Indian Armed Force

15/08/2020

08/07/2020

IAF’s MiG-29 fighter aircraft, Apache attack helicopters conduct night patrolling along LAC with China

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NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force’s (IAF) MiG-29 fighter aircraft and Apache attack helicopter conducted night sorties at the forward bases near India-China border to keep an eye over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the aftermath of the Galwan Valley clashes between Indian and the Chinese troops in ...

08/07/2020

China TV, Attempting Propaganda On Ladakh, Helps Boost India’s Claim

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Highlights The images which aired in China last night are not dated Authenticity of images will have to be verified, senior army officer said Yesterday, China began withdrawing its troops from 3 spots in Ladakh New Delhi: New satellite images aired last night by China on state-run television do Indi...

08/07/2020

Chinese envoy meets senior NCP leaders amid growing rift within Nepal’s ruling party

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Both Madhav Nepal and Khanal held discussions with the Chinese envoy Hou Yanqi regarding the latest political situation in the country, aides of the two leaders said, without giving any details. (Twitter/) Amidst mounting pressure on Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to step down, Chinese am...

08/07/2020

Nepal’s anti-India stand backfires as citizens protest against Chinese interference in Kathmandu

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Kathmandu: Nepal’s anti-India and pro-China stand seems to have backfired severely as along with mounting pressure on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign, people have now taken to the streets against Chinese ambassador Hou Yanqi even as the Chinese mission in Kathmandu intensified engagements w...

04/07/2020

Review China policy or risk facing global isolation: Pakistan Foreign Office to PM Imran Khan

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Key Highlights European Union has banned the national airline PIA from landing in Europe Anger against China in Pakistan, especially in Balochistan and in Gilgit Baltistan Brutality against ethnic Uighur Muslims by the Chinese government hot topic in Pakistan New Delhi: Pakistan is under severe pres...

04/07/2020

Japan seeks to share defence intelligence with India, UK, Australia amid tiff with China

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Amid global retaliation against China, Japan on Friday has sought to expand its defense intelligence sharing to India, Australia and U.K, as per int'l news Amid global retaliation against China, Japan on Friday has sought to expand its defense intelligence sharing to India, Australia and U.K, as per...

04/07/2020

Why Prime Minister of a strong India so weak, asks Congress on border standoff

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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday questioned why the prime minister was still 'silent' on Chinese 'incursions' into Indian territory and wondered why he has not named China even once in his recent speeches. The opposition party also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and aske...

04/07/2020

Pakistan will complete CPEC at all costs, says PM Imran Khan

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Khan’s statement came a day after Chinese Foriegn Minister Wang Yi discussed the CPEC projects with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi during a phone conversation. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed on Friday that his government would complete the ambitious China-Pakistan Economi...

04/07/2020

People featured in Rahul Gandhi’s ‘China took our land’ video clip identified as Congress workers

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Key Highlights Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that 'nobody took our land' is contrary to what Ladakhi people say Turns out, these people are Congress workers Many people in the video can be seen on District Congress, Leh page New Delhi:...

04/07/2020

Don’t ask why: India to buy fighter jets, missiles, weapons worth Rs 38,900 crore

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New Delhi: In a signal of serious intent to Beinjing, India’s Defence Ministry on Thursday gave the green signal for procurement of 33 fighter jets, missile systems and other military hardware at a cost of Rs 38,900 crore. The shopping list has some impressive hardware: 21 MiG-29 fighter jets to b...

04/07/2020

Russia’s Vladivostok celebration irks Chinese diplomat, says ‘in the past it was our Haishenwai’

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Key Highlights 'Vladivostok was Haishenwai before Russia annexed it via unequal Treaty of Beijing' China has also encroached Nepalese territory China has also made territorial claims on Bhutan's Trashigang district New Delhi: A video posted on Chinese microblogging website Weibo by the Russian embas...

04/07/2020

KP Sharma Oli may resign today from the post of Nepal’s PM

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Amid growing calls for his resignation, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Thursday noon met the President of the country. Soon after the meeting with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli went to chair a cabinet meet. Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli, 68, is also likely to address the nat...

04/07/2020

IAF To Get Indigenous Astra BVRAAM Missiles For Its Fighter Jets. Here Are Five Things You Should Know

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Earlier today, the Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Defence Ministry Rajnath Singh, cleared the purchase of 248 indigenously developed Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). India's first indigenous air-to-air missile, Astra has been developed by....

04/07/2020

PM Modi in Ladakh, Rahul Gandhi fires another jibe over border stand-off

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On the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced trip to a forward post in Ladakh, where Indian army is involved in a tense stand-off with China, Rahul Gandhi tweeted a jibe, once again asking “who took our land” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “Ladakhis say:China took our l...

04/07/2020

India slams Pakistan’s announcement of holding polls in Gilgit-Baltistan; terms it cosmetic exercise

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Last week, Pakistan announced that general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan will be held on August 18. India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for its decision to hold general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and said such cosmetic exercises are intended to “camouflage” Islamabad’s “illegal” occupati...

04/07/2020

India deploys Special Forces units in Ladakh amid military standoff with China

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Special Forces units have already been deployed along forward locations in eastern Ladakh and apprised of their roles, if and when needed. Amid the ongoing dispute with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India has now deployed its Special Forces units in Ladakh for operational roles, if r...

03/07/2020

UN civil war ceasefire resolution not applicable to Kashmir, Maoist-hit areas

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India’s partner countries in the UN Security Council stymied an attempt to mention India in a condolence message about the Karachi stock exchange, but were unable to place China and WHO at the centre of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in some civil wars which will not be applicable to counter...

03/07/2020

Myanmar calls out China for arming terror groups, asks world to help

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Myanmar, China’s closest ally in southeast Asia, has pointed fingers at Beijing for arming insurgent groups with sophisticated weapons and sought international cooperation to suppress rebel groups. In a recent interview to Russian state-run TV channel Zvezda, Myanmar’s Senior General Min Aung Hl...

03/07/2020

Leading from the front: Amit Shah on PM Modi’s visit to Ladakh

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ladakh will boost the morale of armed forces. “Leading from the front. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with our brave and courageous personnel of Army, Air Force & ITBP at a forward location in Ladakh,” the Home Minister t...

03/07/2020

PM Modi wraps up Ladakh visit with a swipe at China, says times have changed

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On a quiet visit to Ladakh designed to deliver a loud message to China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told soldiers posted along the Line of Actual Control that the courage they had demonstrated had sent a message to the entire world. Addressing soldiers deployed in Ladakh, PM Modi said tales about t...

03/07/2020

India conveys protest to Pakistan over unprovoked ceasefire violations along LoC, IB

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NEW DELHI: India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces along the Line of Control and the International Border with an aim to push terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Friday. They said 14 Indians have been killed and...

03/07/2020

Afghan forces destroy LeT camp at Pak border, top commander killed

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The incident took place close to Durand Line at Spinzara near Durbaba area of Naizan district of Nangarhar during the intervening of Monday and Tuesday. The Afghan Security Forces on Monday night destroyed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) camp at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The operation lasted for 2 hour...

03/07/2020

Modi in Ladakh: Lauds Indian soldiers’ bravery, says their strength sent strong message to world

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Leh (Ladakh) , July 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the soldiers in Nimmoo, Ladakh, saying that the bravery displayed by them and their compatriots have conveyed a message to the world about India's strength. 'The bravery that you and your compatriots showed, a message has....

03/07/2020

Chabahar Port a game changer;achieves record single loading of cargo: Mandaviya

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New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The strategic Chabahar Port in Iran achieved a new milestone on Tuesday by handling a record 76 TEUs of cargo, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province in the energy-rich Iran''s southern coast, lies outside....

03/07/2020

Israeli smart bombs, French stealth cruise missiles to boost IAF strike prowess

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As the standoff with China at the Ladakh border continues, the Indian government is making emergency purchases of weapon systems for the three armed services. On Tuesday, news agency ANI reported that the Indian Air Force was planning to acquire 'more Spice-2000 bombs' from Israel for the purposes o...

03/07/2020

India uses Hong Kong to land diplomatic punch on China

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NEW DELHI: After its ban on 59 Chinese apps, the government Wednesday seemed to launch a fresh diplomatic offensive against China by breaking its silence on China's new security law for Hong Kong. At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the government said Wednesday that given the large Indian com...

02/07/2020

Pangong lake: High-speed interceptor boats being sent to Pangong lake

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NEW DELHI: The country’s defence establishment is finalising a plan to send a dozen new high-speed interceptor boats armed with the latest surveillance gear to Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese soldiers have been locked in a fierce confrontation since early May. Sources said ...

02/07/2020

Four Years After Modi’s ‘Act East’ Promise, India No Closer to Selling BrahMos to Vietnam

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The recent banning of 59 Chinese smartphone apps by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP government is, at best, a feeble riposte to Beijing’s continuing military adventurism along the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC). Senior military analysts in New Delhi said a more ‘rob...

02/07/2020

The Great Indian Trade Wall: From App Ban to Huawei Snub to Highway Hurdle, India Hits China Where it Hurts

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This economic escalation is designed to send a message to Beijing that India will not hesitate to rethink a trade relationship with a country actively seeking to harm it. Even as Indian and Chinese military officials work towards reaching a consensus to disengage from friction areas along the Line o...

02/07/2020

J&K Police save 3-year-old from getting hit by bullets during Sopore terror attack; grandfather killed

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Key Highlights The three-year-old was travelling in a car with his grandfather The police rescued the toddler from getting hit by bullets during Sopore terrorist attack Terrorists opened fire at a patrol party in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police came to the r...

02/07/2020

No Chinese Firms In Road Projects, Not Even Joint Ventures: Nitin Gadkari

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New Delhi: India will not allow Chinese companies to participate in highway projects, including those through joint ventures, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today amid the standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. Mr Gadakri also said the government will ensure that Chinese inv...

02/07/2020

‘Make In India Jet Bid Much More Complicated Than MMRCA’

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India’s quest to buy and locally build 114 new fighter aircraft will be “much more complicated” than the country’s notoriously doomed earlier effort for 126 fighters. In some straight talk from India’s only military airframer, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), its chairman R...

02/07/2020

Ladakh standoff: India’s allies pitching in with weapons and ammunition

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NEW DELHI: As Indian troops remain dug in at Ladakh in a prolonged standoff with China, allies are pitching in with commitments to deliver urgently needed weapons and ammunition for the Indian armed forces. France has promised to deliver additional Rafale jets next month, an in-service Israeli air d...

02/07/2020

China exported UAV CH4 to the world, but its drones keep falling from the skies

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China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has made tremendous advances in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). But all is not well as export versions of Chinese UAVs and UCAVs have the embarrassing habit of regularly falling out of the sk...

01/07/2020

BIG: India’s 5th Gen AMCA Jet To Be Public-Private Program

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India’s fifth generation fighter program, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) will be a corporate public-private program, a massive break from the traditional ‘goverment-only’ shape of all military aviation projects thus far. Livefist can confirm that India’s HAL and the Aeronautical ...

01/07/2020

Imran Khan to join Xi Jinping to shore up Nepal’s PM Oli against India

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to extend his support to Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli who is finding himself increasingly isolated within the ruling Nepal Communist Party after blaming India for a rebellion in his party, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. PM Oli had....