Chinese provocation: Is India prepared? (Comment)

New Delhi : India has been rocked by a series of defence-related controversies—both small and big. Be it the Army chief age row or the Adarsh Society controversy. Whatever the outcome had been, India as a nation has been on the receiving end at the ...

As a tense stand-off continues on the Sino-Indian border in Ladakh, where a Chinese patrol has apparently established a camp eight km inside India, the ministry of defence is confronted with a difficult decision -- an inexplicable army proposal to shift top generals, which would see key hotspots being placed under new commanders, unfamiliar with the situation. The proposal, personally cleared by Army Chief General Bikram Singh, would leave Ladakh without both its top generals on July 1. That ...

Rhetoric will not do. Political parties must ask the Government the hard question: Is the 13 lakh strong Indian Army, which gets the lion's share of the $49 billion annual defence budget, adequately equipped and prepared to fight a war? One year on ...

Worcester, MA. A native of the Vernon Hill section of Worcester, Mr. Carroll, 77, never forgot his roots. He is well-known locally and nationally for his major contributions to charitable organizations and philanthropic efforts. His Worcester ...

The global arms trade has had its share of warlords, middlemen, go-getters, path-finders, fixers and agents. They have insight into the needs of both buyer and seller, the infrastructure and logistics to procure and ensure timely delivery as well as ...