The first batch of Indian women BSF troopers has assumed charge at the India-Pakistan border of Punjab on Friday. The batch had undergone 38 months of intense and tough training.
 
The women officials of BSF are taking the responsibility of guarding the international borders for the first ...

Close on the heels of the field trials for the American Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, IAF will now put to pace the Lockheed Martin F-16 Viper in a bid to source a winner for its MMRCA tender.
 
The MMRCA (Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft) programme pertains to a tender worth $10 billion ...

An IAF official has disclosed that Air Marshal K.J. Mathews has assumed the position of the head of human resources on Wednesday.
 
Mathews assumed his position as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP), succeeding Air Marshal Sumit Mukerjee.
 
Commissioned in the year 1973, ...

President Pratibha Patil on Saturday will inaugurate the Armed Forces Tribunal.
 
The Armed Forces Tribunal will help about 2.5 million armed forces personnel and ex-servicemen to launch their complaints and will lessen the burden of various courts.
 
"The president will ...

Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma is the has been appointed as the Chief of Indian anavy.
 
Nirmal Verma was appointed as the Chief of Naval Staff recently by the Ministry of Defence.
 
Verma, who is currently the Commander-in-Chief of the Vizag-based Eastern Naval Fleet, will take over ...

An all-women's unit in the insurgency-hit northeast region has been proposed by the Territorial Army, a reserve force of trained civilians for the Indian Army, an official said on Tuesday.
 
Presently, women are allowed to join as doctors and nurses in the Territorial Army, which has a ...

The Kargil hills were full of life on Sunday night in the glow of yellow lights as India marked the 10th anniversary of its military victory against Pakistan by paying homage to the over 500 soldiers killed while recapturing the treacherous peaks.
 
In an unprecedented military ceremony of ...

India Sunday joined a select group of five nations with the launching here of the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as a "historic milestone" in the country's defence preparedness.
The prime ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
 
"The prime minister will launch the vessel. The function will also be attended by the defence minister (A.K. Antony)," a ...

The Delhi High Court advocated the government to make "some arrangement" to provide women officers in the armed forces at least retirement benefits on Friday.
 
"We want to solve the matter at the administrative level. After 14 years of service if the women officers are not ...

The government has cleared a project to interconnect 14,000 police stations and 6,000 police officers across the county for speedy investigation of crime and detection of criminals in real time, parliament was informed Wednesday.
 
 
"The government has given clearance to the ...

After the uproar in parliament over a pact that will enable the annual inspection of military hardware purchased from the US, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday defended the measure, saying it was the result of three years of tough efforts and that the government did not have any ...

Ajmal Amir Kasab pleaded before the special court on Wednesday to hang him to death. This pleading came two days after the lone surviving Mumbai attacker admitted that he was a Pakistani and narrated the chilling details of the events that led to the killing spree leaving over 170 people dead in ...

The women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be deployed in Punjab villages along the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan.
 
BSF officials say nearly 180 young women recruits, aged between 18 and 22 years, will be deployed along the India-Pakistan border soon ...

Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, in his dramatic confession before a special court Monday, said that he was a decorator by profession but since his income was little, he was attracted to 'jehad' (holy war).
 
Through some contacts, he came in touch with the terror group ...

The CISF, Central Industrial Security Force, has been recommended to adopt new principles of management as well as new technologies by the Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram
 
"CISF is being given newer responsibilities and it should adopt new technologies and new management principles ...

The defence ministers of India and Nepal will hold talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. This is the first meeting of its kind after the attempt made by King Gyanendra four years ago to rule his kingdom with the help of the army.
 
Vidya Bhandari, the new defence minister in the Communist-headed ...

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sameer Hingora, a Bollywood film producer, who has been convicted for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings.
 
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan issued the arrest warrant for Hingora after he failed to return to ...

A French delegation has arrived in New Delhi Thursday to hold discussions on the Rs.9,500-crore worth upgrade contract for the Mirage combat jets, a defence official said.
 
This will be the second biggest defence deal that will be struck with France after the Rs 18,798-crore Scorpene ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine at a quiet function at Visakhapatnam by the month-end but it could be a while before the vessel is commissioned, an official said.
 
"The construction work is ...

Pradeep Kumar will take over Vijay Singh as the Secretary in the Defence Ministry. Thus information was given in New Delhi on Tuesday. He is currently the Secretary of Defence Production.
 
 According to an official statement, Kumar tenure will before two years from the date he takes ...

According to Defence Minister A. K. Antony, the government has accepted the one-rank-one-pension (OROP) demand for armed forces officers and personnel below officer rank (PBOR) and will also set up a separate pay panel for the military.
 
But, he also added that the OROP demand is not ...

Government will be issuing the identity cards to the "usual residents" of 9 coastal states and four Union Territories by March 2010 Home Minister P Chidambaram informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. 
Replying to supplementary during Question Hour, he said that the proposal for the ...

Apart from the new NSG hubs in the four cities, two new bases for the Indian Army's Special Forces will set up to tackle terrorism, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in Chennai on Wednesday.

Chidambaram said that a Border Security Force (BSF) hub will be established in Guwahati, while those for ...

Scientists are trying to develop teargas canisters and hand grenades by mixing the fiery pepper to control riots and combat separatists.


A defence spokesperson said that the scientists at various Defence Research and Development Organisation laboratories were working on the project of ...

Although the IAF planned to finish the trials by March in the world's most hotly contested aircraft deals this century yet, they could actually go on till August next year as some of the manufacturers say that they would be able to send their aircraft to India only around September. That means that ...

More IIT graduates have opted for the jobs in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), this time, due to stability factor. Brilliant graduates from the IITs were known for bagging top-notch offers from multinationals, with six-figure salaries. On the previous occasions, DRDO labs could ...

The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday (May 26) released the tenders for 22 combat and 15 heavy lift choppers to US, European and Russian manufacturers. The new fleet of helicopters will replace the old ones in the Indian Air Force. The tenders or the Request of Proposals (Rfps) needed the approval of ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will officially get the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) platform on Thursday (May 28). The new system will help the IAF to detect intruders over sea and land at large distances. The AWACS comes with a wide range of capabilities including Electronic and Signal ...

The Indian Navy on Tuesday (May 19) commissioned warship INS Airavat into the naval fleet at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) base in Visakhapatnam. The new warship is capable of carrying 10 main battle tanks, 11 combat trucks and 500 troops. According to a naval officer, apart from undertaking ...