Indian Armed Forces

Maoist triggered landmine kills two troopers in Jharkhand

New Delhi News.Net Sunday 22nd November, 2009 (IANS) Two troopers were killed and nine injured Sunday when Maoist rebels blew up their vehicle by detonating a landmine in poll-bound Jharkhand, police said. The mine exploded...

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Twin blasts rock Assam, seven killed, 55 injured

From correspondents in Assam, India, 04:01 PM IST Two powerful explosions shook Nalbari town in Assam Sunday, killing seven people and wounding at least 55, officials said. Nalbari is about 70 km west of Assam's main city...

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India to promote tourism in Ladakh, Kargil

The Indian government is planning to improve infrastructure in the stark but picturesque Ladakh and Kargil regions of Jammu and Kashmir to promote tourism. Senior military officials say this will act as an additional bulwark...

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INDIA: ‘Glacier Man’ Vows to Build More Artificial Glaciers

LADAKH, India, Nov 22 (IPS) - He is well known as India’s ‘glacier man’, but for 74-year-old retired government civil engineer, Chewang Norphel, accolades have made little dent in his quiet determination to build more...

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Indian Navy keen to buy newer generation aircraft

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian Navy has floated a Request for Information (RFI) for a newer generation of aircraft which can operate from the two indigenous aircraft carriers it will commission over the next 10 years.

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Petroleum, atomic sites on West coast vulnerable to attacks!

Updated on Sunday, November 22, 2009, 13:11 IST Tags: New Delhi: Nearly a year after the Mumbai attacks, the country's Western coast hosting several petroleum and nuclear installations are still vulnerable to terror strikes...

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Naxal attack in Jharkhand, 2 CRPF men killed

In yet another daring attack, the Maoists blew up an anti-landmine vehicle of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Gumla, Jharkhand, on Sunday. Two CRPF personnel were killed and seven injured in the attack.

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Shall the twain never meet?

As bilateral relations nose-dived on border transgressions issue and the impending visit of the Dalai Lama to Tawang, the civilian leaderships of India and China preferred to de-escalate tensions for the time being.

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Female Fighter Pilots Forbidden

The Indian Air Force does not plan to train women to be fighter pilots. Neighboring Pakistan is not much better, even though it has seven female fighter pilots. They fly F-7s, a Chinese version of the Russian MiG-21. None have...

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Tawang: A town with a tale to tell

By Saransh Sehgal, Asia Times, Nov 21, 2009 NEW DELHI, India -- China slammed the Indian government for allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal, an area with a Tibetan culture that Beijing claims as "Southern Tibet". Its...

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