Headless DRDO continues to spark speculation on new DG
13 May 2015 7:28 AM ISTCountry’s apex military research body - DRDO is headless for the last five months, and that puts a question mark on the intentions of the Narendra...
High expectations before China visit
12 May 2015 3:10 AM ISTAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for Beijing this week – an important destination for any Indian leader – expectations will be high about what...
Ex-IAF chief has more faith in Pilatus aircraft
7 May 2015 6:17 AM ISTOn the teeth of opposition from the Indian Air Force (IAF), former Air chief Marshal NAK Browne has preferred to buy more of the Swiss-made Pilatus...
96% indigenously-built Akash handed over to Army
6 May 2015 6:19 AM ISTThe much desired, home-grown and productionised Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) weapon system was handed to the Army’s Air Defence (AAD) Corps on...
India ramps up relief and rescue ops in Nepal
30 April 2015 4:35 AM ISTIndia has been sending large consignments of relief materials to the quake-hit Himalayan nation, where an estimated 10,000 people have died.Three days...
Reviving the CPI(M)’s fortunes in India
27 April 2015 10:58 PM ISTCommunism arises from the contradictions of Capitalism. A communist party is thus by its very nature against the accumulation of Capital, especially...
Govt under-funded health service by Rs 700 crore: Army
24 April 2015 5:58 AM ISTThe directorate general of medical services (DGMS) has also found that the empanelled private hospitals are also overcharging the former Army...
Army chief Dalbir Singh to discuss key security issues
21 April 2015 5:29 AM ISTBeginning Monday, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh will be confabulating with his six commanders and his own senior principal staff officers (PSOs) on...
Fast track promotions for Army officers in combat roles may hit SC roadblock
19 April 2015 5:29 AM ISTA Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Army against an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order that promotions of about 191 be reviewed and all...
MiG 29Ks now flying from INS Vikramaditya
17 April 2015 6:30 AM ISTThe MiG 29Ks that came for flying from the newest aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, much before that carrier actually arrived are now flying from...
Not quite the party with a difference?
15 April 2015 3:45 AM ISTThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was meant to be a political party with a difference. The people of Delhi, who voted for it in droves, had wanted AAP to live...
‘Rafale deal marks end of request for proposal process’
14 April 2015 5:59 AM ISTThe joint statement at the end of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France said it all. The Rafale deal that India struck with France was an...
