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 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...
Pralay missile on Kartavya Path during Republic Day celebration. (Photo: X) New Delhi: In a structural shift with far-reaching consequences for India’s defence industry, the Ministry of Defence has thrown open the production of indigenous ...
A Mahindra armoured specialist vehicle for representational purpose. (Photo: X)New Delhi: The Indian Army has issued a request for information (RFI) to domestic manufacturers for a mortar specialist vehicle (MSV) – a wheeled, crew-operated plat...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper (Photo: X/YvetteCooperMP)New Delhi: UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concluded his visit to China and India Friday, prioritizing rebuilding ties that had grown strained under the ...
Sub Lieutenant Astha Tyagi (L) and Sub Lieutenant Akanksha Tyagi (3R) with their parents. (Photo: Facebook/Doon Defence Academy)New Delhi: When Sub Lieutenant Akanksha Tyagi passed out of the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, last week, ...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. (Photo: IDS)New Delhi: The government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit the next vice-chief of the air staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force, placing one of the service’s most experienced fighter pilots and sen...
An Indian Navy MiG-29K on INS Vikrant. (Photo via Facebook)New Delhi: The Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI) in Goa has issued an expression of interest (EoI) seeking Indian companies to indigenously design, develop, and manufacture the 80mm aero rock...