A CRPF jawan was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday, police said. Some Maoists are also suspected to have been killed in the exchange of fire and the security forces are combing the area, they said. The gun-battle took place around 4 am…
Highlights Calling India “an exclusive strategic defence partner” for Russia, General Sergei Shoigu reaffirmed his country’s strong support to India in the field of counterterrorism He also underlined Moscow’s commitment to extend all possible support to enhance India’s defence capabilities Russia on Wednesday agreed to India’s request to constitute specific…
Russia has agreed to hasten the co-production process of AK-203 assault rifles with India during Rajnath Singh’s maiden visit to the country as Defence Minister, officials said here on Wednesday. India and Russia had entered into a deal in February this year to jointly manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles,…
India wants Russia to deliver the S-400 missile system as soon as possible. India has also paid the first installment of 6000 crores to Russia for this system. Now India wants to add it to its fleet without delay. This missile system can spot and destroy jets, spy planes,…
Highlights India wants Russia to speed up the delivery schedule of the advanced S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems, which can detect, track and destroy hostile strategic bombers India has also sought an extension of INS Chakra’s lease till the Akula-1 submarine is ready for induction into the Indian Navy by…
The BSF has recently procured Israeli tethered drones and thermal imagers to check smuggling and illegal infiltration in the Dhubri sector of Assam, where a major part of the India-Bangladesh border passes through a riverine stretch, making it difficult to erect fences. The drones, equipped with day-night vision cameras,…