on sharing maritime information

SOURCE: UNI India and Seychelles on Monday inked some important Memorandum of Agreements (MoUs) and Agreement including on technical pact on shipping information between Indian navy and the National Information Sharing and Coordination Center of the Republic of Seychelles. The MoUs were signed at the end of delegation level talks between two sides led by […]

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Govt denies reports of reduction in essential goods’ exports to Maldives

SOURCE: DNA INDIA The government on Monday has denied media reports cliaming that India has reduced exports of essential goods to Maldives, saying requirements were calculated based on actual utilisation in the recent past and were consistent with the trade agreement between the two sides. According to reports in a section of the media, India has lowered […]

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Take Care of Your Health, PM Modi Tells Airman Who Fainted During Guard of Honour

SOURCE: PTI The summer heat took its toll on an IAF personnel who collapsed during the guard of honour ceremony organised at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for visiting Seychelles President Danny Faure. Faure, who is on his first bilateral visit to India, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Ram Nath Kovind […]

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Naxals threaten locals to send one member from each family to join them in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

SOURCE: ANI The Naxals are threatening people in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district and have apparently asked them to send one member from each family to join them. Here, over the past few months, several clashes have been reported between the security forces and the Naxals. In order to beef up their army, the Naxals are now […]

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Sitharaman reviews Amarnath Yatra’s security arrangements

SOURCE: ANI Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat on Monday visited Baltal Base Camp to review security arrangements for Amarnath Yatra.The two-month-long pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath will commence on June 28. Sitharaman and General Rawat were received by Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, Northern Army […]

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With US sanctions, India has perfect window of opportunity for defence deals with Vietnam

SOURCE: SAURAV JHA / THE PRINT For the Vietnamese government, defence ties are a cornerstone of the relationship with India. So, the substantive movement on weapons sales and co-production initiatives shown by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her recent visit is long overdue. Sitharaman said “this is the best time for us to come here with the technologies we have”.It is […]

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NSG introduces pyschology test to select future commandos

SOURCE: PTI The NSG has included a new and comprehensive psychology test for entry-level soldiers aspiring to be inducted and honed as ‘black cat’ commandos who undertake special counter-terror and counter-hijack operations in the country. The federal contingency force till now used to put Army and paramilitary troops under rigorous physical and mental strength tests […]

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Jammu and Kashmir: Two LeT militants killed in ongoing encounter in Kulgam

SOURCE: PTI Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir today, police said. The encounter began this afternoon in the Cheddar Qaimoh area of Kulgam district as Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with the CRPF and the Army, were carrying out operations to sanitise a […]

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250-275 Active Militants Present in Kashmir, 30 More Ready to Sneak Into The Valley: Indian Army

SOURCE: INDIA.COM Commander of the Srinagar headquartered 15 Corps in Baramulla, Lt. General Anil Kumar Bhatt said that at least 250 to 275 active militants are present in the Kashmir Valley as of today. He also added that as many as 270 militants are also on launch pads. Moreover nearly 30 militants are ready to cross over […]

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France, Germany Set to Cooperate on Next-Generation ‘Superfighter’ Jet

SOURCE: SPUTNIK France and Germany solidified a future partnership in defense strategy Tuesday to jointly build a fighter aircraft to replace Germany’s Eurofighters and France’s Rafale aircraft. On June 19, the two European nations signed an agreement to produce a “superfighter” that will be available to enter service in the middle of the 21st century, […]

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China Takes Major Step Toward Goal of Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier

SOURCE: SPUTNIK China is seeking to follow in Russia’s footsteps by creating a nuclear-powered icebreaker ship, and military analysts have already begun to wonder if it’s a sign Beijing is inching closer to creating a nuke-powered aircraft carrier. A Chinese document requesting bids from industry for a nuke-fueled icebreaker has spurred discussion about the development […]

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160 members of Sri Lankan military personnel & families to reach Bodh Gaya today

SOURCE: DD News A group of 160 members of Sri Lankan military personnel and their families will reach Bodh Gaya on Sunday on a three-day visit in a move to further strengthen military ties and cultural relations between the two countries. They departed by an Indian Air Force aircraft C17 from Colombo Sunday morning and will […]

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Amit Shah’s tendentious speech in Jammu could spell an end to J&K’s special constitutional status

SOURCE: FIRST POST Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah’s high-profile rally in Jammu on Saturday to observe the death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee — founder of the BJP’s predecessor party Bharatiya Jana Sangh — might indicate an end to the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, which Mookerjee died demanding. If it comes to […]

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Pakistan rejects allegation of preventing Indian envoy from visiting Gurduwara

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan on Sunday rejected the allegations that Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria was denied access to a famous Sikh Gurduwara near Islamabad, saying the diplomat had agreed to cancel his visit following the protests by the Sikh pilgrims against the release of controversial movies in India. India, on Saturday, summoned Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner in […]

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Groundhog state

SOURCE: ENS Nothing is ever new in Kashmir and nothing ever changes. Every party, whether local to J&K or from the Rest of India (ROI), has failed to either win the support of the people or to contain the dissidents of one colour or another. J&K remains the only state where ROI needs to send […]

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‘China grabbing land in Maldives’

SOURCE: TRIBUNE INDIA Former Foreign Minister of Maldives Ahmed Naseem has alleged that China is grabbing land in Maldives that can be turned into military bases and this will destabilise the Indian Ocean region and be detrimental to Indian security. He criticised President Abdulla Yameen’s decision to return the two advanced light helicopters (ALHs) gifted by India […]

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Kashmir: The long term will be tricky

SOURCE: Hindustan Times The crisis in Kashmir has been cyclical over the past decade and a half, perhaps longer. There’s dialogue, or at the least, the promise of it, between India and Pakistan and between New Delhi, the state government and the separatists. There are terror attacks and instances of stone pelting. There are killings, of […]

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Cross-border arms, cattle, narcotics smuggling cases rose over 3 years: Data till 2017

SOURCE: PTI Instances of cross-border narcotics, arms and cattle smuggling showed a cumulative increase along with a steady rise in the number of arrests made in such cases along various Indian borders over three years, a data updated till 2017 said. According to the data compiled by the Union Home Ministry about these criminal activities […]

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Strategy for J&K: The solution lies in winning hearts

SOURCE: Lt General H S Panag / TNN The facade of the coalition of opposites, that came together in early 2015 to uphold larger national interest and ensure the integrity, security and development of J&K, ended on June 19, 2018, with the BJP withdrawing support. Ironically, the party cited the same reasons for its exit as it […]

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Navy Chief arrives in Dhaka

SOURCE: UNI Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Sunday reached Dhaka to consolidate the military ties and further explore new avenues for naval engagement between the two nations.During six-day visit, the Navy Chief will hold bilateral discussions with the Chiefs of the three Armed Forces of Bangladesh and other senior officials of the Government […]

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MMRCA 2.0: With Deadline approaching for Proposals, let’s see their offers

SOURCE: Satyajeet Kumar/ FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG On April 6th earlier this year, IAF published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking proposals from interested vendors for supply of 110 fighter jets in a deal worth $15 billion which will be manufactured locally under the Modi government’s flagship Make in India scheme. According to the Request […]

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Arjun Mk-2 set to lose 3 tons of weight

SOURCE: Satyajeet Kumar/ FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG Arjun Mk-2 after incorporating 84 improvements gained over six tons over the MK1 and now weighs at 68.6 tons. but this is about to change and on instances of the Indian Army, DRDO has again started working on to carry out structural improvements and also develop a reconfigured […]

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Defend, Destroy, Defeat — Fresh Brief For Security Agencies In Kashmir

SOURCE: NDTV After the BJP-PDP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir ended, the centre’s renewed approach to ensure peace in the Valley involves 4Ds – defend, destroy, defeat and deny, said a senior home ministry official. The security forces have to follow this brief as they venture into trouble-prone areas of the Valley. Defend means strengthening […]

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Indian Army’s Tata Safari Storme spied on test in Lucknow

SOURCE:  Rushlane First deliveries of a total of 3,192 units of the Tata Safari Storme have commenced to the Indian Armed Forces. Offered through a tender process wherein Tata Motor’s Safari Storme beat Mahindra’s Scorpio, the Safari Storme GS800 is being presented for use by the Indian Army in a 5 door body style with a […]

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After ‘fallacious’ Kashmir Report, UNHRC Questions Citizenship Bill

SOURCE: Republic Days after United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a ‘fallacious, tendentious and motivated’ report on the situation of Human Rights in Kashmir, it has yet again poked its nose in the matter related to North East. The agency has now raised questions on the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016, asking as to why Bengali Muslims are not included […]

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NDA govt’s claim of more militants being killed in its rule shows it allowed militancy to re-emerge: Omar

SOURCE: PTI National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah today said the NDA government’s claim that more militants were killed in Kashmir during its rule than in the UPA dispensation actually tells how it allowed militancy and violence to re-emerge in the Valley. Actually minister sahib this tells the story of how your government allowed […]

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Delhi urged to make rule against handing militants’ bodies to kin

SOURCE: Kashmir Narrator Government forces have urged the Delhi government to frame a policy against handing over bodies of militants killed in encounters in Jammu and Kashmir to their families in an effort to prevent people from attending their funerals, which often motivates many local youths in joining militancy, the Indian Express reported. Jammu and Kashmir Police […]

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No entry for Indian envoy in Pakistan’s Gurudwara Panja Sahib: MEA

SOURCE: ANI India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria was stopped from visiting Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistan’s Hasan Abdal on Saturday, despite having required permissions. The incident comes barely two months after Pakistani authorities prevented Indian High Commission officials from performing basic consular and protocol duties for Sikh pilgrims who had arrived in Pakistan […]

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Fake videos on social media ‘wrongly’ project Army in Kashmir

SOURCE: Tribune News Service It’s literally a ‘war’ on social media, and unwittingly Indians have been forwarding fake and morphed videos showing ‘strong action’ by the Army in Kashmir. Some of these videos are not even shot in India, but are nowadays being passed-off as new ‘policy’ in Kashmir. The preferred mode of transmission is to […]

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Indian Army makes big strategic changes to nab terrorists & reduce terrorism in Srinagar

SOURCE: ABP News Bureau | The Indian Army is going strong against the rising terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and has prepared a hit-list of 22 terrorists, who it would aim to nab as soon as possible, under operation ‘All out’. In the wake of operation ‘All out’, the Army has already killed a terrorist in […]

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India Hoping To Open Chabahar Port By 2019

SOURCE: Reuters India is trying to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019, the government said in a statement on Friday, despite a threat of renewed US sanctions against Tehran. The Indian-backed Chabahar port complex in Iran is being developed as part of a new transportation corridor for land-locked Afghanistan that could potentially open the way for […]

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Kenyan Defence Minister visits Western Naval Command

SOURCE: PTI Raychelle Omamo, Cabinet Secretary for Defence (Defence Minister), Kenya, visited the Western Naval Command headquarters here yesterday along with a high-level military delegation.During the visit, Omamo interacted with Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, and other senior officers of the Western Naval Command, a defence spokesperson said in a statement. Issues of […]

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‘India can be world’s drone capital’

SOURCE: The Statesman Amber Dubey heads the Aerospace and Defence sector at KPMG, one of the world’s leading audit firms. An alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad with professional experience of over 26 years, Dubey has worked with several airports and airlines in India and the Middle East. He has also worked with the Ministry […]

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Despite Modi-Xi bonhomie, China moves into Arunachal Pradesh, builds new road and barracks

SOURCE: THE PRINT The threat of the Doklam face-off escalating has receded in the wake of the meetings at Wuhan and Qingdao between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The issue, although not resolved, seems to have been put on the backburner. But Doklam is not the only such area where the […]

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After India and Turkey ,more U.S. Allies show interest in S-400

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG Russia’s S-400 missile system has never been used in combat. Yet it’s already provoking fights around the world, as Russia searches for buyers in markets long dominated by American weapons makers. China’s neighbors are fretting as the country bolsters its military reach with Russian hardware, encouraging India to follow suit. Tensions between rivals […]

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UN report on Kashmir: Pakistan ready to facilitate UN inquiry on PoK if India gives similar access to J&K, says Islamabad

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan on Thursday said it was ready to facilitate the Commission of Inquiry as proposed in a recent UN report to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) if India gives a similar access to the UN team to Jammu and Kashmir. Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal welcomed the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights […]

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Seychelles Parliament Blocks Planned Indian Naval Base On Remote Island

SOURCE: REUTERS Seychelles parliament will not ratify a pact allowing India to build naval facilities on one of the archipelago’s islands, a top foreign affairs ministry official said on Friday.The two countries signed an agreement in January to build military facilities on the remote island of Assumption, but the project quickly attracted criticism from opposition members of […]

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ISJK chief Dawood among four militants killed in Kashmir, cop and civilian also dead

SOURCE: PTI Four militants, including the head of the Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), were killed during a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district today, police said.A policeman and a civilian were also killed in the exchange of fire between militants and security forces in a village in Srigufwara, a […]

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Govt’s Kashmir policy not ‘muscular’, fidayeens can’t be dealt with satyagraha: Arun Jaitley

SOURCE:  India TV Backing the government’s stance of dealing with terrorists strongly, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said that protecting the human rights of the ordinary citizens in Kashmir was important. Jaitley, in his Facebook post, said fidayeens can not be dealt through Satyagraha. “A terrorist who refuses to surrender and refuses a ceasefire offer has […]

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A China-India-Pakistan trilateral: Both a red herring and wake-up call

SOURCE: Business Standard At an event earlier this week organized at the initiative of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, China’s envoy, Amb. Luo Zhaohui noting that India and Pakistan had become full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization mooted the idea of a ‘China-India-Pakistan Leaders Meeting … under the SCO framework’. The last time the […]

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LeT backs Ghulam Nabi Azad’s statement on J&K, BJP counters with statistics

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA At a time when critics say Congress is desperate for support, support had come but not quite from where the party would have been hoping. Party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad recently said that more civilians were dying in anti-terror operations than terrorists – a view that was echoed by terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba […]

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Congress leader Saifuddin Soz backs former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s remark on Kashmiris’ independence

SOURCE: ANI Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz on Friday backed former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s statement on Kashmiris’ independence. Earlier, Musharraf had said if given a chance Kashmiris would want to stay independent. Speaking to ANI, Soz said, “Musharraf said Kashmiris don’t want to merge with Pakistan, their first choice is […]

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India, Indonesia finds common cause against UN Human Rights Commissioner

SOURCE: ET India and Indonesia have separately slammed but found a common cause against the office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. This development that comes close on the heels of Al Hussein’s report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir and ahead of a potentially similar report on Indonesia’s Papua province. Indonesia, the country with […]

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‘China threat unwise poll strategy for BJP,’ warns Chinese media

SOURCE: TNN Playing the ‘China threat’ card is an “unwise” poll strategy for the BJP to employ as it will “jeopardize the nation’s political and economic development”, said an op-ed in the hardline Chinese state media outlet Global Times. The op-ed referred to recent Indian media reports which said the 2018 training material for the […]

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J&K: A Viral Whatsapp Video Carries Delhi’s Brutal Message To Kashmir’s New-Age Rebels

SOURCE: Huffingtonpost Hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out of their alliance with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and brought Jammu and Kashmir under the direct control of their government in New Delhi, a video shot by an Indian soldier made the rounds on Whatsapp. The 54-second clip carried a message no one […]

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Hafiz Saeed’s son, son-in-law among 265 JuD candidates in Pak elections

SOURCE: PTI Mumbai-terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s son and his son-in-law are among 265 candidates fielded by the Jamaat-ud -Dawah for national and provincial assembly seats across Pakistan in the July 25 general election, with the banned group’s political wing vowing to make the country a “citadel of Islam.” Saeed, who also carries a USD […]

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Government Forms Panels To Help Drone Technology Task Force

SOURCE: PTI The government today announced the formation of three committees to help a task force set up in April to prepare a road map for implementing the drone technology in the country. The committees would separately make their recommendations on manufacturing and licensing of drones, airspace and air traffic management and policy and law […]

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India’s international isolation is complete, says Pakistan

SOURCE: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE PAKISTAN Pakistan on Thursday said India stands isolated in the international community after a damning report by the United Nations accusing Indian security forces for gross human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir. “The isolation of India in the international community is complete,” said Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal at a […]

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Safran Audit Clears Kaveri Engine for Aircraft Integration

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG According to information provided by DRDO in it’s Anual Report for 2017, Five Kaveri engine prototypes K5, K6, K7, K8, and K9 were tested for about 145 hours in total in 2017 during which some critical and several tests like a transient test from idle to max […]

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With Snipers, Radars, NSG Commandos Reach Kashmir For Anti-Terror Ops

SOURCE: NDTV At the Border Security Force camp at Humhaha near Srinagar, now seen training are commandos of the elite National Security Guard, a special forces unit under the Home Ministry. Wearing their trademark black uniform, these special commandos perform drills along with other security forces to build synergy. About two dozen snipers from the NSG’s […]

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US Defence Secretary James Mattis attends joint India caucuses meeting of US Congress

SOURCE: PTI US Defence Secretary James Mattis has attended a joint meeting of India caucuses of both the House of Representatives and the Senate during which measures to enhance defence ties between the two countries were discussed. This is one of the few occasions of a joint bipartisan meeting of the two caucuses and a […]

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Countries across continents support India on Kashmir at UN, Pakistan isolated

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Even as India rejected the report prepared by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), it was not alone in doing so. During the ‘General debate on the overall update of the High Commissioner on the situation of Human Rights worldwide and on the activities of his office’ […]

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Russia to supply technical security equipment to India

SOURCE: IANS Russian state atomic energy corporation (Rosatom) on Thursday said that its subsidiary Nikiret has signed an agreement with Indian engineering services firm Core Energy Systems Pvt Ltd for the promotion of its technical security equipment in India. Rosatom, who are the technical consultants and equipment suppliers for the Nuclear Power Corp of India-operated […]

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War torn Afghanistan seeks strategic partnership, aid from India: US

SOURCE: PTI India is a responsible aid provider to Afghanistan and the war-torn country seeks a strategic partnership with it, the Trump administration has said. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan that India has played an important role in hosting […]

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K Vijay Kumar, the man who once led security team to kill Veerappan, now appointed adviser to J&K Governor

SOURCE: TNM Retired IPS officer K Vijay Kumar has been appointed as an Advisor to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir governor along with IAS officer BB Vyas, the Chief Secretary of the state. Vijayakumar till recently was holding the post of senior security adviser to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Kumar was the chief […]

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Army operations kill more civilians than terrorists: Ghulam Nabi Azad

SOURCE: TNN Congress leader and former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad sparked a controversy when he said Army operations in the state killed more civilians than terrorists, eliciting a strong response from BJP, which accused Congress of trying to demoralise the armed forces. In a TV interview, Azad also said BJP’s language of “all out operations” […]

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Kashmir: NIA probe into terror funding may get renewed push

SOURCE: ENS With Jammu and Kashmir coming under the Governor’s rule and the Centre vowing to take a tougher approach against militancy, the NIA’s probe against separatists is likely to be revived. The agency’s probe into terror funding charges against the separatists had been put on the backburner after the Centre appointed former Intelligence Bureau […]

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India’s war with ISIS: The staggering numbers that no one seems to be talking about

SOURCE: opindia.com Much is often written about the Insurgency issue in Kashmir. Seldom, people talk about the radical Islamist problem that has gripped the state and it only seems to be getting worse. However, there seems to be a concerted silence about ISIS taking root in the country, and the silent battle India is fighting on […]

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Indian forces mark Yoga Day, perform asanas at altitude of 18,000 ft

SOURCE: THE ASIAN AGE  As the world celebrates the fourth International Yoga day today, India’s brave and bold armed forces have participated in their own unique way. Amid biting cold, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were seen performing Surya Namaskar in cold desert of Ladakh at an altitude of 18,000 feet.Not just this, Indian Air Force […]

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Need to recognize physical, mental aspects of disability: Indian Army chief

SOURCE: IANS Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said there was a need to recognise both physical and mental aspects of disability and provide comprehensive care to the disabled soldiers to help them reintegrate into the society. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Physical and Mental Issues of Disabled Soldiers’ organised at Manekshaw Centre here, […]

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Security forces to maintain counter-intelligence: CRPF over Amarnath yatra

SOURCE: ANI Days ahead of the annual Amarnath yatra, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Thursday said that security forces are looking into law and order and counter-intelligence. The two-month-long pilgrimage to the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath will commence on June 28.Speaking to ANI, Additional Director General of CRPF, Jammu and […]

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Balancing Chinese presence in Sri Lanka: India and Japan’s game of stag hunt

SOURCE: Dailymirror.lk The rivalry existing between China and India is based on a long historical trajectory dating back to the epoch of the Silk Route. More recent conflict emerged at a time when both states strived to emerge as nation states after facing colonial encounters for centuries. Nevertheless, the present-day antagonism between the countries mainly […]

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With Chhattisgarh officer’s transfer to Kashmir, Modi govt signals return to muscular policy

SOURCE: THE PRINT A day after the BJP walked out of the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP government in J&K on the grounds of the state’s deteriorating security situation, the Narendra Modi government may have given the first indication of how it plans to tackle the situation now. Chhattisgarh home secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, an old Prime Minister’s […]

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LCA-Tejas Program achieves 4000th Accident-free Developmental Test flight but more challenges remain ahead

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG LCA-Tejas Program on 19th June 2018 achieved a major milestone when it successfully concluded 4000th Accident-free Developmental test flight in its 17th year of the start of LCA-Tejas Program from its first flight. Two Technological Demonstraters, Six Prototype Vehicles, Eight Limited Serial Production aircraft along with Two […]

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Air to Surface BrahMos-A Variant Coming Soon: BrahMos Chief

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra, CEO&MD of BrahMos Aerospace, confirmed to local India media outlet that development of Air to Surface variant of the BrahMos-A is currently under development and by end of this year the new variant is likely to be tested out from the Sukhoi-30MKI launch […]

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Three militants killed, five security men injured in Jammu and Kashmir gunfight

SOURCE: IANS Three Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed and five security men injured in a gunfight in Tral area of Pulwama district, police said. The gunfight had started on Tuesday and ended late last evening. The police have confirmed that all the three JeM militants hiding in Nazneenpora village of Tral area have been killed […]

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Glug, glug, glug: India’s interest in unsinkable aircraft carriers

SOURCE: The Interpreter Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating once recounted describing to an American admiral the sound a US aircraft carrier would make in a major fight: “Glug, glug, glug”.  Keating’s words reflect the scepticism of many analysts about the vulnerability and cost of large aircraft carriers (and the opportunity cost of building, maintaining, and protecting them). Others argue that […]

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New book delves into India’s nuclear doctrine

SOURCE: Oneindia News   India has come a long way from being a “nuclear pariah” to a nuclear weapons state and it now needs to maintain a “credible nuclear deterrent” while avoiding accidental and inadvertent escalation, an expert has said. Yogesh Joshi, a MacArthur Nuclear Security Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, […]

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UP de-licenses 240 defence products

SOURCE: TNN UP government will organize a defence exhibition in Kanpur next month to promote manufacturing in the upcoming defence corridor. Officials said that a defence manufacturing policy will be announced shortly and that land acquisition for the corridor would start soon. State industries minister Satish Mahana said, “Earlier, licenses were required for manufacturing of 240 defence-related […]

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US Ambassador Nikki Haley in India next week for bilateral visit

SOURCE: ENS The US permanent representative to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, who is one of US President Donald Trump’s trusted aides, is coming to India on a bilateral visit next week. She is likely to meet officials in the Ministry of External Affairs, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, apart from at least one public […]

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Centre favours an Army veteran as J&K Governor: Here are the two names

SOURCE: Oneindia News The focus has shifted right back to Jammu and Kashmir with the BJP pulling out of the alliance. So far no party has come forward to stake a claim to form the government and the NC has made it clear that it did not have the mandate. This ideally would mean that President’s […]

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China distances itself from envoy’s idea of India-China-Pakistan trilateral cooperation

SOURCE: PTI China today distanced itself from its envoy’s comments on the idea of trilateral cooperation between India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the SCO, but underlined the importance of strengthening of dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad to improve mutual trust. Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui on Monday endorsed the idea […]

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Army doesn’t face political interference, anti-terror operations will continue: Army Chief Bipin Rawat

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA The imposition of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir will not affect the anti-terror operations, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Bipin Singh Rawat said on Wednesday, adding that there’s no political interference. “We only stopped our operations during Ramzan. But, we saw what happened. The imposing of Governor’s rule will not affect our […]

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Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets family of army jawan Aurangzeb killed in Kashmir

SOURCE: IANS Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday visited the family of rifleman Aurangzeb who was abducted and killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir on June 15. Sitharaman arrived in Jammu earlier in the day and flew to the Mendhar area of Rajouri district where she met the bereaved family. “I have come to […]

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One killed in fire at Pune DRDO lab

SOURCE: ENS One contract worker died and another was seriously injured in a fire involving explosive material at the High Energy Material Research Laboratory (HEMRL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), at Pashan in Pune on Tuesday afternoon. Police have identified the deceased worker as Laxmikant Ramesh Sonawane (26), a resident of Ramnagar […]

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Love for the uniform is making a comeback in youth, as this Mohali institute shows

SOURCE: TNN The armed forces preparatory institute in Mohali on Monday hosted a lunch for its alumni, 21 newly commissioned officers into the armed forces. This is the biggest number of candidates to have been commissioned in armed forces from one institute Wearing shades of olive green, peppered with dots of white and blue, when these […]

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Indian UN peacekeepers praised for bringing sense of hope and peace in South Sudan’s troubled Akobo town

SOURCE: PTI Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are being lauded for helping to restore peace and security in a town in the East African country, ravaged by fighting that has forced civilians to flee and has devastated the economy. Indian peacekeepers operate a temporary base set-up since February this […]

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Terror groups will be flushed out of Jammu and Kashmir: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh?

SOURCE: IANS Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the government will not tolerate terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir any more and that operations will be launched to flush out militants. He added that restoration of peace in the strife-torn state was on top of the agenda for the Modi government.Singh, the Lok Sabha […]

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Israel grows Barak-8 Missile family and why India might ignore it

SOURCE:  VISHAL KARPE / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG Israel recently declared that intends to build up its Barak missile family and plans to develop two new missiles using a modular and scalable approach which will be tailored and sized to meet specific air defense needs. Israel plans to offer three missiles based on the […]

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US Arm Twists India to Buy Patriot-3 Systems And Not Russians S-400

SOURCE: THE CITIZENS Late last year, the Iran-supported Houthi rebels in Yemen fired a Burqan-2 missile (a Scud variant) aimed at the international airport in Riyadh some 600 miles to the northeast. The missile got to its target alright but due to the strains in the metal canister induced by the flight, blew apart with the […]

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When Naxals held captive brain behind India’s Tejas

SOURCE: Anantha Krishnan M / Manorama Nothing much has changed in the life of Kota Harinarayana, who recently turned 75. Despite age catching up at supersonic speeds, he stays fit. He travels a lot, mentoring hundreds of aeronautics scientists. His wife says Harinarayana is wedded to plane dreams. Revered globally as the man who shaped India’s […]

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India, Russia weigh rupee-rouble trade for defence deals

SOURCE: ET Efforts to break the logjam over Russian defence deals because of US sanctions have zeroed in on a rupee-rouble transfer as the only way out but both sides are finding it difficult to find banking institutions through which such payments can be routed. Financial sanctions by the US have hit India’s arms trade […]

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Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor – A Reality Check

SOURCE: Swarajya Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the first step towards Tamil Nadu’s entry into defence manufacturing would be consolidating the expertise already available in the state in the automobile manufacturing sector, and upgrading skills and technology – thus sowing the seeds for the establishment of what is now loosely termed as Tamil Nadu Defence […]

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US Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Enhanced Defence Ties With India

SOURCE: PTI The US Senate today passed with an overwhelming majority a $716 billion defence bill which among other things seeks to strengthen ties with America’s ‘Major Defence Partner’ India. The US recognised India as a “Major Defence Partner” in 2016, a designation that allows India to buy more advanced and sensitive technologies from America […]

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