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Japan allows overseas military action for first time since WW-II
19 Sep 2015
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the shift in policy is vital to protecting people's lives and peaceful way of living as also for preventing wars
Taliban gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Peshawar
18 Sep 2015
Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani air force base in northwestern Peshawar early Friday, injuring more than 25 people, including an army major and three soldiers
UAE deports 4 Indians over suspected IS links
18 Sep 2015
Mumbai blasts accused plead for leniency
15 Sep 2015
Mumbai train blasts: 12 convicted, 1 freed
11 Sep 2015
More than nine years after the crime, a special court today convicted 12 of the 13 accused in the 2006 bombings in Mumbai’s suburban trains that killed nearly 200 people
Russia defies West, sends military aid to Syria
10 Sep 2015
Russia is flying both military equipment and humanitarian aid to Syria, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said today
Pakistan violates ceasefire on eve of talks
10 Sep 2015
Pakistan Rangers team in Delhi, peace talks begin
10 Sep 2015
Amidst heightened tensions along the border and the Line of Control (LoC), India and Pakistan are today holding director general-level talks between the border forces of the two countries in New Delhi
Russia’s pro-Assad moves in Syria worry US
05 Sep 2015
Ex-servicemen miffed over 1-rank, 1-pay terms; to continue stir
05 Sep 2015
Ex-servicemen have decided to continue their agitation over the one-rank, one-pay agitation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, as most of the critical conditions, they say, remain unmet
Govt announces "1-rank, 1-pay"; ex-servicemen dissatisfied
05 Sep 2015
Announcing the decision at a press conference in New Delhi in the afternoon, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said the OROP policy will cost the exchequer Rs10,000 crore a year
Pak terrorists adding paragliders, UAVs to arsenal
05 Sep 2015
Intelligence reports say terrorists using paragliders as well as unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned aircraft systems could launch attacks on Indian cities
Modi govt to announce 1-rank, 1-pay in 2-3 days: sources
04 Sep 2015
The new pension formula will kick in from July 2014 and use 2013 as the base year for calculations, but will stick to a five year reset clause for veterans and 10 years for civilians
India, UAE discuss defence, security cooperation
04 Sep 2015
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