Better facilities for BSF at border posts: Shinde
byNew Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday lauded Border Security Force (BSF) personnel for guarding areas prone to infiltration and said…
Defence/Security
North Korea may have 200 mobile missile launchers
bySeoul, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea may have up to 200 mobile missile launchers, or twice the number previously estimated by South Korea’s…
Lot more to India-China ties than border stand-off: Experts
byNew Delhi, May 17 (IANS) As Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in India days after the two countries resolved a 20-day border stand-off, experts…
`Funding boosts New Zealand’s military capability’
byWellington, May 17 (IANS) Increase in New Zealand’s defence budget and cost savings are helping to improve military capability across all three services, Defence…
Obama keen to boost diplomatic security
byWashington, May 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has called on the congress to work with him on budget request, in a bid to…
General takes charge of public safety in Mexican state
byMexico City, May 17 (IANS/EFE) A general in the Mexican army was sworn-in Thursday as public safety secretary in the western state of Michoacan,…
Indian unit in Congo gets UN peacekeeping medal
byUnited Nations, May 17 (IANS) An Indian police unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received the United Nations Peacekeeping Medal. The 135…
CIA agent was nabbed by Russian he sought to recruit
byMoscow, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The alleged CIA operative who was attempting to recruit a Russian security services officer was detained by that officer…
Afghanistan to get 12 Mi-17 helicopters from Russia
byMoscow, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will deliver 12 Mil Mi-17V5 military transport helicopters to the Afghanistan Armed Forces by the end of 2013,…
Kerala gets five new cyber police stations
byThiruvananthapuram, May 16 (IANS) Five new cyber police stations will be set up in Kerala, raising their number to six, a minister said Thursday….