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Indian Navy to produce FAC series

The Indian Navy will lay emphasis on the production of a series of fast attack craftsand ASW Corvettes as part of its plans to build a balanced fleet.According to Vice Chief of Naval Staff Yaswant......

Salute The 1st Lady To Command An Indian Warship

Lieutenant Commander Prerana Pravin Deosthalee will lead an all-male crew.She is currently the first lieutenant on board the INS Chennai, the missile destroyer that rescued a foreign merchant ship......

Low pressure in propellant tank led to GSLV failure last year: ISRO

Low pressure build-up in the liquid hydrogen tank that fed the cryogenic engine due to a faulty valve has been identified as the reason for the failure to put India's first Geo Imaging Satellite-1......

Has the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan gone out of control?

The Pakistani Army's game plan of promoting Islamic militant groups to counter perceived threats has unleashed a Frankenstein that will be extremely difficult to be tamed. The recent attack......

Mamata to lead protest against FDI in Delhi on Oct 1

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that she would lead a party demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on October 1 to urge the Centre to withdraw "anti-people" decisions......

RIL's growth plans, Jio listing can lead to rerating of stock

Reliance Industries (RIL) annual general meeting (AGM) had several stunning announcements. RIL looks to list Jio Platforms (JPL) by June 2026. It targets doubling of FY22 earnings before interest,......

Ramesh Awaits FAC report on Posco

Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh would decide the fate of the Rs 54,000-crore (Rs 540-billion) Posco steel project in Orissa after the Forest Advisory Committee......

Faceless Assessment Scheme To CHANGE?

The finance ministry has initiated an internal survey of the faceless regime to examine its effectiveness.Shrimi Choudhary reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The department......

Rail fares may be hiked soon

A proposal to increase rail fare is under examination and a decision will be taken shortly, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday. "Fuel adjustment component (FAC) was announced in......

This Christmas, it's a double bonanza for railways

Diesel cost is down 16% but Indian Railways is not revising the fuel adjustment component due in December. Ii will gain Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) in FY15 The government and the oil marketing......

'Peddlers is about alienation and loneliness'

The story of Vasan Bala, a 34-year-old former bank officer with hardly any savings of his own, and who raised a few thousand rupees to fund his first feature film Peddlers through Facebook is......

Subramaniapuram's director is now a hero!

After the stupendous success of his Tamil film Subramaniapuram,actor/producer/director Sasi Kumar is playing the lead in Nadodikal, afilm that tells the story offour youngsters and an......

Mel Gibson: All men are 'dogs'

Hollywood actor Mel Gibson says all men are "dogs". The 54-year-old Braveheart star is stepping into the shoes of a father who seeks revenge for his daughter's murder in his upcoming flick Edge......

Gunjan Saxena: IAF's negative portrayal is overstated

'I did not find anything atrociously out of place about the depiction of the IAF's image,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd). IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi with Janhvi Kapoor in Gunjan Saxena: The......

India faces Olympic ban with Bhanot set for IOA role

Tainted former Commonwealth Games official Lalit Bhanot was left as the only candidate in a controversial election for the post of secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) which is......

Mishra scores unbeaten 86 as Haryana reach 293/7

Skipper Amit Mishra struck an unbeaten 86 and added 125 runs for the unbeaten seventh wicket stand with Jayant Yadav as Haryana ended the first day's play of the Ranji Trophy Group B league......

Our batsmen will be able to pull off a draw: Ojha

Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha says there's not much help from the 22-yard strip at the Eden Gardens and India's batsmen will be able to eke out a draw under the circumstances. -......

We will get down to team building: Gaekwa

Relieved that the Kochi team has got the Board of Control for Cricket in India's nod to play in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, Satyajit Singh Gaekwad on Sunday said the franchisee......

Bhupathi-Mirnyi enter semis at Valencia

Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi advanced to the semi-finals while Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi sealed a quarter-final berth in the Valencia Open. Third seeds Bhupathi and Mirnyi beat Czech......

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