Panaji: Indian Navy's indigenously-built aircraft carrier would be launched on August 12, 2013, while INS Vikramaditya (purchased from Russia) will arrive before the end of 2013, Union Defence Minister AK Antony said in Panaji on Saturday.
"INS Vikramaditya is going to be a reality, as promised the ship would be delivered before the end of this year," Antony told reporters after the commissioning of fighter aircraft MiG29K into Navy at INS Hansa in Panaji.
"While on one side Vikramaditya is coming this year, on August 12 we are going to launch indigenous aircraft carrier at Cochin," he said, without elaborating further. Asserting that the country was giving a thrust to modernisation of defence forces, Antony said, "Navy modernisation is one area where we are going fast-paced now.
"Almost all the navies of important countries want close cooperation with the Indian Navy," he said, adding that "Indian Navy is well-prepared, most modern and (one of) the most capable navies of the world." ...
more
04:12 PM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian Army is short of 9,590 officers. Sources told CNN-IBN on Wednesday that the current intake of officers at various academies will ensure that the deficit will be cut by two per cent every year. Intake of officer cadets at the National Defence Academy rose from 1,800 to 2,100 since the last two years. Meanwhile, a report on Wednesday claimed that the Army is looking to induct...
04:51 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Noting that China has more resources to dedicate for modernisation of its defence forces, government on Thursday asserted that India is not "under-prepared" in anyway and is also acquiring capabilities to build its infrastructure along the border for security needs. "China's budget is four times that of India so they will definitely have larger resources dedicated to that (for modernisations purposes)," Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam...
04:10 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: The parliamentary standing committee on defence on Monday asked the three service chiefs to appear before it on April 20 on the issue of defence preparedness. The development follows Army Chief General V K Singh's leaked letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a series of CNN-IBN reports. According to sources, the panel also questioned the Defence Secretary and the Vice Chief on the issue of preparedness. After...
09:40 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju says his ministry is in favour of permanent commission to women. ...
03:43 PM, Jul 07, 2010
Air Marshal P K Barbora says country must be bold, open up sector. ...
06:28 PM, Nov 19, 2009
An analysis of the armed forces' strength, weakness. ...
05:10 PM, Jan 18, 2009
Directions to speed up acquisition of weapons for defence forces expected soon. ...
06:52 PM, Dec 18, 2008
Johannesburg: South Africa's beleaguered cricket association has suspended its chief executive in the wake of a damaging hidden bonus scandal that has already led to three top officials resigning. Cricket South Africa's board took the unanimous decision on Saturday to suspend Gerald Majola immediately and set up a disciplinary investigation. A judge-led committee found Majola tried to conceal bonus payments stemming from the 2009 Indian Premier League. CSA also rescinded...
01:45 PM, May 04, 2008
