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  Battle against Xinjiang militants tougher, crueler than ever

  World | March 04, 2014 16:30 IST

  Beijing: The battle against militants fighting for separation of China's volatile Xinjiang province, bordering PoK and Afghanistan, is getting “tougher, fiercer and crueler than ever” due to the revival of pan-Islamic extremist groups, top Chinese

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  Watch Afghan Army's elite Special Forces in pics

  World | April 22, 2014 6:50 IST

  New Delhi: As the US decides to pull back NATO troops in Afghanistan this year, the Afghan Army has been preparing its force to combat the Taliban. These elite forces are being trained under U.S.

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  Assessing if Pakistan serious about ceasefire, says India

  World | October 20, 2013 18:59 IST

  Moscow: India said today it would assess the situation arising out of a sharp increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the border in Jammu and Kashmir as it develops and leave it for the

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  'Wagah of the East' to be unveiled on October 2

  India | September 30, 2013 17:56 IST

  New Delhi: The ‘Wagah of the East', along the India-Bangladesh border, will be thrown open to the public this Gandhi Jayanti when Home Ministers of both the countries will witness a cultural extravaganza between the

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  India, China hold talks on new border security mechanism

  World | September 29, 2013 17:25 IST

  Beijing: Indian and Chinese officials today held fourth round of talks and discussed various issues like finalising a key border security mechanism expected to be signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit here next

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  Afghanistan: Taliban kill 11 border police guards

  World | September 23, 2013 19:33 IST

  Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan security official says the Taliban have attacked a border police checkpoint in the country's south near the border with Pakistan, killing 11 policemen.Gen. Tafser Khan of the southern border police said

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  'India has no plan to deploy drones along Bangladesh borders'

  India | September 18, 2013 21:00 IST

  Dhaka: India today assured it has no plans to fly drone or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over frontiers with Bangladesh as the two countries discussed measures to contain trans-border crimes and increase coordinated patrolling to

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  2 Pak Army officers killed in blast near Afghan border

  World | September 15, 2013 16:54 IST

  Islamabad/Peshawar: Two senior Pakistan Army officers and a soldier were today killed in an IED blast while they were returning after visiting posts along the Pak-Afghan border in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.  Major Gen

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  Ultras camping along border of N-E region

  India | September 14, 2013 19:54 IST

  Jorhat (Assam): Groups of militants, including Maoists and ULFA (Independent), were camping along inter-state border of Assam and Indo-Myanmar boundary for subversive activities to be carried out during Durga Puja and Diwali, intelligence sources said

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  India-Bangladesh border ceremony to begin Oct 2

  India | September 12, 2013 15:46 IST

  Kolkata: Petrapole, a sleepy border town in West Bengal, will soon witness a dazzling retreat ceremony conducted by border troopers of India and Bangladesh.Slated to begin Oct 2 on Gandhi Jayanti, the ceremony has been

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  India-Bangladesh border pact approval crucial: Officials

  India | August 25, 2013 15:36 IST

  Agartala: Unless India ratifies the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh in parliament, the long-pending border problems between the two countries would not be resolved, officials of the two countries said here on Sunday."The India-Bangladesh Land

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  Mysterious UFO sighted in Ladakh on India-China border by army

  India | August 19, 2013 18:53 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Army troops have sighted mysterious unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the Ladakh sector along the Line of Actual Control with China. On August 4, the UFO was sighted by Army troops in Lagan

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  Nehru allowed flights of US spy planes over Tibet, border areas: declassified CIA document

  World | August 16, 2013 21:12 IST

  Washington: After India's defeat in the 1962 war with China, then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru allowed American U-2 spy plane overflights of Tibet and border areas, including a refuelling track over India, according to newly-declassified

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  Top 10 movies on patriotism

  Bollywood | August 15, 2013 6:14 IST

  New Delhi: It runs in our blood, the spirit of being an Indian. Indian cinema has from time to time paid its tribute to Mother India. Some movies arouse patriotic spirit, love and pride for

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  'Don't let border row affect China, India ties'

  World | July 23, 2013 13:50 IST

  Beijing, July 23: It is "unwise to let isolated incidents along the border to negatively affect the promising China-India relationship", Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday."...it is worth noting that both Beijing and New Delhi

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  J P Dutta, Sunny Deol to be back with 'Border 2'

  Bollywood | July 17, 2013 7:33 IST

  Mumbai, July 17 : After a gap of 16 years, director J P Dutta has decided to bring out the sequel of his hit war film 'Border' and actor Sunny Deol is returning for the

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  Explosions at Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur

  India | July 13, 2013 13:51 IST

  Imphal, July 13: Two powerful bombs exploded along the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Chandel district, but no casualty has been reported so far, officials said today.  The explosions took place at T Minou village area,

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  Not in a hurry to resolve border issues with China: Khurshid

  World | July 06, 2013 7:13 IST

  Singapore, July 6:  India and China will not rush to resolve differences over the disputed border while there has been steady progress in the overall relationship, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Friday, stressing that

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  Antony meets Chinese Premier and Defence Minister

  World | July 05, 2013 18:19 IST

  Beijing, July 5: Defence Minister A K Antony today met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and held talks with his counterpart on a host of bilateral issues, including a new mechanism to boost security along the

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  India-China border talks tomorrow: Menon to meet Chinese PM

  World | June 27, 2013 18:13 IST

  Beijing, June 27:  Special Representatives of India and China will hold the 16th round of boundary talks here tomorrow, the first such meeting under the new Chinese leadership, to make another bid to move forward