New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address on Saturday featured a series of futuristic calls aimed at defining the scale and direction of India's ambitions for the coming decades.
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong pitch for transforming India into a global hub for defence manufacturing, with particular emphasis on achieving self-reliance in advanced capabilities such as hypersonic technologies, drones and counter-drone systems.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India's defence sector has undergone a transformational change over the past decade to emerge as a stronger, more self-reliant and globally credible force with the country's production of military hardware recording an over fourfold increase to touch Rs 1.78 lakh crore in 2025-26 compared with a mere Rs 4,746 crore in FY 2013-14, according to a government factsheet issued a day ahead of the country's 80th Independence Day.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) According highest priority to the modernisation of the defence forces, driven by a self-reliant and future-ready defence sector is the first and foremost priority of the Narendra Modi government, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday told the Armed Forces on the eve of 80th Independence Day.
Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested three accused in connection with the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion that took place on January 1 near the premises of Police Station Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Security has been significantly heightened around the Red Fort ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, with extensive traffic diversions, restrictions on heavy vehicles, and the deployment of thousands of security personnel, while new anti-drone measures have been introduced and large-scale verification drives carried out to ensure the smooth and secure conduct of the national event.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a regional affiliate of Al-Qaeda, transitioned from a fragmented entity into a structured regional network, leveraging online propaganda and proxy outfits to expand its reach across India and neighboring countries, according to a recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Indian Railways has become the primary target for the Inter Services Intelligence-backed elements in recent months, according to an intelligence report.
Imphal, Aug 14 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur, in separate joint operations, have arrested 13 militants, including two leaders, belonging to different banned outfits, and recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition and other incriminating materials during the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday.
Srinagar, Aug 14 (IANS) On the eve of the country’s Independence Day, 52 J&K Police personnel were awarded gallantry and meritorious service medals on Friday.
