Defence Secretary-level Talks

• India calls off Defence Secretary-level talks with Sri Lanka

  Amidst severe attack by Tamil parties over engagement with Sri Lanka, the Government has called off the annual defence dialogue with the island nation scheduled to begin from March 23.

• India, Pakistan begin Defence Secretary-level talks on Siachen

  The Defence Secretaries of India and Pakistan today began talks on the military standoff on Siachen against the backdrop of calls from Islamabad to demilitarise the Himalayan glacier in the wake of an avalanche that killed 139 people at a Pakistan Army camp.

• India-Pak Defence Secretary-level talks conclude, no breakthrough

  India and Pakistan today failed to agree on the modalities for demilitarisation of Siachen but decided to continue talks to arrive at a solution to one of the major vexed issues.While both sides being in principle agreement over demilitarisation of the once world's highest battlefield, India is insisting that Pakistan should authenticate present tr...

• Pakistan must destroy terror camps, says Antony

  Just a day ahead of the meeting of the Defence Secretaries of both nations, India indulged in some tough posturing with Pakistan over the issue of terrorism.Claiming that about 42 terrorist camps were still functioning in Pakistan, Defence Minister A K Antony said that "co-operation" between the two nations wasn't possible if the terror tap continu...