Sudhi Ranjan Sen Nitin Gokhale

• On President Xi Jinping's Day One in India, Over 1,000 Chinese Troops Intrude 4-5 Km Inside Ladakh

  The fresh transgression by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Ladakh's Chumur that began on Thursday morning -- hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in India -- tuned grave by late night. In terms of numbers, this is the third. One other has been on at Chumur, and one in Demchok. But going by the scale, this is the worst Chinese tr...

• Yasin Bhatkal's arrest: Sending 1000 dollars to his wife gave away alleged terrorist's Nepal hideout, say sources

  It was the critical mistake of sending 1000 dollars home before Eid that proved to be the undoing of alleged terror mastermind Yasin Bhatkal, who was arrested on Wednesday night in north Bihar, near the border with Nepal.

• China provokes India again, its troops enter Arunachal Pradesh and camp for 3-4 days: reports

  In a repeat of the April incident in Ladakh, Chinese troops reportedly intruded into Arunachal Pradesh at two places last week. Army and police sources have confirmed that they camped for at least three to four days in one area, about 20 km within Indian territory.

• How alleged Naxals executed the massive ambush on the Congress convoy

  From the remote regions of Chhattisgarh, where 30 people in a Congress convoy were massacred by suspected Maoists yesterday, details are now emerging of a precision strike, meticulously planned and implemented with deadly accuracy.

• Third flag meeting for India and China offers some progress

  At a third flag meeting between army commanders from India and China, some progress was made in the search for a solution to the stand-off in Ladakh, provoked when Chinese troops set up camp 19 kms within Indian territory on April 15.

• How China may use current crisis to extract big concessions from India

  Army commanders from China and India are likely to hold a third flag meeting tomorrow in Ladakh over Beijing's refusal to withdraw a platoon that has set up camp 10 kilometres inside Indian territory in the Depsang Valley.

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  Govt orders CBI probe into VIP chopper deal after head of Italian firm Finmeccanica is arrested

  The Central Bureau of Investigation will investigate a 4,000-crore helicopter deal between the government and Italian defence giant Finmeccanica, whose CEO was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly offering bribes in India to land the contract, according to Italian media.

• Army chief meets Pranab Mukherjee ahead of Supreme Court date

  Army chief General VK Singh met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday evening, provoking murmurs that a compromise was in the offing between the General and the government. Sources told NDTV that while both sides were keen to find a solution to the impasse, no breakthrough was made.

• Dassault Rafale wins USD 10.4 billion Indian Air Force jet fighter deal: Sources

  Sources have told NDTV that the French aviation company Dassault Rafale has won the $10.4 million deal for supplying fighter aircraft to India. The Indian Airforce plans to buy 126 aircraft over the next ten years.

• Army chief vs Government: Five new developments

  The Supreme Court is likely to hear the army chief's case against the government on February 4. General VK Singh has become the first serving Army chief to take the government to court - he wants the court to decide how old he is.

• Army chief takes govt to court over age dispute, cites 'honour and integrity'

  Army Chief General VK Singh has taken the government to court over a dispute centred on his age.

• Army chief race gets darker with new allegations against front-runner

  Even as the Army struggles to deal with the issue of when its chief V K Singh should retire, a new complication has arisen over who should succeed him. Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, the top contender for the post of the next Army chief, is facing a new challenge in his journey to the top.

• Chhattisgarh: How the CRPF was ambushed by Naxals

  Under attack, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) top brass toured Chhattisgarh on Wednesday to take stock of what went wrong. The preliminary assessment says basic precautions were once again ignored.