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First method to detect illicit drone filming developed

15 Jan 2018

False alarm of missile attack throws Hawaii into panic

15 Jan 2018

Residents and visitors in Hawaii were thrown into a panic on Saturday by a false missile alarm, with many saying they thought they were going to die

Don’t let China wean away our neighbours, Army chief Gen Rawat warns

13 Jan 2018

Addressing the media on the eve of the Army Day, Rawat acknowledged that China was exerting pressure on India along the border but at the same time asserted that the Indian Army was fully capable of dealing with any security challenge on the northern frontier

US looks at long term military ties with India: Kenneth Juster

12 Jan 2018

US Ambassador to India, Kenneth Juster, has suggested that India can be an alternative market for US investors that have difficulties conducting business in China, and become a hub for US business in the Indo-Pacific region

Suspected LeT terrorist involved in 2000 Red Fort attack held In Delhi

11 Jan 2018

Rohingya insurgents regrouping to fight Myanmar state: report

08 Jan 2018

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) did not reveal the whereabouts of its leader Ata Ullah, but Myanmar suspects the insurgents who fled to Bangladesh have slipped back into Myanmar to launch attacks

Failed N Korean missile may have crashed into its own city

06 Jan 2018

US slaps sanctions on 5 entities linked to Iran's missile programme

06 Jan 2018

The Western powers’ agreement with Iran had focused on the country’s ability to amass fissile material and keeping nuclear weapons in check, it did not address contentious issues such as Iran’s support for militant groups in the region or its ballistic missile activities

US to suspend $1.3 bn a year military aid to Pakistan

05 Jan 2018

The aid could be resumed if Pakistan takes ‘decisive action’ against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network, the US said, but Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafeez Saeed and his LeT did not factor in the decision

Defence ministry approves 2,420-cr procurements for Navy, Army from Boeing, BEL

05 Jan 2018

Cabinet clears 14-km two-lane tunnel at Zojila pass

04 Jan 2018

The tunnel, to be built at an estimated cost of Rs6,808 crore, would provide all weather connectivity to Srinagar, Kargil and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir

Doklam II? India, China in fresh standoff near Arunachal border

03 Jan 2018

Chinese soldiers with road-building machines crossed 200 metres into Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh last week before Indian troops stopped them, and some reports say the confrontation is still going on

Pak moves to block flow of funds to Hafiz Saeed front outfits

02 Jan 2018

N-button to hit US is ‘on my table’, Kim tells N Korea on New Year

01 Jan 2018

India successfully test-fires supersonic interceptor missile

28 Dec 2017

In the third supersonic interceptor test carried out this year, an incoming ballistic missile target was successfully intercepted, within 30 km altitude of the earth's atmosphere by the interceptor

Malegaon blast: court dilutes charges but refuses to drop them

28 Dec 2017

4 N Korean defectors show signs of nuclear radiation exposure

27 Dec 2017

Anthrax antibodies on N Korean defector raise fears of bio warfare

27 Dec 2017

Royal Navy warship escorts prowling Russian frigate through UK waters

26 Dec 2017

Army unit crosses LoC, kills 3 Pak soldiers in Poonch

26 Dec 2017

The Indian Army on Monday night destroyed a number of Pakistani posts across Jammu Kashmir’s Poonch district, killing at least three Pakistani soldiers

Pak army chief Gen Bajwa calls for better ties with India

21 Dec 2017

US unhappy as 26/11 terrorist Hafiz Saeed vows to contest in Pak polls

20 Dec 2017

The United States had also strongly condemned the release of the Lashkar-e-Taiba leader from house arrest and had called for his immediate re-arrest and prosecution

US makes it official: N Korea was behind WannaCry attack

19 Dec 2017

The US government has assessed with a "very high level of confidence" that a hacking entity known as Lazarus Group, which works on behalf of the North Korean government, carried out the WannaCry attack

US to deepen security ties with ‘leading global power’ India

19 Dec 2017

Describing India as a "leading global power", the US on Tuesday unveiled its new National Security Strategy (NSS) that said it will "deepen" America's strategic partnership with India and support its leadership role in Indian Ocean security and throughout the broader region

Work begins to put Brahmos missiles aboard Sukhoi-30 by 2020

18 Dec 2017