
New Delhi: India will get aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and nuclear submarine INS Arihant next year providing a much needed boost to country's naval capabilities. Wrapping up a discussion on the performance of his Ministry in the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday said from 2013, the Navy will get five new warships every year which will help in modernising country's naval fleet. "In the early half of...

08:09 PM, May 08, 2012

Moscow: A Russian aircraft carrier which is being refurbished for the Indian Navy will begin sea trials in May for the first time in two decades and is to be handed over to India by December 2012, a shipyard official said Tuesday. The purchase of the Soviet-built Admiral Gorshkov was agreed in 2004 but delivery has been delayed for a long time, taking almost eight years. Its initial completion date...

06:03 PM, Jan 17, 2012

Moscow: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has raised with Russia the issue of delay in the delivery of Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to the Indian navy, saying it was important for India that the ship arrives in time. The Gorshkov issue was raised by the Prime Minister during the 12th Indo-Russian Summit talks with President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday. Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told newsmen that...

12:11 PM, Dec 17, 2011

New Delhi: India has conveyed its concern to China over the presence of Chinese personnel in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and asserted that it was consistently strengthening its capabilities in the eastern sector to meet any challenge. "We have conveyed our concerns to China, and at the same time we are consistently strengthening our capabilities in the eastern sector to meet any challenge," Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters on...

01:55 PM, Oct 12, 2011

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma says the enquiry is in its final stage. ...

01:34 PM, May 20, 2010

Of the 16 jets, 12 will be single-seaters and four will be twin-seater trainers. ...

09:58 AM, Feb 19, 2010

No details about the price have been reported so far. ...

11:36 AM, Dec 08, 2009

Russian aircraft carrier
Gorshkov was to be delivered to country in 2004. ...

08:20 PM, Jun 04, 2009

Ageing aircraft carrier
Admiral Gorshkov was to be delivered in 2008. ...

10:15 PM, Apr 21, 2009

Opinion is building up in India to scrap the deal on its own. ...

11:20 PM, Nov 17, 2008

Russia threatens to call off the deal if it is not paid $2 billion more. ...

08:58 AM, Nov 15, 2008

A mega-deal for the purchase of 29 MiGs for the Navy is on the cards. ...

04:09 PM, Sep 29, 2008

New Delhi: The nightmare for India is showing no signs of getting over. After four Tests, one Twenty20 and three ODIs, India still haven't won a single international match on this England tour. It is hard to search for positives after such disheartening results, but the third one-dayer at The Oval on Friday - which the reigning World Champions narrowly lost by three wickets - could have been much worse...

11:09 PM, Feb 27, 2008

London: Former captain Geoffrey Boycott feels England's hammering of a financially powerful Indian team might leave spectators disillusioned and deepen the problems of Test cricket. I am thrilled and delighted by England's performances. But it is a shame that they have risen to No. 1 in an era when other countries' Test teams are declining, Boycott said. England can play and beat what is put in front of them. It's...

05:59 PM, Feb 21, 2008
Mumbai: Power hitting in the opening 15 overs before the pitches start to deteriorate will hold the key to success in this month's World Cup, according to former Australia opener Matthew Hayden. Hayden, the top scorer at the 2007 World Cup, formed an explosive opening partnership with Adam Gilchrist which proved a decisive factor in Australia's triumphs in the last two tournaments. "Gilly and I established ourselves as a great...

01:10 PM, Dec 08, 2007