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New Delhi, March 9 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's statement in the Rajya Sabha regarding developments in West Asia "rings hollow and evasive," CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar said on Monday.The CPI leader, in a statement, said it read "less like a serious diplomatic assessment and more like a...

New Delhi, March 9. Indonesia has reached an agreement with India to purchase the BrahMos missile system, Defence Ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait said on Monday.Sirait told the Reuters news agency that the agreement is "part of Indonesia's modernisation of military hardware and...

New Delhi, March 9 Iran had sought India's permission for three of its ships to dock at Indian ports, and the approval was granted the next day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, amid tensions in the Indian Ocean region following the sinking of an Iranian warship by the US...

Victoria, March 9 – An Indian Armed Forces contingent has arrived in Seychelles to participate in the 11th edition of the joint military exercise “Exercise LAMITIYE-2026” with the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF).Exercise LAMITIYE-2026 is scheduled to take place from March 9 to 20 at the...

New Delhi, March 8 In 2014, the combined strength of women officers in the armed forces was nearly 3,000, and it has since risen to more than 11,000, reflecting not only quantitative growth, but also a "broader shift" in institutional outlook, the government said on Sunday.On the occasion of...

Mumbai, March 8 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has denied bail to a junior service engineer accused of leaking sensitive information about warships and submarines to Pakistani nationals, stating that the offense, related to naval establishments, was of serious nature.In the order passed...

New Delhi, March 7 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed on Saturday that India had permitted an Iranian ship to dock in Kochi on humanitarian grounds following a request from the Iranian side on February 28, as the vessel was facing some difficulties.Permission was granted for the...

Kochi, March 6 – An Iranian naval vessel, IRIS Lavan, docked in Kochi, Kerala, on Friday after India granted emergency permission following a reported technical malfunction. This came as the sinking of another Iranian warship by an American torpedo triggered wider geopolitical repercussions...

New Delhi, March 6 In the backdrop of various conflicts taking place in the world, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Thursday said that in these times, countries will have to build their own industrial complex, carry out upgrades of technology while production is taking place, and be...

New Delhi, March 6 In this era of changing geopolitics, oceans have once again come to the center of the world's power balance, and it is India's responsibility to provide leadership with confidence and capability, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, referring to the escalating...

New Delhi, March 6 Top government sources on Friday described claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US about an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days ago off the coast of Sri Lanka as "baseless and preposterous."There is no question of providing...

New Delhi, March 6 Top government sources on Friday described claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US about an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days ago as "baseless and preposterous".There is no question of providing any input to the US on this...

Hyderabad, March 6 – AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday demanded that the Indian government issue a clear statement and condemn the US Navy sinking an Iranian warship close to Indian waters.The Hyderabad MP wanted the government to clarify whether the Trump administration informed it...

New Delhi, March 5 – The maritime security situation in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf of Oman has deteriorated sharply as of Thursday. According to the latest update from the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region, the region has witnessed a surge in attacks on...

New Delhi, March 5 The BJP on Thursday lashed out at the Congress for wanting India to "blindly side with Iran," saying the country's foreign policy must be guided by national interest and the safety of its citizens, not by the "outdated ideological reflexes" of the opposition party.Several...

New Delhi, March 5 A day after a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, the Indian Navy said on Thursday that it had deployed its long-range anti-submarine and maritime patrol aircraft to augment the search operation launched by Colombo to rescue the crew...

New Delhi, March 5 – The Congress party on Thursday questioned the Narendra Modi government's silence regarding the attack on the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in international waters off Sri Lanka, which has resulted in the deaths of at least 87 sailors, with many more still missing.Senior party...

New Delhi, March 3 The Indian Navy said on Thursday that it joined the search and rescue operation after receiving a distress call from the Iranian warship IRIS Dena, which sank off the coast of Sri Lanka after being hit by a torpedo fired by a US submarine.The Iranian warship was returning...

New Delhi, March 5 The CPI(M) on Thursday described the sinking of an Iranian warship by the US when it was returning from a multilateral wargame hosted by India, as a "direct attack" on New Delhi's right to hold such exercises and questioned the Indian government's "silence" on the matter.The...

New Delhi, March 5 Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday criticized the government's stance on the West Asia conflict and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains "silent" when he is required to speak out, while giving long speeches when not needed.Sibal cited examples of Jawaharlal Nehru...