4 Indian firms in race for Rs 25K cr Navy chopper deal

Four Indian firms including Tata, Adani, Mahindra Defence Systems and Bharat Forge have been shortlisted by the Indian Navy as strategic partners for the project involving a deal worth Rs 25,000......

Government finalises policy to allow private investment in defence

The Defence Acquisition Council on Saturday finalised the broad contours of a much-awaited policy under which select private firms will be roped in to build military platforms like submarines and......

Wah! Army gets huge firepower!

'Landmark developments herald the end of two decades of stagnation in the army's modernisation plans,' notes Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd). IMAGE: K-9 Vajra, a self-propelled artillery gun,......

Why India still hasn't built a combat vehicle

Defence ministry incompetence hobbles development of battle-taxis for the Indian Army, discovers Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The Future Infantry Combat Vehicle project was approved in 2008, but has seen......

Big Steel Boys Pushing Future Mobiility Pedal

From setting up cutting-edge facilities to cater to the domestic market and building capabilities of global standards, the action is building up. IMAGE: Workers assemble a car inside the Tata......

Anand Mahindra resigns from Mahindra Forgings

Mahindra Forgings on Thursday said that Anand Mahindra has resigned as its Chairman and Hemant Luthra has been elevated to the post of Non-Executive Chairman. Luthra is presently a Director of the......

Auto component makers to gain from new 4-wheeler electric vehicle policy

The new four-wheeler (4W) electric vehicle (EV) policy may spur the entry of global majors. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The manufacturing policy cuts Customs duty to 15 per cent, given a......

Tracing the journey of auto industry pioneer Keshub Mahindra

Keshub Mahindra, a pioneer of Indian auto industry and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd chairman emeritus, died on Wednesday morning. Mahindra, 99, breathed his last on Wednesday morning at home peacefully,......

Dempo beat Churchill Bros; Mahindra, JCT draw

Dempo Sports Club beat Churchill Brothers 2-0 to score their third successive victoryin the ONGC I-League at the Nehru stadium in Margao on Tuesday. Dempo, who led 1-0 at half-time, scored through......

JCT beat Mohun Bagan 2-1 in I-League

Riding on the brilliance of striker Eduardo da Silva, JCT stunned Mohun Bagan 2-1 to mark a confident beginning in the I-League at the flood-lit Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Monday night.......