Abstracts of reports, editorials and opinion articles published in the press (English and Urdu) from India and Pakistan including Hindu, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Pioneer, Tribune, Daily Excelsior, Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Times, Dawn, News, Nation, Daily Times, Statesman and The Frontier Post. UPDATED DAILY http://www.ipcs.org New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday complimented the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on enhancing the country's defence preparedness, but advised it to ensure timel Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=DEFENCE 13 May 2008 New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief M. Natarajan on Monday called for special measures to reduce the dependence of the armed forces on imported tactical equipment as Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=DEFENCE 13 May 2008 New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told defence scientists to speed up work on advanced technologies like hypersonic propulsions, unmanned vehicles and stealth machines to keep pace wi Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=DEFENCE 12 May 2008 Chennai: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing a hypersonic missile that could double up as a long-range cruise missile. Besides, it could be used for launching satell Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=DEFENCE 9 May 2008 New Delhi: The three Service chiefs, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Air Chief Marshal F. H. Major and Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor, on Tuesday met the three-member Sixth Pay Commission review panel headed Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=DEFENCE 7 May 2008 New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has given a clean chit to a Brigadier from the Army's Directorate of Ceremonial, Welfare and Discipline (CWD) who had been implicated in the Army p Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=ARMY 15 May 2008 Dubai: India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have taken a fresh look at shoring up their military ties as part of their effort to substantiate a multifaceted relationship. The visiting Minister of Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=ARMY 14 May 2008 The news that the Army may be asked to step in and play a larger role in the 2010 Commonwealth Games than just manning security and providing emergency services comes as no surprise at all. Though men Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=ARMY 8 May 2008 New Delhi: The armed forces may have a new civilian role to play to make the Commonwealth Games in 2010 a success. One section of the government believes that, given the tardy pace of creation of infr Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=ARMY 7 May 2008 New Delhi: Main Battle Tank Arjun still has at least five defects, nearly 35 years after the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs approved a project for its design and development, Defence Minister Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=ARMY 6 May 2008 Hyderabad: The Defence Electronics Research Laboratory here is developing a hi-tech decoy system which will be able to "seduce" missiles away from their legitimate targets. The decoy, meant for the In Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NAVY 13 May 2008 Mumbai: Days after the world discovered China's growing naval prowess, including a new generation of submarines, the Indian Navy announced to float tenders for six conventional submarines. "We will so Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NAVY 10 May 2008 New Delhi: France has pulled out its huge amphibious transport ship, Mistral, from the ongoing Indo-French Varuna naval combat exercise being conducted off Vishakapatnam in order to dispatch disaster Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NAVY 10 May 2008 Mumbai: Naval chief Sureesh Mehta on Friday said India was in need of nuclear submarines and that apart from building them, it would also be ordering another six conventional nuclear submarines from o Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NAVY 10 May 2008 New Delhi: The recently acquired U.S. warship Trenton (now renamed INS Jalashwa) figures in war games with an international navy from Thursday. The Jalashwa, along with guided missile destroyer Ranjit Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=NAVY 9 May 2008 New Delhi: The Indian Air Force announced that flight training has been resumed on its just acquired Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers, declared operational after safety inspections. "Hawks have resumed trai Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=AIRFORCE 14 May 2008 New Delhi: In yet another crash involving a trainer aircraft, a woman flying cadet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was killed when her HPT 32 aircraft crashed during a routine training flight near Hyder Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=AIRFORCE 13 May 2008 New Delhi: With 12 tonnes of vital supplies and spares for the Hawk trainers arriving from UK on Monday, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said the newly-acquired fleet is operational and its fighter trainin Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=AIRFORCE 13 May 2008 New Delhi: India's newly-acquired fleet of Hawk trainers, which had been grounded after a crash at the Bidar airbase last week, have been cleared to fly again, even as the Indian Air Force (IAF) is ye Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=AIRFORCE 7 May 2008 New Delhi: The latest aircraft in the Indian Air Force (IAF) inventory remained on the ground for the fourth consecutive day as investigators tried to figure out the reason behind Tuesday's downing of Military_news.jsp?action=showView&keyWords=AIRFORCE 3 May 2008