India cancels defence exchanges with China
New Delhi, Aug 27: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a strongly worded demarche to China describing India's anger on China's refusal of visa to an Indian Army official from Jammu and Kashmir (JK).China refused the visa to Lt General.....
US focuses on technology to face cyber threats
Washington, Aug 26: United States defence official told that Pentagon trains it's network administrators 'ethical hacking' to understand the weaknesses before they are exploited by an enemy. US Deputy Secretary of Defence William J Lynn told that the America must face.....
Plane crash kills 43 & injures 53 in China
Beijing, Aug 25: Forty three people were killed when a plane busted into flames while landing on a runway at a new airport in northeast China on Tuesday, Aug 24 night.The Henan Airlines plane crashed overshooting the runway and busted into.....
China crash: 8-year-old survivor recalls rescue
Beijing, Aug 25: A eight-year-old boy has miraculously survived the tragic plane crash, which killed 42 people and injured over 54, in China's Heilongjiang Province."Someone dragged me to the emergency exit door and threw me out," the child recalled."Someone dragged me.....
Threat call halts American Airlines flight
San Francisco, Aug 20: A hijack threat halted an American Airlines Flight 24, with 163 passengers and a crew of 11, just before takeoff. However, the FBI later determined that the telephoned threat wasn't credible."There was no fear in the.....
Technical snag delays Jetlite flight by 3 hrs
Mumbai, Aug 17: Following a technical snag, the Nagpur-bound Jetlite flight with 170 passengers on board was delayed by nearly three hours on Tuesday, Aug 17."The flight, scheduled at 0700 hours was delayed by two hours 55 minutes due to a.....
Indo-Sino army exercise to counter terror begins
Belgaum (Karnataka), Dec 6: The first-ever Sino-Indian military combat exercises on Indian soil to counter terror and insurgency began on Sarurday, Dec 6 morning.“The Sino-Indian military joint exercises are drills. We are looking for confidence-building measures," said. Major General V K Narula, Additional Director General (Public Information) at the Army Headquarters, here. “The joint training exercise is based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the defence ministers of two countries," said the leader of Chinese Army delegation,.....
Sarkozy meeting with Dalai Lama has undermined Sino-French ties: China
Beijing, Dec.7 (ANI): China has described as unwise French President Nicolas Sarkozy insistence on meeting Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Saturday, adding that it has undermined Sino-French ties.A Xinhua report quoted sources as saying that in meeting "separatist The Dalai Lama" the French President and his government have shown a total disregard for Beijing's grave concerns.It also says that the meeting suggests that the French have adopted "an opportunistic, rash and short-sighted approach to handling the Tibet.....