‘India’s economic, strategic potential should be tapped by EU’
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) India has enormous global economic, political and strategic potential which must be harnessed by the European Union (EU) through improved trade and political and technological ... Read more...
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Want to cut red-tape in defence ties with India: US (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) With the US rebalancing its strategic focus to Asia-Pacific, a key Obama administration official Monday said his nation's ties with India will play a ... Read more...
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Want to cut red-tape in defence ties with India: US
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) With US rebalancing its strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific region, a key Obama administration official Monday said his nation's ties with India will play a ... Read more...
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Foreign plane detained at Jaipur (Lead)
June 11th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India has detained a foreign-operated chartered plane, flying from Karachi to Dhaka, at Jaipur after it deviated from its flight path and flew over a ... Read more...
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Pakistan to develop military potential: Gilani
April 1st, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Pakistan will continue to develop its military potential as weakness invites aggression, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said.Addressing the soft launch of the prestigious military ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan to continue building its military potential’
March 30th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) Pakistan would continue to develop its military potential as weakness invites aggression from stronger nations, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Friday.Addressing a gathering comprising ... Read more...
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China stresses military capability
March 5th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) China will enhance the capability of its armed forces to accomplish a wide range of tasks, with the Communist Party of China having absolute control, according ... Read more...
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India worried over Chinese military build up
November 15th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) India said Tuesday that it was concerned about China's expanding military capabilities and building military bases on the Sino-Indian border.
"China is expanding its military capabilities ... Read more...
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US, Japan view China as ‘thorn’, says daily
June 23rd, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 23 (IANS) The US and Japan view China as "a thorn" and some in the two countries favour containing Beijing, the China Daily said in a commentary Thursday."It ... Read more...
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US seeks expanded military ties with India, China
February 9th, 2011 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) The United States, as part of a new military strategy, is seeking "expanded military cooperation with India" and a "positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship with China", ... Read more...
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Australia urged to dramatically boost military might to face ‘rising’ China challenge
February 5th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 5(ANI): Australia will need nuclear-powered attack submarines among a range of weapons systems to deal with the security dangers posed by China's massive military build-up, one of the government's chief ... Read more...
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Oz intelligence agencies fear China hiding military build-up: Wikileaks
January 7th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Jan 7 (ANI): Australia's intelligence agencies are of the opinion that China is hiding a huge military build-up that goes beyond national defence and threatens regional stability, according to secret US ... Read more...
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US working towards convincing ’sceptical’ Pak of “enduring relationship”: Crowley
December 9th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 9 (ANI): The United States recognises that Pakistani people are sceptical about it, and will work hard towards trying to convince them that the US-Pakistan relationship will serve ... Read more...
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Military supplies to Pakistan: US ‘mindful’ of Indian concerns
August 10th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The US is "mindful" of Indian concerns over military supplies to Pakistan and is "clearly observing" if the arms are only being used to fight terrorism, visiting ... Read more...
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Pakistan has no aggressive designs against any state: Gilani
July 27th, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jul 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan has no aggressive designs against any state, but was determined to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty."We, therefore, need ... Read more...
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China’s military capability not to challenge any country
June 5th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, June 5 (IANS) China's defence capabilities are not aimed at challenging, threatening or invading any other country but to maintain its own security, a senior Chinese military official said Saturday.
Some ... Read more...
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Supply of hi-tech weapons to Pakistan meant for confronting Afghanistan border challenges: Blake
March 20th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, on Saturday assured India that the supply of hi-tech weapons to Pakistan by ... Read more...
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Venezuela receives Chinese planes armed with missiles
March 14th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, March 14 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has formally taken the delivery of the first four airplanes out of 18 purchased from China for military training purposes, which, however, came ... Read more...
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Pakistani Army will remain India-centric, says Kayani
February 4th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Rawalpindi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Pakistani Army will remain "India-centric" until the Kashmir issue and water disputes are resolved, its chief, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, says.
In a presentation to Pakistani media, ... Read more...
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Israel asks world to deny N-right to Iran
November 20th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Nov. 20 (ANI): In the wake of Iran refusing to export 70 percent of its low-enriched uranium for further processing, Israel has urged the international community to impose sanctions aimed ... Read more...
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Stronger law needed against Somali piracy: UN
November 19th, 2009 - 4:27 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 19 (DPA) UN Security Council members Wednesday called for intensified efforts to fight piracy off the Somali coast and criticised the practice of paying ransom.
The members said during a ... Read more...
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Israel planning to attack Iran after December, says French magazine
October 15th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Oct.15 (ANI): Israel is planning to carry out military attacks on Iran after December, a French magazine reported last night.According to a report in Le canard enchainé quoted by Israel ... Read more...
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More to relation with India than curry, cricket: Australian MP
August 18th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 18 (IANS) Australia's relationship with India "goes beyond the oft-cited notion of cricket, curry and Commonwealth", a parliamentarian said Tuesday.
West Australian MP Melissa Parke said Australia and India had strong ... Read more...
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China more powerful but no need to worry: Defence experts
August 11th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Even as Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta raised eyebrows with his comments that India cannot match China in military capability, former armed forces chiefs and defence ... Read more...
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Israel seeks US help to build nuclear power plant: Report
July 31st, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, July 31 (Xinhua) Israel has sought help from the US to build a nuclear power plant in the country, a media report said Friday.
Israel has already conveyed its request to the ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Police nab three LTTE propagandists
July 16th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 16 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan Police said Thursday that they captured three propagandists of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Eastern Province.
The LTTE supporters were nabbed at ... Read more...
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Taliban push a wake-up call for Pakistan: US
May 4th, 2009 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 4 (IANS) The US believes Taliban forces' recent push in Pakistan has served as a wake-up call for Islamabad, which has long focused on India as its ... Read more...
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Iran says Israel planning to attack its nuclear facilities
April 15th, 2009 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Muhammad Hazai has filed a complaint in the Security Council, claiming that Israel plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Hazai wrote ... Read more...
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Iran has crossed technological threshold to make a nuclear bomb: Israel intelligence chief
March 9th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Mar 9 (ANI): Israel has acknowledged for the first time that Iran had mastered the technology to make a nuclear bomb, on the same day that the Iranians announced they ... Read more...
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US should ask Pak why terrorists are asserting more strongly after peace deals: SA expert
July 30th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , July 30 (ANI): A US-based South Asia expert has reportedly said that Washington should question Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as to why the Taliban, Al Qaeda and ... Read more...
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Iran test-fires Shahab-3 long-range missile
July 9th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Tehran, July 9 (RIA Novosti) Iran has tested a Shahab-3 missile with a range of 2,000 km, the Alalam TV channel reported Wednesday. The missile is capable of hitting Israel and ... Read more...
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Manekshaw’s secret, Indira’s plans: a ‘71 mystery
July 1st, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 1 (IANS) Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw's death robs Indians of a vital source of information on one of recent Indian history's unresolved questions: did New Delhi have ... Read more...
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Military action to influence oil-producing nations proven ineffective
March 27th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 27 (ANI): An expert on international security and energy has said that military action taken to influence oil-producing nations has been proven largely ineffective.The expert is Clifford Singer, a ... Read more...
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Australia to build world’s most lethal submarines
December 26th, 2007 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Dec 26 (ANI): Fearing that the naval power balance in the Indian Ocean Region will be altered, the Australian Defence Ministry has approved an ambitious 25-billion-dollar programme to develop world's most ... Read more...
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