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GEO Pakistan F-22 Frigate arrives in Karachi Updated at: 1404 PST, Saturday, September 12, 2009 KARACHI: First F-22P Frigate PNS Zulfiqar arrived at Karachi, Geo News reported Saturday. Commander Pakistan fleet Rear Admiral Asif Sandela received PNS Zulfiqar, Pak Navy's newly...

MiG-21 fighter jet of the IAF crashed at this village in Muktsar district at 2 pm today. Pilot, Flight Lieutenant Manu Akhouri (22), hailing from Jharkhand, died on the spot.The fighter jet C-1641, took off on routine sortie from Air Force station, Bhisiana in Bathinda district in the afternoon...

Every 2nd Mumbaiite resides in slum: Report Mumbai One in two persons resides in a slum in India's financial capital, according to a report. "Worldwide, one in three persons lives in a slum. But the figures are much higher for Mumbai where 54.1 per cent of the population are slum dwellers as...

US nuclear gurus see signs of more Indian nuclear tests Chidanand Rajghatta, TNN 28 August 2009, 05:24am IST WASHINGTON: US nuclear pundits feel the Indian establishment -- political, scientific, or both in concert – may be lining up to conduct more nuclear tests to validate and improve...

Eight Sea Harrier planes grounded for four days August 26th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS - Panaji, Aug 26 (IANS) Eight Sea harrier fighter jets of the Indian navy have been grounded here following last Friday’s crash of a plane in the sea off Goa, which resulted in the death of the pilot, an...

British austerity: Army chief treated Kapoor to £5-meal Manu Pubby Posted: Tuesday , Aug 25, 2009 at 0430 hrs Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor was served cheap wine and food at an official reception hosted by his counterpart in London to cut government expenses, a scrutiny into...

India artillery upgrade stuck, Pak gets howitzers from US

( from asian defence blog ) India artillery upgrade stuck, Pak gets howitzers from US By Manu Pubby India’s artillery modernisation has been stuck due to scam scares ever since the Bofors scandal but Pakistan has gone ahead, equipping its army with the latest guns that now threaten to...

As it is, India solitary aircraft carrier, the 50-year-old INS Viraat, is being flogged to ensure it can operate for another five years. To make matters worse, Navy is fast running out of fighter jets to operate from its deck. This is just another example of how the utter lack of long-term...

Jaswant Singh expelled from BJP CommentLarger | Smaller Agencies Tags : BJP, L K Advani, RSS, Jaswant Singh, Vasundhara Raje, Rajnath Singh, Chintan Baithak Posted: Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 at 1247 hrs Shimla: Jaswant Singh, whose book eulogising Muhammad Ali Jinnah has come under...

Nightmare In Free India Chhattisgarh hounds rape victims who dare to raise their voice AJIT SAHI LAST MONTH, TEHELKA published a report on how India’s apex statutory human rights watchdog, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has virtually connived with the Chhattisgarh...

New Delhi: More than 50,000 poor minority students in Gujarat have been reportedly denied central scholarship. This report has once again put Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a spot. His is the only state government in the country which is not willing to bear 25 per cent share...

Washington: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has placed India on its "Watch List" for New Delhi's largely inadequate response in protecting its religious minorities. In a statement, USCIRF said India earned the Watch List designation due to the "disturbing...

NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Officials in New Delhi downplayed a commentary from a Beijing think tank that said China should push to break India into several independent nation states. Zhan Lue, an analyst with the China International Institute for Strategic Studies, suggested that Beijing...

Baitullah reportedly killed in drone attack - GEO.tv Baitullah reportedly killed in drone attack Updated at: 1250 PST, Friday, August 07, 2009 PESHAWAR: Ameer of banned organization, Tehreek Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in the US drone attack, according to...