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Miracle short-lived: Siachen soldier Hanamanthappa dead

11 Feb 2016

Siachen soldier found miraculously alive, now stable

09 Feb 2016

Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was buried deep after a wall of ice a kilometre wide and 800 metres high came crashing down on his army post, killing nine of his colleagues. He was flown to a Delhi hospital where his condition is stable

UAE to work more closely with India against ISIS

09 Feb 2016

Pakistan’s ISI has helped rise of ISIS, Taliban: NYT

09 Feb 2016

LeT operative Headley reveals links to Pak army, ISI

08 Feb 2016

In his video-conference testimony before an Indian court, LeT terrorist David Headley said he had contacts with a ‘Major Ali’ of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence as well as a retired Pakistan army officer who helped him actively

Headley testifies, says two earlier hits on Mumbai failed

08 Feb 2016

The first attempt to strike Mumbai was made in September 2008 but the boat used by extremists hit rocks in sea and all weapons and explosives on board were lost

India, allies parade warships in biggest-ever naval exercise

06 Feb 2016

At the Navy's biggest-ever event off the coast of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh today, President Pranab Mukherjee is inspecting ships from 50 countries

Western powers pledge $10 bn as Syrian refugee problem worsens

05 Feb 2016

ISIS thrives on political chaos, but feeling the pinch: US

05 Feb 2016

Video shows terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed with Pak army chief

05 Feb 2016

All 10 Siachen avalanche-hit soldiers declared dead

05 Feb 2016

Rein in ‘global terrorist’ Hafiz Saeed, India tells Pak

05 Feb 2016

India will stand by Pak if it acts against terror: Rajnath

04 Feb 2016

IAF issues shoot-at-sight orders around installations

04 Feb 2016

Learning from the Pathankot terror attacks in January, the Indian Air Force issued shoot- at-sight orders against anyone attempting to scale the walls of the bases under the sensitive Western Air Command

S Korea, Japan warn Pyongyang against rocket launch

03 Feb 2016

South Korea and Japan today echoed US warnings that North Korea would pay a heavy price if it pushes ahead with a planned rocket launch just weeks after conducting its fourth nuclear test

Dutch police training eagles to bring down drones

03 Feb 2016

Dutch police are involved in training birds of prey, like eagles, to take out drones flown by criminals and terrorists

23 nations meet in Rome to mull anti-ISIS strategy

03 Feb 2016

US officials said the Pentagon's fiscal year 2017 budget will call for more than $7 billion to fight Islamic State, up roughly a third from the previous year's request to Congress

4 killed in suicide attack at Saudi Arabian mosque

30 Jan 2016

The attack on a mosque in the Shiite area of mostly Sunni Saudi Arabia came during the main weekly prayers on Friday, when one attacker blew himself up while the second was said to have been captured and tied up by worshippers after he opened fire

Kurdish militants dig in; complicate issues for Turkey

29 Jan 2016

Parrikar orders CBI probe against 2 Army generals

28 Jan 2016

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has ordered a disproportionate assets probe against two serving major generals after allegations of impropriety even made it to the social media