Mumbai: The Adarsh Housing society scam is soon becoming a flash point between the Ministry of Defence and the Maharashtra government. Both have been claiming ownership over the land on which the tower of deceit stands. On Monday, the MoD sent a notice to the Maharashtra government with the claim and may file a title suit in either the Bombay High Court or the Supreme Court for the plot. It...
08:05 AM, May 29, 2012
Srinagar: Home Minister P Chidambaram and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in the state. The minister was on a day's visit to the Kashmir Valley and the border region of Kargil. "Various issues related to the overall security and law and order were discussed in detail," a government statement said. Earlier, Chidambaram and Abdullah flew to Kargil where they inaugurated...
02:05 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: A Congress member in Rajya Sabha on Monday raised duplication in code naming as "operation Vijay" of liberating Goa and fighting Pakistani soldiers in Kargil and sought changing the name. The matter was raised by Shanta Ram Naik of Congress during discussion on working of defence ministry. "Operation to liberate Goa and armed conflict against Pakistani soldiers at Kargil are both code named as Operation Vijay which breeds...
07:54 PM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse on Thursday said that Adarsh Commission's report had not given a clean chit to former Maharashtra Chief Ministers in the scam. Initiating a debate on the opposition-sponsored last week motion, Khadse said the land belonged to the state's revenue department. "The application for land for the Adarsh Society went to the revenue department and not the Defence Ministry," he said. The judicial commission was...
04:03 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Judicial Commission report on the multi-crore Adarsh scam was tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday. Sources say that the report states that there's no clear evidence to show that the land belonged to Defence or that it was reserved for Kargil widows, However, sources also say that Defence was in possession of land for an extended period. The findings of the report was discussed at the...
11:41 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) was planning to convert Kargil airport into a full-fledged air force base in the state. "Indian Air Force is planning to convert Kargil airport into a full-fledged air force base in Jammu and Kashmir," state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather told the legislative Assembly in reply to a query of PDP member Peerzada Mansoor Hussain....
05:48 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Srinagar: Over 300 stranded passengers were on Tuesday airlifted between Leh town of Ladakh region and Srinagar by special Indian Air Force (IAF) sorties arranged by the Jammu and Kashmir government, officials said. Amir Ali, officer on special duty at the provincial headquarters, told that 313 stranded passengers of Kargil were airlifted by an IL-76 cargo aircraft of the IAF. "(A total of) 171 of these were flown to Srinagar...
08:04 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Uttarakashi: BJP leader LK Advani on Friday accused the Congress-led UPA government of failing to control price-rise and corruption in the country, and said only his party can give a "real Ram Rajya." "On the orders of the Supreme Court, a couple of ministers of the Congress-led government at the Centre went to jail. This amply shows that Congress is neck-deep in corruption," Advani said here at an election rally....
12:08 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Srinagar: There's been absolutely no reprieve from the cold conditions that has been witnessed since last one week in Srinagar when it snowed heavily. The minimum dropped to minus 7 degrees Celsius on Saturday and the Dal Lake remains frozen. The temperatures across the Kashmir Valley dropped further on Friday. Kargil town recorded a minimum of minus 19.6 degrees becoming the coldest place of the region this season and Leh...
05:39 PM, Jan 14, 2012
A cold wave is sweeping through North India with temperatures falling below zero in Ladhak, Kargil and Srinagar. ...
12:17 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: Major DP Singh, who had to get his leg amputated after an injury in the Kargil war has come out stronger despite the tragedy. He has been taking part in Delhi's half marathon every year, becoming an inspiration to all war veterans. Every marathon that Major DP Singh has run has helped improve his timing. Since his debut at the Delhi half marathon where he took 3 hours...
10:01 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: India's defence policy has always lacked the strategic perspective. India adopted a non-aligned posture during the tumultuous days of the Cold War and saw itself as a non-interfering moral power which did not require the brute military force that is associated with great powers. However, since soon after Independence India faced a low-intensity conflict with Pakistan when the latter pushed in tribal raiders in its bid to capture...
07:03 AM, Nov 09, 2011
Srinagar: At least 11 people were killed and 25 wounded in a road accident in Kargil district of cold desert Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir late Friday evening, police said. "Eleven passengers were killed and 25 others wounded, four of them critically when a bus coming to Kargil town from Zanskar went out of the driver's control and rolled down a deep gorge at Panzilla pass yesterday night," a...
09:50 AM, Nov 05, 2011
New Delhi: China could do a Kargil on India "to teach India a lesson", warned strategic affairs think-tank IDSA, adding it could be a "limited war". The limited hostilties could be confined to a specific section of the border, limited in duration and amenable to a negotiated termination, the Insitute for Defence Studies and Analyses(IDSA) said in its report. Projecting conflict scenarios between the two Asian giants, a report titled...
02:02 AM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam tabled in Parliament on Tuesday has blamed top defence officials including former Army chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij and other service officers of showing clear conflict of interest. But there is no clear indictment of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. Here's a copy of the full report: ...
04:43 PM, Aug 09, 2011
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