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
Nagpur: Former Army Chief General VP Malik has observed that India must step up the vigil along the Chinese border in Arunachal Pradesh as its eastern neighbour might try to "forcefully occupy" Indian territories. "India should remain vigilant from evil designs of China which may forcibly occupy some of the territories in north west and in Arunachal Pradesh," he said. Malik was speaking at a function here last night. "India...
03:30 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the proposed induction of two nuclear submarines into the Indian Navy as a "cause of great concern", Pakistan has said it is taking "necessary measures" to restore the strategic balance in the emerging situation. Pakistan Navy Chief Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila said Islamabad can neither afford nor plans to match the Indian Navy in terms of numerical strength. "The strategic dimension of India's naval buildup is a...
03:49 PM, Feb 25, 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: China's new anti-ship ballistic missile, if fully functional, posed a "different category of threat" and certainly requires "a different measure to counter it," Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said on Friday. He also noted that the Jin class of submarines with its ballistic missile capability and underwater endurance levels has compelled other maritime powers to see what are the Chinese "intentions" with such platforms and weapons. Addressing his...
01:33 AM, Dec 03, 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
Beijing: Launching a fast attack craft being built by China, Pakistan's navy chief Admiral Noman Bashir on Tuesday said the induction of the vessel equipped with advanced weaponry and sensors will supplement his country's combat potential. "The environment around us warrants Pakistan navy to be prepared to counter the forces challenging our sovereignty as well as regional peace and security," he said at the launch of the missile-armed vessel at...
03:09 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Washington: A top Pentagon official has said that there is a great risk in strategy tied to Pakistan, but not engaging the country, an epicenter of terrorism, is not an option for the US. "There's great risk in the strategy tied to Pakistan. There has been from the beginning," Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing on Thursday. "I think through...
11:44 AM, Jun 24, 2011
London: Here's some good news for Agatha Christie fans -- 'The Floating Admiral', a collaborative novel written in 1931 by 14 members of The Detection Club, including her, is republished, 80 years after its first publication. Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and GK Chesterton, along with other British mystery writers, who formed The Detection Club in 1930, each had produced a chapter for 'The Floating Admiral' which was first published in...
03:07 PM, Feb 28, 2011
Washington: Calling Pakistan as the "epicentre" of global terrorism, a top US military official has said that America can't succeed in Afghanistan unless terrorist safe havens in Pakistan are shut down. "I've said it before and I'll say it again it [Pakistan] is the epicentre of terrorism in the world right now, and it deserves the attention of everybody to do as much as we can to eliminate that threat,"...
03:23 PM, Jan 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry on Wednesday asked the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society to submit its reply to the show cause notice issued to it by December 24 and also granted it an opportunity to present the case in person before the ministry on December 28 if it so desires. The show-cause notice issued under the Environment Protection Act seeks an explanation from the housing society as to why its...
11:18 PM, Dec 15, 2010
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