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US Pacific commander admits US-India jointly tracking Chinese submarines

Says jointmanship would improve with signing COMCASA

Defence ministry trims Army flab; 57,000 soldiers to shift to combat roles

Shekatkar Committee reforms to shave Rs 25,000 cr off defence budget

Defence ministry sacks 13 senior ordnance factory officers

Ministry sources say officers will be entitled to pensions, calculated on the years they have served

Saab to tie-up with Adani to build Gripen fighter in India

Saab CEO Hakan Buskhe flying into Delhi to make announcement with Adani executives

Doklam standoff: China must remember grievance-based nationalism is a double-edged sword

Army planners would do well to seal and localise Chinese incursions and retaliate in kind elsewhere on the border

Indo-Russian Gen-5 fighter gets green light; $6 bn negotiated for joint R&D

Experts find 'no conflict with indigenous AMCA fighter'; prototypes will fly in India in 3 years

India breaks silence on spat with China; describes close ties with Bhutan

Statement dwells on June 16 thwarting of Chinese construction by Indian troops on Bhutanese soil

Border crisis: Army chief Rawat in Sikkim as China rakes up 1962 war

Unusually for such an incident, stream of statements coming from Beijing

Modi-Trump summit moves ties forward in several fields

Gains for India: US backs nation against China's CPEC and BRI, directly names Pak as terror source

CPEC master plan revealed: It's all about Chinese penetration into Pakistan

Pak daily Dawn says proposal includes large surveillance system for cities

'Beijing Karmapa' gains acceptance as 'Delhi Karmapa' marries

Political manoeuvring has intensified around who heads the ancient Karma Kagyu school of Buddhism

Decks cleared for Rs 4,500-crore artillery contract

L&T and Hanwa Techwin will gain approximately 50 per cent each of the contract

In a first, HAL assures 75% availability of Dhruv fleet

First 'performance based logistics' for indigenous military platform

Shrinking fleet poses tough choices for IAF

IAF wants more medium fighters, shortfall in light fighters is worrying, as MiG fleet retires soon

Ajai Shukla: Half-term report card on defence

The army and the air force both have new chiefs, an opportunity for fresh ideas and approaches

Superseded general not to resign, pledges support to new Army chief

Gen Bipin Rawat has superseded Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi to become COAS from Jan 1, 2017

Aircraft carrier version of Tejas still alive, despite navy opposition

Since April, ADA admirals have been insisting on replacing Tejas with 57 other foreign fighter jets

Indian artillery gun shines in trials, to be displayed on Republic Day

ATAGS is potentially DRDO's biggest indigenous plan, generating manufacture worth over Rs 30,000 cr

Agni-6 ICBM evolving organically from Agni-5

Despite official denials, speculation about an Agni-6 ICBM visualises a range of 6,000-7,500 km

With fourth successful test, Agni 5 to join missile arsenal

Its 5,000-kilometre range allows it to deliver a nuclear payload anywhere in China