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Rajnath opens Space Science & Technology Centre
Chandigarh, Jan 3 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has earned Rs 5,600 crores through launch missions over three years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday as he opened the Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in…
LeT commander killed in Srinagar
Srinagar, Jan 3 : Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant commander Salim Parray, one of the most wanted militants in Jammu and Kashmir, was killed on Monday in a gun battle with security forces at Shalimar Garden on the outskirts of Srinagar,…
Defence Reforms 2021: Year of self reliance, reforms
New Delhi, Jan 1 (UNI-Ashutosh Bhatia) The year 2021 was quite challenging for the Indian defence forces on the operational front as China continued to pose the biggest threat. The standoff in eastern Ladakh is far from over though India…
DRDO launches surface-to-surface missile Pralay
Bhubaneswar, Dec 22: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully conducted the maiden flight test of the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’.
The missile was fired from the Dr A…
HP: Sainik School Entrance Exam 2022-23 last date extended
Hamirpur (HP), Dec 20 (UNI) The National Testing Agency (NTA) has extended the last date for the online application for the All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination 2022 (AISSEE) across the country.
The NTA will be conducting the All…
Western Army Comdr Lt. Gen. Khanduri visits Rising Star Corps
Dharamshala, Dec 19: Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri, Army Commander, Western Command visited the Rising Star Corps on his two day visit which concluded on Sunday.
Lt Col Devender Anand PRO (Defense) told UNI that Lt Gen PN Ananthanarayanan, GOC…
Defence Minister meets 1971 war veterans, Mukti Jodhas of Bangladesh
New Delhi, Dec 14: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday interacted with Indian war veterans and Mukti Jodhas of Bangladesh in New Delhi, as part of Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebrations, marking 50 years of India’s historic victory in the…
Raksha Mantri Rajnath to inaugurate Defense exhibition at BDL in Hyderabad, Vizag
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (UNI) BDL (Bharat Dynamics Limited) is organizing a Product Exhibition at its Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad (Telangana) and Visakhapatnam Unit (Andhra Pradesh) from Dec 13 to 19 to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence,…
President of India reviews the passing out parade of the Indian Military Academy
Gen. Bipin Rawat was an extraordinary military leader, and his death creates a void that cannot be filled, said the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. He was speaking on the occasion of review of the Passing Out Parade of the Indian…
DRDO test-fires two India-made missiles
In another achievement for the country’s indigenous missile development programme, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested several weapons over the last three days including the extended range Pinaka missile with the…
Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry
Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the helicopter crash Wednesday, is in critical condition at the Military Hospital in Wellington.
A year ago, he had a close call when a Light Combat Aircraft that he was flying developed…
CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife, 11 others killed in chopper crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other personnel died after the Indian Air Force chopper they were travelling in crashed near Coonor near Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri hill district. While an investigation…
Russian FM Lavrov arrives in Delhi for inaugural 2+2 talks
New Delhi, Dec 5: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in the Indian capital on Sunday night, for the India-Russia inaugural 2+2 Dialogue with his counterpart External
Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
He will meet EAM…
Prez, VP, PM, Union Ministers extend greetings on Navy Day
INS Kosura is Submarine Museum now !
Amethi to manufacture 5 lakh AK-203 rifles in collaboration with Russia
New Delhi, Dec 4 (UNI) The government has approved the plan for production of over five lakh AK-203 assault rifles with Russia at Korwa, Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, government sources said here on Saturday.
This comes ahead of Russian…
HM Amit Shah visits BSF camp, dines with jawans
New Delhi, Dec 4 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Rajasthan, on Saturday met with BSF personnel at the Rohitash Border and also visited the camp of the jawans and listened to patriotic songs there.
He said,…
IAF lost seven aircraft in accidents in last two years
New Delhi, Dec 3 : Seven aircrafts of Indian Air Force(IAF) have crashed during the last two years, Defence Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said the figure…
Meghalaya: Martyred Soldier given full state honours
Shillong, Dec 2 (UNI) Havildar Hempiar R. Marak, 45, who died while on duty along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, was buried with full state honours at his native Salpara village in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district, on…
Mirage fighter jet’s tyre stolen on way to Jodhpur
Lucknow, Dec 2 (UNI) One tyre of IAF's Mirage fighter jet has been stolen from a moving
truck here while being transported to Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
The incident took place on November 27 at Shaheed Path in Lucknow, when the truck…
Sri Lankan envoy meets Rajnath Singh, discusses boosting defense ties
New Delhi, Nov 30 (UNI) Sri Lankan High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Tuesday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here and explored avenues of further augmenting defence and security cooperation with India.
In a tweet, the Sri Lankan…