Four Indian Navy warships equipped with modern weaponry are on a goodwill visit to the northern coastal city of Haifa in Israel to "strengthen service-to-service linkages", as the two countries celebrate 20 years of diplomatic ties this year.
A Nigerian court has sentenced three Indians of a Lagos-based company to one-month imprisonment each for disobeying its orders.
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While 14 fishermen were rescued on Saturday, two Naval divers were deployed to locate the others.
Day Three of Lakme opened with an accessories showing.
India's long-criticised Akash anti-aircraft missile is now blazing towards success. After years of rejection from the military, the Akash is being accepted as a world-class missile.
Sources said that even though India and China have been talking at the diplomatic and the military level for over six weeks now, there has been no thinning down in troop numbers or equipment by the Chinese side on this front.
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'The current BJP leadership believes the party's expansion across India, and thus their own survival at the top, depends on injecting communal tension into areas where it has so far been largely controlled,' argues Mihir S Sharma.
The defence ministry, which had taken up the stand that work on Trishul was still going on, was preparing for floating the RFP and procuring the anti-missile system as quickly as possible.
These men are on their way up to collect what they call keeda jadi, which is basically a kind of caterpillar mummified by a fungal infection found at altitudes between 3,000 and 5,000 metres, which goes by the scientific name of cordyceps sinensis, a prized ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, and most reports say it sells at prices more expensive than gold.
'There is nothing like the President does not desire a second term and wants to return to academia. That is not the point. The point is what the nation desires,' says Professor Arun Tiwari, the President's friend and biographer.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of Israeli Barak missile systems has also pointed a finger at a former navy vice chief,
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'Among the many composing geniuses, who created beautiful tunes for me to sing, Khayyamsaab was the last to remain alive.'
A model of Rafale jet will be showcased as part of the IAF's tableau. Models of LCA Tejas, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), surface-to-air guided weapon Aakash missile and Astra missiles will also be part of the tableau.
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'The Indian government wakes up after the fact when it can do nothing, or rather lacks the will to prosecute military actions to reverse these adverse PLA-driven developments.'
This is the first time that 'Exercise IBSAMAR' is being conducted in Indian waters and it will conclude on February 29. All previous editions were held off South Africa, Navy said in a release.
The Sarva Brahmin Mahasabha wants to present pick-axes to its volunteers to impart a touch of aggressiveness to its agitation for reservations for the community of priests.
At the same time the Congress government in Rajasthan is contemplating a ban on the distribution of the tridents by Sangh Parivar activists.
The newly inducted minister of state for home, however, hoped his joining the government will give a boost to Hindutva.
Togadia was arrested on April 13 for delivering an inflammatory speech during a trishul distribution ceremony at a dharam sabha.
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