New Delhi: The Defence Planning Committee (DPC) was formed under the Chairmanship of National Security Adviser (NSA), Ajit Doval to prepare a comprehensive plan for the defence forces, considering the challenges concerning national security. The first meeting of this committee, which was formed only last month, concluded on Wednesday. There are reports of the proposals […]
New Delhi: The United States has approved supply of ‘Predator Drones’ to India, which were used by it to carry out attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan had pleaded with the United States not to supply the drones to India. The Pakistani analysts had expressed concerns about this. This underlines the importance of the 22 […]
New Delhi: India and China are making efforts to improve their relations by leaving the Doklam issue behind. The process of dialogue and discussions has been initiated on all levels under the guidance of the respective leaderships, claimed Hua Chunying, the spokesperson of the Chinese foreign Ministry. But even as all these procedures of dialogue […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha that China has developed military infrastructure on a large scale including a helipad and has increased the deployment of soldiers in the area once again. Defence Minister Sitharaman also clarified that the Chinese activities in Pakistan are also closely followed and necessary steps from the […]
New Delhi: It is reported that India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat visited Bhutan. The India-Bhutan relations have gained importance in view of the tension created between India and China over the Doklam issue. Therefore, the visit by the National Security Advisor, Foreign Secretary and […]
New Delhi: There is news of the National Security Adviser of India and Pakistan to have met at Bangkok in Thailand. Newspapers of both countries have published the news in this regard. India has not yet confirmed it. But newspapers in both countries cite a Pakistani officer to state that the meeting was held in […]
Relationship between India and China is witnessing increasing stress in the last few months; be it on account of the Chinese military incursion in the Indian territory or the Doklam issue. In this context, the trade between the two countries is adversely affected. Amidst this, India has now resolved to become self sufficient in the […]
New Delhi: As a challenge to China’s ambitious ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) project, India has decided to speed up ‘South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation’ (SASEC). The Cabinet has approved the sanction of 1630 crore rupees for the construction of the highway from Imphal to Moreh at the border of Myanmar. SASEC is an important […]
Srinagar (PTI) : Seven persons have been killed and nineteen injured in a cowardly terror attack on the bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims at Anantnag in Jammu- Kashmir. Further casualties were avoided due to the presence of mind shown by ’Sheikh Salim Gafoor’ the driver of the bus. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have […]
New Delhi: Efforts are being taken to speed up and resume the stalled talks over Indo- EU’s free trade agreement (FTA). A delegation led by Federica Mogherini, the EU foreign policy chief, will arrive in India to push for the talks. During the delegation’s visit to India, discussions will be held over FTA between India and […]