Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday successfully carried out a test of its quick reaction tactical nuclear-capable Hatf-IX missile with a range of 60 km, aimed at "deterring evolving threats at shorter range." The military described the test of the "indigenously developed short range, surface-to-surface multi-tube missile Hatf-IX" or Nasr as successful. A military statement said the missile can carry "nuclear warheads of appropriate yield with high accuracy and possesses shoot and...
11:59 AM, May 29, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday successfully test fired nuclear-capable Hatf-III ballistic missile with a range of 290 km that could hit targets in India. As the test was conducted, a top Pakistani military official said the country had developed a "strong nuclear deterrence capability" and was fully capable of thwarting any aggression. A statement issued by the military described the "training launch" of the short-range Hatf-III or Ghaznavi missile as successful....
01:54 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Aiming to establish itself as a blue water force in real terms, Indian Navy will be inducting more than 90 fighting platforms in another decade, including aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which is likely to be commissioned later this year. "Under the Maritime Perspective Plan (MPP), around 50 of these vessels are in various stages of construction at different shipyards in the country, while the contract for 45 more...
02:51 AM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: After three rounds of price hike, state-owned oil companies today announced a reduction in jet fuel prices by a marginal Rs 170 per kilolitre (kl). The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi was reduced by Rs 169.3 per kl, or 0.25 per cent, to Rs 67,631 effective from Sunday midnight, Indian Oil Corp, making the announcement on behalf of the industry, said. The...
06:32 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Indore: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Saturday said state taxes on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) should come down as high jet fuel prices are impacting fares of the airlines struggling with high costs and fierce competition. "ATF costs have risen 8 to 9 per cent in March, and it will impact the air fares," Singh told reporters, after inaugurating the integrated airport terminal, built at the cost of Rs...
12:39 AM, Apr 15, 2012
Indore: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Saturday said state taxes on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) should come down as high jet fuel prices are impacting fares of the airlines struggling with high costs and fierce competition. "ATF costs have risen 8 to 9 per cent in March, and it would impact the air fares," Singh said after inaugurating the integrated airport terminal, built at the cost of Rs 135...
07:34 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to the revelations about adulterated airline fuel, former DGCA chief Kanu Gohain has admitted that there could be some adulteration in airline fuel given the history of such cases. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Gohain said, "There could be such cases, there have been very famous cases in the early 80s when we found that the fuel pumped into the aeroplanes was adulterated." "There have been cases when we...
08:03 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: After fake pilots, another serious air safety issue stands exposed. CNN-IBN has accessed a report by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that shows how oil companies have been flouting its regulations on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) testing for close to a decade. The DGCA report said that it found that the oil companies had reduced the testing time for fuel purity from two minutes to one....
06:12 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: State-owned oil companies on Saturday hiked jet fuel price by about 3 per cent, the third time they have increased rates this month. The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi was hiked by Rs 1,850.96 per kilolitre (kl), or 2.8 per cent, to Rs 67,800.30 per kl with effect from midnight on Saturday night, Indian Oil Corp, making the announcement on behalf of...
06:36 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Mumbai: Ailing national carrier Air India on Tuesday decided to import aviation fuel directly to save cost, apart from taking a bridge loan facility worth $ 195 million (about Rs 1,000 cr) from Standard Chartered Bank India for two of its 27 Dreamliners to be delivered to it shortly. "The Air India Board, which met here (Mumbai) today, has decided to import aviation fuel directly. Towards, it has been decided...
09:04 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: After Kingfisher it's financial trouble for Jet Airways on the ground. Jet Airways has failed to deposit service tax dues worth Rs 35 crore for February. The airline was supposed to have filed the dues latest by March 6. Jet Airways has acknolwedged the delay and has promised to clear the dues along with interest by Monday. Jet Airways has not paid a total of about Rs 69...
06:13 PM, Mar 10, 2012
London: In a new twist to Osama bin Laden saga, emails leaked from an intelligence analysis firm say the body of the al Qaeda leader was actually sent to the US for cremation than buried in sea. According to the emails, bin Laden was shot and killed during the famous Navy SEAL Team Six raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and was transported back to the US and cremated....
07:28 AM, Mar 08, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the military said. The Hatf-2 missile can travel up to 180 km and deliver nuclear as well as conventional warheads with high accuracy, the statement from Inter-Services Public Relations said. The test is part of the process of validation of a land-based ballistic missile system, it said. "The test provides an operational level capability to Pakistan's strategic forces,...
11:45 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Washington: Denouncing the disclosure of its emails by Wikileaks, the whistleblower website, as "deplorable breach of privacy", the US-based intelligence firm Stratfor cautioned that some of them may be forged or altered to include inaccuracies. In a video message to Stratfor subscribers, founder and CEO, George Friedman said that his resignation email was forged. "Emails sent to many people about my resignation were clearly forged," he said. Friedman said in...
09:41 AM, Feb 28, 2012
India's special envoy Madhusudhan Ganpathi has taken up the matter with the Norwegian Foreign Minister in Oslo. ...
10:36 PM, Feb 27, 2012
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