Ex-Navy chief, 2 former vice admirals reject PM's INS Viraat claim

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation that Rajiv Gandhi used INS Viraat as a personal taxi was rejected by former Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas (retd) as well as by a former commanding officer......

50 days after Ockhi, families wait for a miracle

Picking up the pieces won't be easy for the families of the missing fishermen.More than the compensation, what they seek is closure, discovers A Ganesh Nadar in Kanyakumari, one of the districts......

Cyclone Ockhi: 357 fishermen from TN and Kerala rescued, says defence minister

A total of 357 fishermen, including 71 from Tamil Nadu, stranded in sea due to Cyclone Ockhi, were rescued, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday.  IMAGE: A Navy helicopter......

India's first indigenous anti-submarine warfare ship ready

India's first indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta is ready to be commissioned into the Indian Navy next month, defence officials said in Kolkata. Built by the Garden......

Good news for regional airlines!

The civil aviation ministry has proposed a five-year exemption for 'regional airlines' from airport and navigation charges for destinations they fly. To improve regional connectivity and create......

Destination India for global consultants

Destination India. That is the slogan for international engineering consulting companies, it seems. Almost all global engineering consulting companies are heading to India as the country is......

Pawan Hans gets nod to become scheduled airline

Even though the two state-owned airlines, Indian Airlines and Air India, have announced a merger, the country is on its way to once again have two scheduled airlines controlled by the government.......

Sharp decline in sex ratio

Results of the 2001 Census show that the child sex ratio, defined as the number of female children in the 0-6 age group per 1000 male children, has registered a whopping 32-point decline in urban......