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N-deal critics ask NSG to reject US proposal 14 Aug 2008, 1056 hrs IST,IANS WASHINGTON: The Washington based Arms Control Association (ACA) has asked nuclear exporting countries to flatly reject "as unsound and irresponsible" a US proposal to exempt India from the group's guidelines without any additional conditions. "One of the most notable and troublesome features" of ...

IAF MIg-29 crashes pilot safe, 5th advance jet crash Jamnagar, Sep 1 (PTI) A MiG-29 jet fighter of the Indian Air Force crashed in the Arabian Sea off Jamnagar coast during a training mission around noon today but the pilot ejected safely. Flight Lieutenant Dheer, was rescued after he bailed out of the aircraft which crashed at 1153 hours, an IAF spokesman said in New Delhi. The IAF's ...

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Nepal PM Prachanda choses China over India The Times of India - August 24, 2008 NEW DELHI: Nepal's new Maoist PM, Prachanda, has made his choice clear. Within a week of taking office, he is breaking bread with the Chinese leadership at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing, preferring it over meeting the Indian leadership in New Delhi. The political overflight of New ...

ISRO's licensing role comes under US scrutiny New Delhi (PTI): The role of India Space Research Organisation in influencing the licensing policy for hiring foreign satellites by telecom and broadcasting firms, has come the scanner of the US Department of Commerce. An annual review, completed under an American law identifying barriers facing the US telecom and equipment suppliers, has found...

Pay panel report: Armed Forces feel cheated 2 Sep 2008, 0903 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit ,TNN NEW DELHI: Unbridled anger is brewing among the officers of the armed forces against the Centre for notifying the Sixth Pay Commission without taking into account their demands for restoring parity with their civilian and paramilitary counterparts. With the officers raising their voice ...

India, Bangladesh to Share `Real Time' Information on Militants By Jay Shankar Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- India and Bangladesh agreed to share ``real time'' information on militants and insurgent groups and to ensure the quick handover of criminals found sheltering in each other's territory. India sought Bangladesh's cooperation to trace members of insurgent groups allegedly based...

Threat of ISI greater after exit of Musharraf: India New Delhi (PTI): The threat of ISI has become greater after exit of Pervez Musharraf, India has said and wondered whether the present dispensation in Islamabad would be able to rein in the notorious intelligence agency which has become "hyper-active" in the recent months. National Security Adviser M K Narayanan said Indo-Pak ...

India to carry out test flight of LCH soon 31 Aug, 2008, 0954 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: India's first indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopter will be test flown later this year, in a major step aimed at giving a boost to the country's fighting capabilities in the Himalayas. State-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has completed development of the Light Combat ...

By Sohail Tajul Islam, Over the last few months I have been observing the increasingly monotonous promotion of the book 'The India Doctrine' by the infamous Barrister MBI Munshi. His supporters and the books promoters are easily identified and include Isha Khan, Zoglul Hossain Zainal Abedin and Moin Ansari (a Pakistani national residing in New York). These are all well-known and renowned ...

N-deal critics ask NSG to reject US proposal 14 Aug 2008, 1056 hrs IST,IANS WASHINGTON: The Washington based Arms Control Association (ACA) has asked nuclear exporting countries to flatly reject "as unsound and irresponsible" a US proposal to exempt India from the group's guidelines without any additional conditions. "One of the most notable and troublesome features" of ...

Threat of ISI greater after exit of Musharraf: India New Delhi (PTI): The threat of ISI has become greater after exit of Pervez Musharraf, India has said and wondered whether the present dispensation in Islamabad would be able to rein in the notorious intelligence agency which has become "hyper-active" in the recent months. National Security Adviser M K Narayanan said Indo-Pak ...

By CLAUDE SALHANI (Editor, Middle East Times) The tenure of India's chief spy has been anything but what the conduct of a director of the country's counter-intelligence agency should be -- discreet. Indeed, Ashok Chaturvedi, who heads the Research and Analysis Wing, or as it is commonly called, RAW, has been under the spotlight for some time due to what insiders refer to as his ...

With India's aspiration to operate a nuclear submarine likely to be fulfilled next year with Russian-made Akula set to join the fleet, the Indian Navy is pitching for a submarine-launched nuclear missile to boost the nation's deterrence capabilities. "With nuclear proliferation posing a greater threat along with Weapons of Mass Destruction, our unilateral policy of no-first-use necessitates...

Nepal PM Prachanda choses China over India The Times of India - August 24, 2008 NEW DELHI: Nepal's new Maoist PM, Prachanda, has made his choice clear. Within a week of taking office, he is breaking bread with the Chinese leadership at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing, preferring it over meeting the Indian leadership in New Delhi. The political overflight of New ...

ISRO's licensing role comes under US scrutiny New Delhi (PTI): The role of India Space Research Organisation in influencing the licensing policy for hiring foreign satellites by telecom and broadcasting firms, has come the scanner of the US Department of Commerce. An annual review, completed under an American law identifying barriers facing the US telecom and equipment suppliers, has found...

N-deal prize for US firms? Over $100 billion Quote: For the past three years, eager executives from US-based producers of nuclear power plants have been making a beeline for New Delhi, meeting with Indian government officials and coming back to America to lobby for the passage of a controversial nuclear deal between the US and India. The agreement, ...

By Sohail Tajul Islam, Over the last few months I have been observing the increasingly monotonous promotion of the book 'The India Doctrine' by the infamous Barrister MBI Munshi. His supporters and the books promoters are easily identified and include Isha Khan, Zoglul Hossain Zainal Abedin and Moin Ansari (a Pakistani national residing in New York). These are all well-known and renowned ...

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Pay panel report: Armed Forces feel cheated 2 Sep 2008, 0903 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit ,TNN NEW DELHI: Unbridled anger is brewing among the officers of the armed forces against the Centre for notifying the Sixth Pay Commission without taking into account their demands for restoring parity with their civilian and paramilitary counterparts. With the officers raising their voice ...