The Army on Wednesday deployed a team from the High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) to trace three soldiers missing after an avalanche hit their post in Gurez Sector of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.


Army team deployed to trace soldiers missing after LoC avalanche


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India, Australia and Japan on Wednesday underscored their support for the Asean bloc's centrality in the political and security architecture of the Indo-Pacific region, amid China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and rising influence in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.


India, Japan, Australia assert Asean's centrality in Indo-Pacific


A window of an US military helicopter fell on the grounds of an elementary school in Okinawa in Japan on Wednesday, injuring a student and sparking a backlash from officials.


US helicopter's window falls on Japanese school


Title: The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace; Authors: Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 264; Price: Rs 750


Why India is important for Asean (Book Review)


South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday left for China on a four-day visit. He will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss the North Korean crisis and bilateral issues.


S.Korea's Moon visits China to discuss Pyongyang


The Border Security Force on Tuesday seized 17 gold bars worth nearly Rs 50 lakh from near India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal and detaind one smuggler, a BSF official said.


Gold bars worth Rs 50 lakh seized in Bengal


A cadet at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) here died of injuries he sustained while participating in a boxing competition, a defence statement said on Tuesday.


OTA cadet dies of boxing match injuries


In a bid to boost their bilateral strategic partnership keeping the Indo-Pacific region in mind and to increase defence cooperation, India and Australia held their inaugural 2+2 Foreign Secretaries and Defence Secretaries Dialogue here on Tuesday.


India, Australia hold first 2+2 dialogue


Three soldiers of the Indian Army went missing on Tuesday after an avalanche hit their post on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.


Avalanche hits LoC post, 3 soldiers missing


Four people were killed on Monday when a van they were travelling in plunged into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh, but the CISF managed to rescue nine others, an official said.


Van falls into gorge in HP, four die


Global arms sales increased for the first time in five years in 2016 as rising geopolitical tensions fuelled defence spending, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).


Global arms sales increase after five years


An Israeli security guard was seriously wounded on Sunday by a Palestinian knifeman outside Jerusalem's central bus station, the police said.


Israeli guard injured in Palestinian knife attack in Jerusalem


The Indian Navy continued, for the tenth day on Saturday, its search and rescue operations over Southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshdweep and Minicoy islands in the aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi, an official statement said.


Navy continues post-Ockhi search and rescue operations


Microsoft has released a security patch to fix a flaw in its Windows Malware Protection Engine that, if left untreated, can exploit a memory corruption error in the malware scanning tool and hack your system.


Microsoft issues patch for bug in Windows Malware Protection Engine


A missing 15-year-old boy, who is the main suspect in the murder of his mother and 11-year-old sister was apprehended late on Friday in Banaras, police said.


Noida double murder: Missing 15-year-old suspect nabbed


An MiG-21 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing at the airport here on Friday, officials said, adding this affected normal operations for some time.


IAF fighter makes emergency landing at Jaipur Airport


Revealing that industrial companies were not moving quickly to adopt cyber security measures to protect their data and operations, a study on Friday said 45 per cent of those surveyed lacked a reliable enterprise leader for cyber security.


45% companies lack liable leader for cyber security: Study


Two persons have been arrested here for their involvement in circulating an SMS, offering to kill Assam Health and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma using a bomb, police said on Friday.


Two held for circulating SMS to kill Assam Minister


India's first of its kind Military Literature Festival began here on Friday with Punjab Governor V.P.S. Badnore hoping it would prove to be a powerful platform, especially for the youth, to learn about the country's glorious military legacy.


India's first Military Lit Fest takes off


Public security is the responsibility of state police and an introspection is needed on why people do not trust them, former Director of Intelligence Bureau P.C. Haldar said on Friday.


Public security state's responsibility: Ex-IB chief


At least six people died after gunmen opened fire inside a carwash in the Gulf coast port of Coatzacoalcos, authorities in Mexico's Veracruz state said on Thursday.

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