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PAK-FA to be built jointly by India, Russia

After Air Chief, PV Naik, saw the fifth generation fighter aircraft flight in Russia last month, on Tuesday secretary of defence production, RK Singh, was given a flight demonstration of the PAK-FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation).
Section: India  | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 23:16 IST

Facebook not safe to weigh anchor: Navy

Indian naval officers have been directed to either delete their accounts or minimise putting up information and photographs of locations on the social networking site — Facebook — on grounds of security.
Section: India  | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:00 IST

Turkey: The country with the evil eye

Babies are not called by their first names here, and shopkeepers rub the day’s first earning on their beards. DNA explores the curious myths and magic of Turkey.
Section: Lifestyle  | Sunday, June 12, 2011 2:07 IST

President Pratibha Patil to review Indian naval fleet in Mumbai

More than 60 ships and submarines will participate from the Indian Navy, Coast Guard and the merchant marine service as well.
Section: India  | Monday, May 30, 2011 1:11 IST

France puts on hold arms sales to Pakistan

France is reviewing arms sales to Pakistan, in the wake of the ongoing Mumbai 26/11 investigations and the unravelling US-Pak relationship in these changed circumstances.
Section: India  | Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:12 IST

Attorney general directs army chief to stick to 1950 as year of birth

According to sources, the AG, GE Vahanvati’s, has directed that the chief could not change his age like this, from 1950 to 1951, as it would result in protracted litigation, with personnel going to court over the issue.
Section: India  | Friday, May 20, 2011 0:12 IST

4 killed in India nuclear submarine accident

India’s first indigenous nuclear submarine — the INS Arihant — that was scheduled to start final trial on Thursday — got off to an inauspicious start when four naval personnel were killed as it attempted to dock at Vishakhapatnam on Wednesday.
Section: India  | Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:00 IST

Captain sweats to death playing army’s Thar war-games

The harsh weather and inhuman conditions in the just concluded army exercise, Vijayee Bhava, seem to have taken their toll on the personnel participating in it.
Section: India  | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:25 IST

Army mobilisation time: 48 hours

The swift mobilisation is a result of the just concluded strike corps exercise, ‘Vijayee Bhava’, in Rajasthan’s Thar desert.
Section: India  | Monday, May 16, 2011 1:34 IST

Operation Geronimo brings focus back on sniffer dog

Explosive detective dogs have long been part of military operations and have now taken on a new role — counter-terrorism.
Section: India  | Monday, May 9, 2011 3:01 IST
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