NEW DELHI: The Indian Army will soon begin inducting two regiments of the Akash Prime surface-to-air missiles designed for air defence in high-altitude areas along the frontier with China, with the force testing the new weapon system in Ladakh twice on Wednesday.The Akash Prime missiles successfully destroyed two high-speed unmanned aerial targets at an altitude…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday, his first visit to the country in six years, amid signs of improving relations between the two neighbours following years of border tension. Jaishankar was in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting, where he also…
NEW DELHI: A day after Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu said India does not share any boundary with China, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar doubled down on the issue on Friday saying India should stop referring to India-Tibet border as India-China border, reports Pradeep Thakur.“We don’t have any borders with China. They’ve occupied Tibet…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of batting for Chinese military hardware and said that Raebareli MP has a knack for ending up on the wrong side of the patriotic discourse.BJP IT chief Amit Malviya on Monday claimed that in 2021, Rahul Gandhi questioned why Indian forces did not use…
NEW DELHI: Social media platform X has withheld the handles of Chinese state media outlet Global Times News and Turkish public broadcaster TRT World in India “in response to legal demand”.This demand can be a court order, or a request from the Centre that was probably made during Op Sindoor to contain misinformation. At that…
NEW DELHI: The recent tensions over the Dalai Lama‘s announcement that China will have no role in his reincarnation seemed set to intensify with the Chinese ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, rejecting his statement and also the support expressed by Union minister Kiren Rijiju for the Tibetan spiritual leader‘s decision.While Rijiju had clarified that he…
The Supreme Court has written to the Centre seeking the removal of former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud from his official residence in New Delhi, saying his occupation of the bungalow goes “beyond the permitted period”.UK technicians arrived in India to repair the British F-35 fighter jet, which is currently parked at Kannur airport amid high…
A CISF personnel stand guard near the British F-35 fighter jet that made an emergency landing after running low on fuel at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A team of UK aviation engineers arrived in Kerala on Sunday aboard a Royal Air Force Airbus A400M to begin repair work on a British…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Sunday dismissed claims made by the Pakistan army blaming India for a deadly suicide bombing in North Waziristan, calling the statement “deserving of contempt.”In a response issued in the early hours of the day, the MEA said, “We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp assessment of regional military dynamics, India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Friday expressed surprise over US President Donald Trump‘s recent lunch meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir, calling it “an embarrassment” for a country where the military overshadows the civilian government.“It is surprising. It must be an…