IAF inducts 4 Chinook heavy-lift choppers

Four Chinook heavy-lift helicopters made in the United States were inducted into the Indian Air Force on Monday. After inducting the helicopters, IAF chief B S Dhanoa said induction of Chinook......

World navies unite @ Rim of the Pacific

Curtains will fall on the Rim of the Pacific 2016, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, on August 4. Participants in drills that lasted over a month in and around the Hawaiian......

Headley example of counter-terror cooperation: US

The United States has put the case of David Coleman Headley, Mumbai terror attack suspect now languishing in a Chicago jail, as one of the key counter-terrorism cases on information sharing with......

Pranab's defence diplomacy

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit toJapan, China and Singaporefrom May 24 to June 4 is being termed as the flowering of India's defence diplomacy. While India's agenda differed considerably......

Budget: Will infra outlay of Rs 2.21 lakh crore boost growth?

  Allocating a major share to infrastructure that includes Rs 2.21-lakh crore (Rs 2.21-trillion) outlay, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said enhanced allocations coupled with reforms......

Reviving Noida airport project could ruffle Delhi's feathers

An airport in Noida could lead to higher user fees and diversion of traffic from Delhi, which has huge unused capacity. Image: T3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.......

PayPal founder to build small city on Mars!

Private space entrepreneur and billionaire co-founder of PayPal, Elon Musk is planning to build a small city on Mars for 80,000 space explorers but only vegetarians are invited! Musk, whose......

Gopalpur port to be closed for 2 years

The Gopalpur Port Limitedhas decided to suspend the seasonal operation of the port for two years to facilitate its upgradation work. "The port operation and upgradation work cannot go......