Why Govt Spends Rs 96,792 Crore On CAPFs

When the internal security situation spirals out of the control of the provincial law and order machinery, the CAPFs can be called in, providing a security buffer before the Army is deployed.......

PM chairs high-level national security meet

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday chaired a high-level national security meeting to discuss the situation arising out of intelligence alerts over possible terror threats via sea to......

700 kg drugs seized, 8 'Iranians' held along Gujarat coast

A joint operation by anti-narcotics agencies led to the seizure of about 700 kg of drugs and the arrest of eight foreign nations claiming to be Iranians from Indian territorial waters off the......

India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

Defence budget hiked by 34 per cent

With an aim of fast-tracking procurement of defence equipment, the government today steeply hiked the budgetary allocation for defence to Rs 141,703 crore (Rs 1,417.03 billion), a 34 per cent......