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To plug officer shortage, Indian Army to open Bihar academy NEW DELHI: Grappling with a shortage of over 12,500 army officers, India is all set to open a swanky new military training academy at Gaya in Bihar in a month to augment the number of troop commanders.The first batch of 200...

Army to unveil futuristic Rambos next year Come 2012, the Indian Army will have among its ranks quite a few high-tech and all-terrain infantrymen. They will have the ability to fight in a network-centric environment and will carry a weight — of weapons and other equipment — almost 50 per...

AERO INDIA: Indian army accepts first five Shakti-powered Dhruvs Hindustan Aeronautics delivered its first five Shakti-engined Dhruv advanced light helicopters to the Indian army at the show. Dubbed the Dhruv Mk III, the new aircraft features a more powerful engine than previous examples of...

Jodhpur gets modern army training centre Jodhpur: The Indian Army opened a modern training centre in the military cantonment area in Jodhpur on Tuesday. Chief Lieutenant General Pradeep Khanna inaugurated the centre. The centre will provide training in war techniques as well as...

Indian Army, BITS Pilani plan collaborative research news Indian Army and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani will actively collaborate in research in frontier areas of technology such as robotics, artificial intelligence and computer simulation to improve...

Muslim general to defend LoC NEW DELHI: Lt General S A Hasnain on Saturday took over as the general officer commanding-in-chief of the Srinagar based 15 Corps. He replaces Lt Gen N C Marwah. Hasnain is only the second Muslim officer to command 15 Corps, a crucial shield against...

Indian army instructors to teach at Royal Military Academy, UK Indian Army instructors could shortly be snapping out commands — for the first time ever — at one of the finest training institutions in the world: the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Surrey, UK. The British defence ministry...

Defence down, Indian forces short of 15,000 officers http://www.hindustantimes.com/Defence-down-Indian-forces-short-of-15-000-officers/Article1-629610.aspx

Indian artillery inflicted maximum damage to Pak during Kargil New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI) The Indian artillery, assisted by the Bofors gun and multi-barrel rocket launchers among others, caused the maximum damage to the Pakistani Army during the Kargil war, a fact now admitted by neighbour...

Photos : Indo-Russian Joint Army Exercise--'Indra 2010'

New strategy in Kashmir to foil terrorists' plans: Army JAMMU: The Indian Army has drawn up a new strategy to counter the increased infiltration bids of terrorists from across the Line of Control (LoC) in...

Steps afoot to make armed forces net-centric New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A 'comprehensive' review is being undertaken to transform the Indian armed forces in net-centric warriors, but the defence industry has the responsibility to identify the right choice of emerging technologies for the...

227 cadets to be inducted into Army Chennai, Sept 14: In all 227 cadets, who underwent rigorous training at India's premier Defence Training Insitutiton--Officer's Training Academy (OTA)--would be inducted into the Army on September 19.Chief of Army Staff Gen VK Singh would review the...

A first in 15 years: Indian Army chief to visit Vietnam...

Cyber warfare: Indian Army boosts its defences NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is fighting attacks in the cyber world with electronic warfare capability of the "highest standard", say officials pointing out that virtual strikes have shot up from hostile quarters in both sophistication and...

Army to hone anti-terror skills in drills with Big 3 NEW DELHI: The 1.13-million strong Indian Army is gearing up for joint combat exercises with the American and Russian armies, among others, in quick succession to further enhance "interoperability" withthem from August to October...

India-Nigeria defence cooperation to get boost New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Indian Army vice chief, Lt. Gen. P.C. Bhardwaj, left Monday for a three-day goodwill visit to Nigeria that will further boost the defence cooperation between the two nations.The June 5-7 visit would "further boost...

Indian Army's New Division To Counter China, 71 Mtn Div, Kicks Off The Indian Army has activated a new division to counter possible Chinese offensive on the Sino-Indian border.The 71 mountain division in Assam will be under the command of the Tezpur-based 4 Corps.Earlier, the government had...

Mountain trails that claim a life a day DELHI // The highest fatality rate in the Indian army is not among troops stationed along the de facto border with its arch-rival Pakistan, but among its high-altitude road building unit.The Border Roads Organisation has lost 3,211 men – averaging almost...