The Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.New Delhi has renewed its demand for safe and unimpeded merchant shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, after a third vessel carrying Indian crew came under attack within a week, taking the toll of Indian seafarer deat...
Image captionNew Delhi: India could be looking at significant gains on two fronts of its strategic partnership with France – fighter jet technology and civil nuclear energy – as the prime minister, Narendra Modi, prepares for a week-long ...
Netra AEW&C system. (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: In what is seen as a major milestone for India’s indigenous airborne surveillance capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to grant final operational clearance ...
This AI-enhanced screengrab of a viral amateur video shows smoke coming out of MT Jalveer after being hit by a US missle.New Delhi: Less than 24 hours after three Indian sailors lost their lives in a US Navy strike on the oil tanker Settebello, anoth...
The oil tanker Settebello. (Photo: X/@vishnumathur)New Delhi: A Palau-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members on board was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, triggering an engine-room fire and leaving three Indians missing. ...
File photo of an Agni-5 missile being test-fired.New Delhi: India’s nuclear posture appears to have entered a new phase, with a small number of warheads now assessed to be deployed in peacetime for the first time, according to the Stockholm Int...
New Delhi: The defence ministry is considering invoking contractual penalty clauses against state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over its failure to deliver a single Tejas Mk1A fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF), more than two years...
A satellite view of INS Baaz at Campbell Bay, Nicobar Island. (Google Earth)New Delhi: After nearly five years of inconclusive feasibility studies, the government has formally abandoned its long-pending proposal to expand INS Baaz, the Indian Navy ai...
A Gorkha Rifles contingent marching on an Independence Day in New Delhi. (File photo)New Delhi: Nepal’s visiting foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, has said that if India wishes to resume talks on Nepal’s suspension of Gorkha recruitment in...