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French Minister for Foreign Trade to visit India
New Delhi, March 9 (UNI) French Minister for Foreign Trade Franck Riester will be on a two-day visit to India from tomorrow, during which the two sides will hold talks on their efforts to reform the world trade system post the pandemic.…
Navy tests advanced BrahMos Supersonic missile
New Delhi, March 5 (UNI) The Indian Navy on Saturday successfully
demonstrated the accuracy of an extended-range land attack Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from the stealth destroyer INS Chennai. The missile hit the…
PM condoles demise of former Army Chief Gen Rodrigues
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of former Army Chief Gen SF Rodrigues who passed away at Panjim, Goa. "Anguished by the passing away of General SF Rodrigues. The nation will remain…
Air Marshal Prabhakaran takes charge of Western Air Command
New Delhi, Mar 01 (UNI) Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran assumed command of Delhi based Western Air Command of the IAF on Tuesday. Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran has been an experienced MiG-21 pilot with nearly 5000 hours of flying…
Tejas to join multi-nation air exercise in UK
New Delhi, Feb 23 (UNI) The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to send five Tejas aircraft for a multi-nation air exercise named Cobra Warrior from March 6 to 27 at Waddington in the United Kingdom. The Light Combat Aircraft will showcase…
India and Oman Air Force kick off bilateral exercise in Jodhpur
New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) The Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force of Oman kicked off bilateral exercise 'Eastern Bridge-VI' on Monday at Air Force Station Jodhpur. "This is the sixth edition of the exercise. It will provide an…
President conducts Fleet Review-2022 in Vizag
VISAKHAPATNAM, FEB 21 (UNI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday recalled the Indian Navy's role in the 1971 war and the sinking of Pakistan's submarine Ghazi during a Fleet Review comprising over 60 ships and submarines and 55 aircraft at…
President Kovind arrives in Vizag to participate in Presidential Fleet review
Visakhapatnam, Feb 20 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind arrived here on Sunday evening to participate in the president's fleet review tomorrow. On his arrival at the Naval Air Station, INS Dega here, the President was received by Andhra…
Oman Navy Chief in India, to boost bilateral defence ties
New Delhi, Feb 14 (UNI) Commander of the Royal Navy Of Oman Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Bin Mohsin Al Rahbi is on a five day visit to India boost defence cooperation. He was received by Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar at the majestic…
Army Chief: Events on unsettled borders are trailers of future conflict
New Delhi, Feb 3 (UNI) Events being played along India's "unsettled borders" are trailers of a future conflict, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said on Thursday, adding "It is for us to visualise the battlefield contours of tomorrow, based…
Navy Chief Hari Kumar visits Eastern Naval Command at Vizag
New Delhi, Feb 2 (UNI) Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Tuesday took stock of the preparation of President's Fleet Review and Multinational Naval Exercise- Milan in Visakhapatnam, scheduled later this month. The Navy Chief was…
Top Oman defense official on India visit to boost ties
Muscat/New Delhi, Jan 30 (UNI) The Sultanate of Oman and India are set to forge closer defense ties with the holding of the Joint Military Cooperation Committee (JMCC) in New Delhi from January 31 to February 1. Mohammed Nasser Al…
JeM commander, Pakistani militant among 5 killed in Kashmir encounters
Srinagar, Jan 30: A top Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Commander and a Pakistani militant were among five militants killed in two separate overnight encounters with security forces in Kashmir valley, police said on Sunday. While three militants…
R’Day Parade: Army to showcase evolution of uniforms and rifles
New Delhi, Jan 23 (UNI) The Republic Day marching contingents of the Indian Army on Rajpath this year will showcase different uniforms evolved over the years, starting from 1950 to 2022, Maj Gen Alok Kakkar said on Sunday. There…
CDS Bipin Rawat chopper crash: Pilot got disoriented due to clouds
New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) The Tri-Service Court of Inquiry probing the December 8, 2021 chopper crash involving CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others has found that the helicopter entered into clouds due to unexpected change in weather, which led…
Olympian Shivpal visits War Memorial, pays tribute
New Delhi, Jan 13(UNI) Olympian Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi, which bears testimony to the supreme sacrifice made by the Indian soldiers post-independence.
The staff at the National War…
Army Chief: Theatre Commands necessary to win future wars
New Delhi, Jan 12: The creation of Theatre Commands is necessary to win wars in future, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said on Wednesday adding that the "Indian Army is carrying out its deliberations in consultation with other Services and it…
‘Jaffna not a city in the south of any other country’, says Chinese envoy
Colombo, Jan 12 (UNI) China’s Ambassador to Colombo, Qi Zhenhong, who raised eyebrows on his recent visit to Jaffna’s Point Pedro, Sri Lanka’s northernmost point overlooking India, has said that the Tamil-dominated region is part of Sri…
PLA cadre nabbed in Manipur
Imphal, Jan 12 (UNI) Troops of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police
nabbed a man allegedly a cadre of People’s Liberation Army (PLA), a police official on Wednesday said.
Assam Rifles official said Mantripukhri Battalion and Manipur…
Eastern Ladakh: 14th round of Sino-India talks tomorrow
New Delhi, Jan 10 (UNI) The 14th round of Senior Highest Military Commander Level (SHMCL) Talks between India and China will take place on January 12 at Chushul-Moldo meeting point, on the Chinese side at 0930 hours, sources in the security…
