New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Parliament in New Delhi, on April 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday indicated a probe into the 2012…
Patna: Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference in Patna on Feb 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said a decision on inducting women on permanent commission as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force will be taken in a year’s time….
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking registration of a police complaint against those named in an Italian court judgment in the…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Describing Congress president Sonia Gandhi as a “lioness”, party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said her name does not figure in any authenticated document related to the AgustaWestland deal. Speaking…
Kabul, May 6 (IANS) Sixty people were set free as government forces raided a Taliban-run detention centre in the Helmand province, the Defence Ministry said on Friday. “Units of Special Operations Forces raided Taliban-run prison…
Manila, May 6 (IANS) Philippine authorities are investigating the possibility that two Spaniards who went missing on Monday while sailing in Malaysian waters were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, officials said on Friday. “We have been…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Efforts were made by the previous UPA government to favour AgustaWestland and attempts were made to “hoodwink” the probe into kickbacks in the chopper deal, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said…
Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Nidhi Chaphekar, the Jet Airways flight in-charge who was injured in the March 22 Brussels terror attacks, returned to India on Friday morning for further treatment and recovery, an official said….
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking a FIR against all the people named in an Italian court judgement in the AgustaWestland…
Pyongyang, May 6 (IANS) North Korea on Friday said it would strengthen its ‘nuclear deterrent’ if the US maintained its ‘hostile stance’, on the day the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) began its first congress…
(A File Photo) India has terminated the Rs. 3,600 crore deal for VIP choppers with AgustaWestland after bribery allegations tainted the deal, on Jan.1, 2014. (Photo: IANS) AgustaWestland New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The CBI…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Mohammed Sajid, a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative arrested by police from east Delhi on Tuesday night, was a quiet person who did not socialise much and generally…
New Delhi/Itanagar (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Thursday sought a financial assistance of Rs.12,000 crore from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reconstruction work following recent natural calamities in the state. Pul met…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s response to the Rajya Sabha debate on the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal a day earlier. “RM @manoharparrikar rose above…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Even as the political heat generated by the AgustaWestland chopper deal is yet to die down, some more defence deals may come under the scanner, including one on Pilatus basic…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) The Panagarh airbase in West Bengal, renamed Air Force Station Arjan Singh, become operational on Thursday as the second hub for the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. Two C-130J Super Hercules…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The army has restructured its requirements for land in Jammu and Kashmir and would free land not required for operational reasons, the home ministry said here in a statement. This…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) on Thursday denied that its website, which is visited by around 22 lakh people a day, had been hacked. “IRCTC website was…
(A File Photo) India has terminated the Rs. 3,600 crore deal for VIP choppers with AgustaWestland after bribery allegations tainted the deal, on Jan.1, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The ministry of…