More than 80 terrorist attacks against Indian armed forces have taken place in less than two years despite strict security guidelines having been issued for defence installations across the country in the wake of the 2016 Pathankot attack.
The Congress on Wednesday criticized imposition of tax on disability pension of armed forces personnel, and called the ruling BJP a habitual offender in insulting the forces by "back door" cuts in spending.
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The signatories of the letter included former Army chiefs General (retired) SF Rodrigues, General (retired) Shankar Roy Chowdhury and General (retired) Deepak Kapoor, former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal (retired) NC Suri.
In his petition, the Vice Admiral has challenged the government's move to ignore seniority and appoint his junior as the next chief of Navy.
At least two militants have been gunned down in Jammu and Kashmir's SHopian district. The militants, yet to be identified, had reportedly attacked an army patrol party near Pinjura area of Shopian.
A parliamentary panel has slammed the government for inadequate allocation of capital budget for the Army, Navy and the Indian Air Force and took strong objection to the Finance Ministry's reluctance to create a non-lapsable fund for defence expenditure.
In a written response to a question in the Lower House of Parliament, Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State for Defence said as on January 1, 2018, the authorised strength of the Army was 49,933, but it has 42,635 officers, which is 7,298 short of the sanctioned strength.
Sitharaman opened a major defence exhibition that projects India -- the biggest global arms importer -- as one of the major defence manufacturing hubs in the world.
A week ago, the Defence Ministry had approved capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 15,935 crore which included purchase of 7.40 lakh assault rifles, 5,719 sniper rifles and light machine guns.
To help the security forces deal with the terrorists in the Kashmir Valley more efficiently, the government has decided to upgrade their weaponry system with high-tech armaments.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today dismissed as "factually wrong" a CAG report which had stated that the defence forces had ammunition that could last for 20 days in the event of a war
The Defence ministry has sent specifications of uniform, along with samples, to the Khadi Villages Industries Commission, the government said on Friday
A group of 114 veterans of the Indian Armed Forces have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, condemning the targeting of Muslims and Dalits in the country and a “clampdown” on freedom of speech
Asserting that any shortage in terms of arms and ammunition would be expeditiously made up, the minister said the observations by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) about ammunition supplies was for a particular period.
The government has recently delegated power to the Vice Chief of Army to directly procure 46 types of ammunition to fight short and “intense wars” without going to the Defence Ministry.
The armed forces have sought an allocation of Rs 26.84 lakh crore over the next five years to ensure the necessary military modernisation and maintenance
The images sent by these satellites, which can be used for surveillance and mapping border areas, are primarily used for tracking the movement of enemies both on land and sea
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley strongly reacted to the mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers by Pakistan Army and said that armed forces will react appropriately to such acts of barbarism.
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