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Two places in the state will going to be important for the NASAMS-II. These locations are in two little known villages in Alwar and Pali districts will soon gain strategic importance as they have been selected by the Defence Ministry’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for setting up radars to track enemy missiles.
In a major victory for the Indian Army, the last surviving attacker in the Pulwama terror strike, Jaish-e-Mohammed commander Sajjad Bhat was killed on Monday evening.
Sajjad Bhat, was the one who brought the Eeco Maruti van used by the suicide bomber
Speaking at the ‘Workshop for Defence Export Promotion’ organised by FICCI, Sanjay Jaju, Joint Secretary (Defence Infrastructure Panel) in the Ministry of Defence, said that through the new licence, the industry will be able to access international market and make the products more competitive.
The High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake were at the Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport to see the arrival and the departure of both delegations on expedition.
Authorities are working on two open general export licences and the entire process of seeking permissions will be reduced, he said while addressing a workshop organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), an industry body.
The northern command was raised on June 17, 1972. Battle hardened and extremely rich in combat experience the command has a glorious history covering the entire spectrum of warfare, the PRO said. It has been at the forefront of the nation’s effort to counter security challenges posed by terrorism and externally sponsored proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir, he added.
Defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that it was a failed attempt. “The attack was made on a mobile vehicle patrol of 44 RR with a vehicle-based IED while the Army patrol was moving in the general area Arihal in district Pulwama today evening.”
Officials said the submarine is being worked upon, and it would take at least another month before it can be deemed fit for service after the refit and life extension. Russian and Indian teams have been working on the submarine since the accident and components are being carefully analysed to assess long-term impact of the incident.
Contrary to reports of the time, neither Indian troops nor the PLA formed a human chain and all were unarmed. This faceoff remained for 73 days when the troops disengaged.
The first person to walk on to the Doklam Plateau was Brig Gambhir Singh, commanding 63 Mountain Brigade. He went unarmed and alone, warning the PLA that its actions were violative of bilateral agreements between India and Bhutan and China and Bhutan.
“Our warships operate as per our mission-based deployments in the Indian Ocean Region, Gulf of Aden and the Persian Gulf are far away from our shores. The strategic logistics agreements with the US and France are helping them get fuel and other support from them,” senior Naval sources told ANI.
