Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma takes over as Navy chief

Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, who once commanded India's sole aircraft carrier INS Viraat, on Monday took over as the new Navy chief. Vice Admiral Verma, who was till now the Eastern Naval......

Admiral Gorshkov will join Navy by 2008

Russian aircraft carrier 'Admiral Gorshkov' will be inducted into the Indian Navy later part of 2008, naval chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta said in Dehradun on Saturday. Talking to media persons after......

No delay in delivery of Admiral Gorshkov: Navy

The Indian Navy on Tuesday denied reports that the delivery of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be delayed till 2010 and said the refurbishing of the ship was moving as per schedule. "The......

Gen Kapoor heads panel of armed forces chiefs

Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor took over as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee on Monday. General Kapoor took over from outgoing Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, who held the......

Defence forces reject revised pay panel salaries

The Defence forces on Friday did not submit their revised salary bills to the ministry's accountsoffice, effectively deferring implementation of the 6th Pay Commission report 'with the existing......

India-Russia relationship hits a rough patch

Cracks in the India-Russia relationship are becoming increasingly difficult to paper over. In October, India faced a snub when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, on a visit to Russia,......