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June 6, 2012 8:13 PM

Indigo flight makes emergency landing in Nagpur, all 130 passengers safe

A major mishap was averted this morning, when the pilot of the Indigo flight heading towards New Delhi from Hyderabad landed the aircraft safely at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur following an emergency situation. All the 130 persons on the board including passengers and the c...

June 6, 2012 8:12 PM

US assures New Delhi to initiate measures to facilitate technology sharing

India on Wednesday emphasized that the priority for the country is to move beyond the buyer-seller transactions in the defense trade with the US. Following a delegation level talks with the visiting US Secretary of Defense Mr. Leon Panetta in New Delhi, the Defense Minister Mr. A.K. Antony said that...

June 6, 2012 7:03 PM

Explanation sought from BEML chief for serving legal notice on ex- Army Chief

The Defence Ministry today sought an explanation from BEML chief V R S Natarajan for serving a legal notice on former Army Chief General V K Singh demanding an apology for his alleged defamatory statements against the defence PSU on the Tatra truck issue. Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar i...

June 6, 2012 5:33 PM

New Delhi emphasizes for strong defense trade relation with US

India on Wednesday emphasized that the priority for the country is to move beyond the buyer-seller transactions in the defense trade with the US. Following a delegation level talks with the visiting US Secretary of Defense Mr. Leon Panetta in New Delhi, the Defense Minister Mr. A.K. Antony said that...

June 6, 2012 5:32 PM

Govt plans for supercomputing facilities to enhance weather modeling

Government is planning to set up several supercomputing facilities to enhance capabilities in the areas of weather modeling, Strategic science and technology and space discoveries. It will also help for disaster management and ocean modeling. This was stated by Minister of State for Planning, Scienc...

June 6, 2012 2:02 PM

Sibal urges for improving quality of teaching to improve quality of learning

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal today urged for improving the quality of teaching to improve the quality of learning. He also highlighted the need to get the best minds in the teaching profession to educate children. Addressing the 59th meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education ...

June 6, 2012 2:01 PM

A Raja allowed by Delhi court to visit TN between June 8-30

Former Telecom Minister and key accused in the 2G scam case, A Raja, was today allowed by a Delhi court to visit his home state Tamil Nadu between June 8 and June 30.The court, while granting him bail on May 15, had imposed certain conditions, including that he would not visit his home state without...

June 6, 2012 1:46 PM

India successfully test fires Akash missile from Odisha coast

India today successfully test fired indigenously developed surface-to-air 'Akash' missile of Air Force version from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore district off Odisha coast.This is the fifth successful trial of the anti-aircraft system in the last fortnight. Akash missile, ...

June 6, 2012 1:28 PM

Govt to help N-E states in raising loans: Pranab

The Government has expressed it's commitment to support development of the North Eastern states and said it would help the states in raising loans from market.Addressing a meeting of the Chief Ministers of North Eastern states in New Delhi yesterday the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said if...

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