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Coast Guards had intelligence about use of sea to attack Mumbai

December 2nd, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI -
By Praful Kumar Singh New Delhi, Dec 2 (ANI): Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today said the Coast Guards had intelligence inputs about the use of the sea route by terror outfits ...

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Indias attitude undiplomatic after Mumbai terror strikes: Fazlur

December 1st, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Dec 1 (ANI): Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, has termed Indias attitude as undiplomatic after the Mumbai terror strikes that killed 195 people. He said New Delhi ...

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Lockheed Martin to supply upgraded F-16s to Pak

Lockheed Martin to supply upgraded F-16s to Pak

November 27th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Karachi, Nov 27 (ANI): US aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin will supply upgraded F-16 jets, C-130 transport planes and upgraded P3 Orion surveillance aircraft to the Pakistani armed forces, the companys Middle ...

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UK defence ministry now loses 200 PCs and memory sticks

November 25th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov.25 (ANI): The British Ministry of Defence has confirmed the loss of almost 200 memory sticks, desktop computers, laptops and hard drives this year. The Scotsman quoted Junior Defence Minister Kevan ...

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Government aware of problems of armed forces: President Patil

Government aware of problems of armed forces: President Patil

October 21st, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by ANI -
Tezpur (Assam), Oct 21 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil has assured the armed forces that the nation was aware of the difficulties faced by the troops and the government was engaged in ...

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Armed Forces facing shortage of 13,830 officers

October 20th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , Oct 20 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony today said in the Lok Sabha that the Armed Forces are facing a shortage of 13,830 officers. There is a ...

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Lankan armed forces seize key rebel Tiger village

October 20th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI -
Colombo, Oct.20 (ANI): Sri Lankan troops have reportedly taken control of the strategic Tamil Tiger village of Vannerikulam, which lies west of the rebel capital Kilinochchi. Reports reaching the Sri Lankan capital ...

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Malaysian Government must reach out to Malay Indians

October 18th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct.18 (ANI): Even as Malaysian Indians are trying to figure out which channel to use to forward their complaints and suggestions to the Government in the wake of the ...

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PML-N wants immediate end to military operation in tribal areas

October 14th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , Oct 14 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-N has reportedly called for an immediate end to the military operation in tribal areas, saying that it would give its suggestions on ...

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Crucial meeting of Indo-Russian defence cooperation body today

September 29th, 2008 - 8:36 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 29 (ANI): The eighth meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) will be held here today. The meeting will cover a broad spectrum of issues ...

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Armed Forces personnel to get ad-hoc arrears soon

September 28th, 2008 - 12:33 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Keeping in view that the re-fixation of pay and allowances and consequent calculation of arrears may take some time, the Government has decided to make ad-hoc ...

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Four helicopters to Wednesday rescue people trapped in Himachal Pradesh

September 23rd, 2008 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Sep 23 (IANS) Four armed forces' helicopters will Wednesday be sent to Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti district to help ferry out people marooned on highways there for the ...

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Britain claims turning point has been reached in Iraq

Britain claims turning point has been reached in Iraq

September 23rd, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 23 (ANI): Britain might soon withdraw its troops from Iraq, going by UK Defence Secretarys statement that a turning point has been reached in Iraq. According to the Mirror, at ...

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Antony favours armed forces, wants anomalies in Sixth CPC sorted out

September 19th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony has strongly favoured sorting out of anomalies in the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) notification raised by the three services chiefs ...

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Council orders man to take down British Army flag

September 17th, 2008 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sep 17 (ANI): A patriot flying the British Army flag outside his house was told by local council to take it down because they considered it advertising. Dave Dingvean today branded ...

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Prince Harry voted Britains Coolest Royal!

September 16th, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 16 (ANI): Prince Harry, third in the line to the royal throne, has been voted as Britains coolest royal. According to the poll conducted by MSN Entertainment, the young royal ...

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Prince William to join RAF as flying bug takes hold

Prince William to join RAF as flying bug takes hold

September 16th, 2008 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS -
London, Sep 15 (DPA) Britain's Prince William has fallen in love with flying and wants to become a full-time pilot with the Royal Air Force (RAF) Search and Rescue Force, switching his ...

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Pak tops list of countries in number of suicide bombing deaths

September 15th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Sept 15 (ANI): Pakistan tops the list of countries as far as the number of deaths in suicide bombings during the first eight months of the year is concerned, ...

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Now no girl wants to marry a fighter pilot thanks to low pay, laments Marshal Arjan Singh

September 15th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Earlier every girl wanted to marry a fighter pilot but now nobody wants to, thanks to the pathetic pay package and lack of respect for the armed ...

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Nepal opposition parties slam Government policies

September 13th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI -
Kathmandu, Sept 13 (ANI): Nepals Constituent Assembly (CA) members criticised the programmes and policies of the government during the debate of the first days session on Friday. Speaking at the Constituent ...

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Ingrid Betancourt wins ‘Spanish Nobel’

September 10th, 2008 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Oviedo (Spain), Sep 10 (DPA) Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage for six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was Wednesday awarded the Prince of ...

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Defence Ministry approves new pay scales for officers, PBORs

September 1st, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sep 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence, on the basis of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, has approved new pay scales and other allowances for officers as well as ...

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A.K. Mathur to head Armed Forces Tribunal

August 27th, 2008 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A.K. Mathur, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, will be the first head of the newly constituted Armed Forces Tribunal, it was announced here Wednesday.The tribunal ...

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Seven killed in Colombia bomb blast

August 16th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Bogota, Aug 16 (Xinhua) Seven people were killed and some 50 injured in a bomb blast in northwest Colombia, police said Saturday. The explosion occurred Thursday night in front of a discotheque ...

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Abkhazia launches operation to force Georgian troops out

August 9th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Moscow, Aug 9 (Xinhua) The armed forces of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region have begun an operation to force Georgian troops out of the upper part of the Kodori gorge, the Itar-Tass news ...

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Tweak your brain to stay alert when sleep-deprived

August 1st, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) Staying awake slows down the brain, while sound sleep ensures peak mental performance and its deprivation only worsens these effects. Washington University (WU) researchers got around this by ...

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Bolivia’s Amazon command to check timber smuggling

July 27th, 2008 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS -
La Paz (Bolivia), July 27 (IANS) The Bolivian government will create a security force in the Amazon to check smuggling of timber to Peru and Brazil, Spain's EFE news agency reported. The ...

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Pak foreign minister defends new hot pursuit strategy to combat terror

July 25th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI -
London , July 25 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has supported the new hot pursuit policy to tackle terrorism, by not indulging into dialogue with those militants who do ...

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Union Cabinet approves creation of posts for Armed Forces Tribunal

July 24th, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the creation of 31 posts for the Armed Forces Tribunal. The 31 posts include one post of chairperson ...

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No dilution of standards for officers: defence ministry

July 19th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Caught on the back foot for suggesting a "one time" dilution of standards to fill up vacancies of officers in the armed forces, the defence ministry Saturday ...

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