Washington: After losing out to the French, the US asserted its F-16 and F-18 fighter jets would have provided India unbeatable platforms with proven technologies, but said it had not offered India more advanced F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF). "We are extremely confident that the F/A-18IN and F-16IN would have provided the Indian Air Force unbeatable platforms with proven technologies at a competitive price," Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr Leslie Hull-Ryde said....
03:05 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Paris: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday said that he welcomed a decision by India's government to enter into "exclusive negotiations" with France's Dassault for the purchase of 126 Rafale jet fighter planes. In a statement, Sarkozy said talks over the contract would begin shortly, adding that the deal would include significant transfers of technology guaranteed by the French state. Dassault Aviation confirmed earlier that its fighter plane had been...
01:29 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Beirut: Syrian forces have pushed dissident troops back from the edge of Damascus in heavy fighting, escalating efforts to take back control of the capital's eastern doorstep ahead of key UN talks over a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad step aside. Gunfire and the boom of shelling rang out on Monday in several suburbs on Damascus' outskirts that have come under the domination of anti-regime fighters. Gunmen "...
01:55 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Panaji: The Congress has described the growing rift between two senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run up to the March 3 polls as a brewing caste-war in the saffron party's ranks. Addressing a press conference in Panaji on Monday, Congress member of the Rajya Sabha Shantaram Naik said a small, socially elite section in the BJP was looking to annihilate the 'bahujan samaj' in its...
05:49 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Daulat Ram, one of the nominees for the CNN-IBN's Citizen Journalist Awards, is fighting to get his pension for his contribution during the freedom struggle. ...
11:16 AM, Jan 29, 2012
London: The owner of a popular Indian eatery joint in Kent has bought an unusual vehicle to ferry his curries around the world - an Iraqi fighter jet. Rob Abdul, who owns Cafe Taj in Gravesend, Kent has started taking flying lessons. Abdul came up with the idea with a pilot friend, has earmarked about 35,000 pounds for buying and restoring the plane, which Abdul says is needed because his...
07:54 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Mumbai: Indian franchise Mumbai Fighters slumped to their fifth defeat in seven matches and their third on the trot when they were beaten 3-2 by Dynamo Moscow in the World Series Boxing contest at the Inorbit Mall in Mumbai on Friday. The Fighters began on a promising note when Indian WSB debutant Gaurav Bidhuri scored a split 2-1 (48-47, 48-47, 46-49) verdict over his bantamweight rival Vladimir Nikitin. Three out...
12:08 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Mumbai: Young children will soon be made champions of the fight against corruption if the Chief Vigilance Commission's new plan comes into effect. As corruption threatens to undermine the India story, the country's corruption watchdog, the CVC, is taking a long term view. Following the old adage of catching them young, the CVC now aims to make children anti-corruption champions. The CVC has written to all CBSE, ICSE schools asking...
10:43 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Dutt announced his 'Super Fight League' venture but the actor was asked if he could broker peace between the warring Khans. ...
02:37 AM, Jan 19, 2012
The bull-taming festival began on Tuesday. A total of 447 bulls and 475 tamers participated in the event. Over 1700 policemen were deployed to provide security. ...
11:44 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: The winner of the multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 combat planes for Indian Air Force is expected to be announced in two weeks time, the IAF Chief said in New Delhi on Tuesday. European EADS Eurofighter and Dasault Rafale are in the final race for Air Force's global tender to procure 126 Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). "Right now we have to do the selection for who...
05:12 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Los Angeles: Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt says when he arrived at Hollywood in the late 1980s he was told he couldn't act and should take acting classes. The 48-year-old, who raises six kids with partner Angelina Jolie, said the first big-time role he auditioned for was 'The Accused', reported Us magazine. "My agent sent me out for two films. One of them was The Accused with Jodie Foster. I was...
02:38 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Chennai: A fire fighting personnel was killed and two officials, including a woman, were seriously injured, while fighting a major fire that broke out in an old building in the wee hours in Chennai on Monday. The leading fireman was killed while fighting the fire that broke out in the building at Chepauk around 00.50 hours, fire and rescue sources said. Two other officials - a woman Divisional Officer and...
09:58 AM, Jan 16, 2012
Kolkata: A string of art and experimental movies were commercial success as content-driven and thought-provoking films took centrestage in Bengali cinema this year. The Bengali film industry remained in the limelight the entire year as the flops went overlooked because of active patronage from the new state government. Young director Srijit Mukherji got rave reviews and set the box-office on fire with his second film '22nd Srabon', which means the...
12:20 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Shanghai: A whirlwind of pillows bearing the names of bosses and teachers filled the air as hundreds of Chinese gathered to blow off stress in Shanghai, staging a massive pillow battle. The annual event marked its fifth year with such a surge in interest from stressed young office workers and students that organizers held two nights of pillow fighting before Christmas Day and plan another for Dec 30. "Nowadays there...
12:59 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Pune: The flight data recorder (FDR), commonly known as blackbox, of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft which crashed in Pune earlier this week, has been retrieved. "The FDR of the aircraft has been retrieved and the data is being analysed," an Indian Air Force (IAF) spokesman from the Lohegaon base said on Friday. The Lohegaon air base, which is home to the squadrons of the Russian made aircraft will continue...
06:27 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Washington: Just years after US resumed weapons sales to New Delhi, India has jumped to become third biggest arms purchaser from America logging contracts worth over USD 4.5 billion last year alone. Had the US firms bagged India's biggest ever deal for fighter jets, New Delhi would have been on the top spot of American arms sales worldwide, according to a Pentagon report. Even though the US firms lost the...
02:44 PM, Dec 08, 2011
London: Actor Brad Pitt says he may quit acting when he turns 50. Asked how long he would continue to act, the 47-year-old, on Australian chat show '60 Minutes', said 'three years', adding his days as lead actor are 'numbered'. The actor said he might move behind the camera when he steps out of the limelight, reports dailymail.co.uk. "I've really enjoyed the producerial (sic) side and getting stories to the...
12:47 PM, Nov 14, 2011
In this week's '30 Minutes' special meet 'The Inheritors' of India's great legacies - men and women who carry the burden and expectations of an illustrious surname. ...
07:12 PM, Nov 10, 2011
