India
Latecomer VIPs delay flight
NEW DELHI (TIP): Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Nirmal Singh were caught in a controversy on July 2 following reports that an Air India flight […]
Indian Air Force
India
IAF JET LANDS SUCCESSFULLY ON YAMUNA EXPRESSWAY
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian Air Force has carried out a successful trial of landing a combat jet on a road runway. The IAF’s Mirage 2000 successfully landed on Yamuna expressway near Mathura on May […]
Europe
Beijing pulls up PLA over India’s swift rescue operations
BEIJING (TIP): The Indian military’s swift evacuation of thousands of Indians from earthquake-hit Nepal has put China’s PLA on the defensive with questions raised as to why its efforts to rescue stranded Chinese nationals did […]
Europe
Nepal a rubble house as the Worst earthquake in 80 years kills more than 5800
KATHMANDU (TIP): The April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks have turned one of the world’s most scenic regions in the world into a desolation and devastation. [quote_box_right] More than 5,800 are confirmed dead as per […]
India
ED SET TO ATTACH PROPERTIES WORTH RS 3 CRORE OF EX-IAF CHIEF’S COUSINS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Enforcement Directorate, in its money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland scam, has identified properties of about Rs 3 crore belonging to cousins of former Indian Air Force chief […]
India
IAF upgrades to computerized pilot selection system
MYSURU: To select the best pilots to fly the advanced aircraft being inducted into the armed forces, the Indian Air Force (IAF) inaugurated the Computerized Pilot Selection System (CPSS) at the No. 2 Air Force […]
Business & Economics
Reliving the Memories of 1984
Thirty years after the anti-Sikh riots that raged in Delhi, there are no easy answers to these questions: What should the Sikhs do? Should they forget the past? Should they live in the past? Or […]
India
India grounds entire Sukhoi-30 fleet
NEW DELHI (TIP): After the recent crash near Pune, India has grounded its entire fleet of Sukhoi-30 and each aircraft is undergoing a thorough technical check. Indian Air Force’s Wing Commander Simranpal Singh Birdi said: […]
Featured
To each superpower, its own near-abroad
The downing of MH17 puts the spotlight back on the Ukrainian crisis. It’s a warning to the West to eschew attempts to ‘contain’ Moscow and stop the provocative expansion of NATO across Russia’s borders. In […]
Other News
CWG 2014: Lifters Sanjita, Sukhen bag gold medals for India on Day 1
GLASGOW (TIP): India ran away with opening day honours in the weightlifting competition of the 20th Commonwealth Games with Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu winning the gold medal in their respective events. The Indian […]
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Thousands gather outside Latur airport for glimpse of Gopinath Munde
LATUR, MAHARASHTRA (TIP): The body of Union minister Gopinath Munde was flown here from Mumbai en route to his native place in Beed district of Marathwada for cremation later on June 4. The body was […]
Business & Economics
Challenges in Indo-Pacific Region
INDIA MUST PLAY A PROACTIVE ROLE FOR LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY It would be in India’s interest to readily join cooperative efforts aimed at maintaining stability. India has acquired robust military intervention capabilities and is […]
India
ENHANCING CAPABILITIES
DEFENSE With personnel strength of 1.1 million soldiers (6 regional commands, a training command, 13 corps, and 38 divisions), the Indian Army has kept the nation together through various crises, including four wars since Independence, […]
India
INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY: ITS HISTORY AND ORIGIN
Indian Republic Day is an event that commemorates the date, 26 January 1950, on which the “Constitution of India” came into existence by replacing Government of India Act, 1935. This day is very significant in […]
India
TEJAS LCA WILL BE BATTLE-READY BY 2014: BROWNE
SHILLONG (TIP): Tejas, India’s first indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), would be fully battle-ready by 2014, Indian Air Force chief N.A.K. Browne said in the Meghalaya capital. “Tejas, a fourth-generation fighter aircraft, […]
India
FIGHTER PILOT RAHA TO BE NEXT IAF CHIEF
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ace fighter pilot Air Marshal Arup Raha has been appointed the next Chief of the Indian Air Force. He will succeed Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, also a fighter pilot, on December […]
India
India to finalise Rafale deal by March 2014
NEW DELHI (TIP): India will finalise a $15 billion deal to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation by March 2014, an Indian air force official said onb October 17 , after the […]
United States
‘India, US destined to be partners on world stage’, says US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter
WASHINGTON (TIP): India and the US are destined to be partners on the world stage because of shared values and outlooks, a top US official told Indian officials ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit […]
India
C-17 HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORT PLANE INDUCTED INTO INDIAN AIR FORCE
HINDON (TIP): Giving a major thrust to IAF’s capability to swiftly move troops and tanks to battle fronts, Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday, September 2 formally inducted its biggest 70-ton C-17 heavylift transport […]
India
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Famous Indian nuclear physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born on 30 October 1909 in Mumbai. Bhabha played a key role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program. Widely referred to as the father […]
India
Rescue operation over in Badrinath
Dehradun (TIP): The mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand concluded on July 3 with a group of 155 persons being evacuated from Badrinath. In all, around […]
India
Rescue operation over in Badrinath
Dehradun (TIP): The mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand concluded on July 3 with a group of 155 persons being evacuated from Badrinath. In all, around […]
Featured
Indian American Appeals For Help To Uttarakhand
JERSEY CITY, NJ (TIP): A local businessman and community leader Atma Singh who is also the President of Indian Congress Party, USA, has appealed to Indian American organizations and individuals to generously donate for relief […]
Featured
Uttarakhand Floods: Rescue Op In Last Leg; 2000 Still Stuck
DEHRADUN (TIP): Rescue operations in Uttarakhand have reached final stages and the government hopes to complete all evacuations by June 30. But the challenge remains. There are still 2000 people who are stranded in the […]
India
India sets ball rolling for Rs 13,000 cr Air Force deal
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has set the ball rolling for another mega defence deal by floating the global tender for over Rs 13,000-crore acquisition of 56 transport aircraft to replace the ageing Avro fleet of […]