Drone Attack
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IAF personnel were alert during Jammu drone attack, acted swiftly after explosions: Sources
India | Jul 02, 2021, 01:55 PM ISTTwo IAF personnel deployed at the Jammu airbase had heard the sound of drones entering the airbase late in the night after 1.30 am.
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Indian military developing capabilities to deal with drone threats: Army chief
India | Jul 01, 2021, 03:09 PM ISTIn an address at a think-tank, Gen Naravane said the security establishment is well aware of the challenges and certain measures have already been put in place to deal with them.
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High alert in Jammu after 3 drones spotted again, search Op underway
India | Jun 30, 2021, 10:40 AM ISTAs per the information available, suspected drones movement was spotted in Kharian area of Miran Sahib, Kaluchak area of Jammu, and Kunjwani area of the city.
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Kurukshetra | Opposition wants govt to take security agencies alert seriously
Kurukshetra | Jun 29, 2021, 07:47 PM ISTDays after a first-of-its-kind drone attack on Air Force base in Jammu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday afternoon to discuss security and policy-related issues
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Two days after drone attack on Jammu IAF station, PM, HM and NSA in a huddle
India | Jun 29, 2021, 07:11 PM ISTThe meeting was attended by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and NSA Ajit Doval.
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Drone attack: Security tightened around vital installations in Kashmir, says top cop
India | Jun 29, 2021, 02:25 PM ISTSecurity has been strengthened around vital installations across Kashmir in view of the threat posed by possible drone attacks.
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Jammu IAF station drone attack: PM Modi chairs high-level meeting
India | Jun 29, 2021, 04:24 PM ISTEarlier on Sunday, two unmanned aerial vehicles targetted an IAF station in Jammu, indicating the possible use of a cocktail of chemicals including RDX in the first of its kind incident in the country.
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Drones controlled from across border; RDX likely used in Jammu IAF station blast: Sources
India | Jun 29, 2021, 11:10 AM ISTThe drones used in the blast at Jammu Indian Air Force (IAF) station were controlled from across the border, sources said.
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Jammu IAF station drone attack: Govt hands over probe to NIA
India | Jun 29, 2021, 11:12 AM ISTThe investigation into the attack on the Jammu air force station has been handed over to the NIA, a Home Ministry spokesperson said
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Security personnel on high alert as 3 suspected drones seen in Jammu
India | Jun 29, 2021, 10:52 AM ISTThree suspected drones were spotted again at three different locations in Jammu on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
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Jammu Air Force station explosion: Alert sounded in Punjab's Pathankot
India | Jun 27, 2021, 02:58 PM ISTAn alert has been sounded in Punjab's border district of Pathankot on Sunday after two explosives-laden drones crashed into the high-security Indian Air Force station at Jammu airport.
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Houthis launch drone attacks at Saudi airport, airbase
World | Apr 12, 2021, 10:24 AM ISTYemen's Houthi militia said they launched bomb-laden drone attacks towards the Jizan Airport and King Khalid Airbase in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
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Military response to Iran is possible says Saudi Arabia minister
World | Sep 26, 2019, 02:29 PM ISTAdel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has said that all options, including a military response, were open after the September 14 drone attacks on the Kingdom's two oil facilities, which it has blamed on Iran.
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PM Modi may stopover in Riyadh to firm up oil deals
India | Sep 26, 2019, 02:18 PM ISTDespite the September 14 drone attack on the Abqaiq oil refinery and Khurais oil field, that knocked out half of Saudi Arabia's total output and 5 per cent of global oil supply, Riyadh has assured India there will be no disruption in oil supplies.
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UK, France, Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attacks
World | Sep 24, 2019, 08:59 AM ISTThe fallout from the Sept. 14 attacks is still reverberating as world leaders gather for their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly and international experts investigate, at Saudi Arabia’s request, what happened and who was responsible.
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US sanctions Iran's central bank after Saudi attacks
World | Sep 21, 2019, 07:21 AM ISTUS Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, accompanying Trump in the Oval office, said the central bank was Tehran's last source of funds.
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Saudi drone attacks came as Aramco was preparing for IPO
World | Sep 20, 2019, 09:55 AM ISTThe explosions set off fires that took several hours to douse. The strikes, said to have involved at least 20 drones and several cruise missiles, forced Saudi Arabia to shut down half of its oil production capacity, or 5.7 million barrels per day of crude - 5 per cent of the world's global daily oil production.
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Major crisis brewing in Gulf over drone attacks in Saudi Arabia
World | Sep 20, 2019, 09:36 AM ISTA worried UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of "devastating" consequences for the region and the world if the crisis escalates. A UN team of experts has been dispatched to Saudi Arabia to investigate the weekend attack on two oil facilities of Aramco amid assertions by the US and Saudi Arabia that Iran was behind the hit.
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India looks to stabilise oil supplies after Saudi drone attacks
Business | Sep 20, 2019, 09:46 AM ISTPetroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who said earlier that India is keeping a close eye on the oil crisis in Saudi Arabia, called up Saudi Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman on Thursday and was assured that Riyadh would be meeting all of India's oil supply commitments. The Kingdom has announced it is looking to restore production very soon.
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US calls Saudi Aramco bombing Iranian 'act of war'
World | Sep 19, 2019, 08:17 AM ISTU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations an “act of war” against the kingdom by Iran, as the Saudis displayed missile and drone wreckage and cited other evidence they said shows the raid was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.”