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  India's 3rd nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine INS Aridhaman nears launch, Rajnath signals

  India | April 03, 2026 13:39 IST

  INS Aridhaman has completed its final sea tests and will soon become part of the Strategic Forces Command. This submarine comes after INS Arihant, which joined in 2016, and INS Arighaat, commissioned in August 2024.

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  Does Russia want nuclear war? Lavrov clears Moscow's position after Putin renews nuke doctrine

  World | November 19, 2024 20:34 IST

  Lavrov said he hoped Moscow's new nuclear doctrine, in which President Vladimir Putin lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike, would be attentively read.

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  Iran threatens to drop more nuke commitments

  World | July 31, 2019 20:38 IST

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic is determined to suspend more of its commitments under a 2015 landmark nuclear deal if the European signatories fail to uphold their end of the deal, state TV reported.

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  Flustered over Army Chief Bipin Rawat's warning, Pakistan threatens India of nuclear attack

  India | January 14, 2018 9:35 IST

  Army Chief General Bipin Rawat had said that the force was ready to call Islamabad’s “nuclear bluff” and cross the border to carry out any operation if asked by the government.

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  US vs North Korea: Kim Jong-un ‘to launch nuke today’ Part-2

  News | December 16, 2017 23:26 IST

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  US vs North Korea: Kim Jong-un ‘to launch nuke today’ Part-1

  News | December 16, 2017 23:25 IST

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  Pak threatened India several times with possible use of ‘tactical nukes’ before surgical strikes: Parrikar

  India | November 10, 2016 23:16 IST

  Pak threatened India several times with possible use of ‘tactical nukes’ before surgical strikes: Parrikar

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  India, Russia to accelerate civil nuke cooperation

  July 09, 2015 14:25 IST

  Ufa (Russia): India and Russia today decided to accelerate bilateral civil nuclear energy cooperation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to take their strategic bilateral ties forward.Modi and Putin met

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  'We didn't build nukes to fire on Shab-e-Baraat', Pervez Musharraf says

  World | June 11, 2015 17:43 IST

  Islamabad: Accusing India of destabilising Pakistan, former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said nuclear weapons are for the defence of the country and not for "celebratory" occasion.Musharraf, who ruled from 1999 to 2008, claimed India

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  ISIS claims it could buy nuke from Pakistan within a year

  World | May 23, 2015 20:45 IST

  In its latest issue of propaganda magazine Dabiq, Islamic State has claimed that at its present expansion rate, the group could purchase its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan within 12 months.The overstated piece entitled "The

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  Pakistan denies selling nukes to Saudi Arabia

  World | May 22, 2015 8:44 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday rejected reports that the country has planned to sell nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia.The Sunday Times of London had claimed that Saudi Arabia had "taken the 'strategic decision' to acquire off-the-shelf

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  US, Iran cite progress in nuke talks, though deal is unclear

  World | March 22, 2015 7:19 IST

  Lausanne, Switzerland: With 10 days to a nuclear deal deadline, top U.S and Iranian officials spoke Saturday of substantial headway, and Iran's president proclaimed that agreement was within reach. But America's top diplomat said it

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  US asks India, Pak to restrain their nuke, missile programmes

  World | May 01, 2013 12:45 IST

  Washington, May 1: Expressing concern over the continuing buildup of nuclear weapons in South Asia, the US has asked India and Pakistan to restrain their atomic and missile programmes and play a positive role in

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  Pak Fears US Or UN May Takeover Its Nuke Sites: Report

  World | May 24, 2011 17:04 IST

  Islamabad, May 24: Alarm bells have started ringing in Pakistan's security establishment with the latest terrorist attack at the PNS Mehran in Karachi, with many fearing that as part of any so-called “Great game”, a