'The Indian Navy has sufficient combat power in areas of interest to India that can quickly scale up operations if the need arises.' 'This includes all the choke points leading into the Indian Ocean as also areas within.'
Senior Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Mohan Singh passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Sunday after a prolonged battle with cancer.
A look at the pictures from the special screening.
An official statement said that the successful execution of arrested landing will pave the way for this indigenous platform to undertake Aircraft Carrier landing demonstration onboard the Indian Naval Aircraft Carrier, Vikramaditya.
As often is the case on celluloid, romanticising death is as significant as making every moment count where a young life's passing makes the realisation all the more heartbreaking and momentous.
One hopes the big daddies of South Block and DRDO realise why radical reforms are so crucial.
Bollywood just needs a reason to party!
'When I agreed to visit Hrithikji at his residence, I was not sure of how I would be welcomed.' 'But the minute I walked into his beautiful home, I was made to feel comfortable.' 'He is humble, attentive and warm,' Anand Kumar tells Subhash K Jha.
Grandmaster RB Ramesh pipped top seed Surya Sekhar Ganguly to clinch his first Commonwealth Chess title.
'If you can live your life with honesty and bravery, then that makes you a superhero.'
India is too diverse to be governed centrally and with a single system. The way forward is for the central government to keep the monopoly of military power and a share of national resources while the provinces must have greater autonomy, recommends Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Kangana says she 'totally believed' the woman who accused the director of sexual harassment.
Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
The court also dismissed petitions of his wife Pratibha Singh, son Vikramaditya Singh and another person.
'I can't figure out my son,' the actor tells us.
While an elderly couple was charred to death, their daughter and grandson were trapped for nearly two hours on the ledge outside the balcony after a fire broke out at a 12th floor flat in Samtanagar area in Thane on Sunday morning.
Magical! When cricket meets cinema...
The seats had fallen vacant following deaths of Bahujan Samaj Party member B R Verma and Samajwadi Party member Vikramaditya Pandey recently.
Officials said the agency has issued fresh summons to Singh as it wants to record his statement under the PMLA.
There were 35 defects that still remained to be resolved. Of these, 29 could not have been resolved during the monsoon since they required testing in absolutely calm seas. Nor is the Khanderi being commissioned with a full complement of its primary weapon, the torpedo.
'The Chinese navy is large and expanding both in numbers and capability by the day.' 'India too must take measures to safeguard its own interests, now and in the future.'
Top-line MiG-29 aircraft will be inducted along with the carrier to augment the air arm of the Navy.
'At 1.58% of GDP, the defence budget is one of the lowest since the Chinese aggression of 1962.' 'The government of the day has lost sight of the fact that defence of the country is as important as its growth,' says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
The hits and misses of the week.
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The hits and misses of the week.
'I hate 'fakeism'.' 'People don't love who you are, they love what you have achieved.' ' Only your success counts.'
The agency had summoned Singh earlier also, but then he had excused himself stating his official commitments.
A look at the red carpet glamour.
'A belligerent Alok Nath refused to leave.. kept screaming shouting threatening abusing trying to grab me..'
The two Grandmasters lead the field with six points in the Commonwealth chess championship.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
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