HAL to make multirole aircraft with Russian firm (Lead)
May 29th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 29 (IANS) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will manufacture a Multi-role Transport Aircraft (MTA) with a Russian partner primarily for the Indian and Russian air forces, the state-run defence ... Read more...
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CIA meets rebels, inserts operatives to facilitate air strikes in Libya
March 31st, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 31 (ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military air strikes and to contact and vet the beleaguered rebels battling Colonel Muammar ... Read more...
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S. Korea hold new massive army, air force drills in show of force against N. Korea
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (S. Korea), Dec. 23 (ANI): In a show of force aimed at countering potential and possible threats from North Korea, the South Korean army and air force held its largest ... Read more...
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Indo-Russian transport aircraft to fly by 2017
September 12th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Gulshan Luthra
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Indo-Russian Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA), designed to replace India's AN 32 aircraft, should be flying in about seven years, a Russian official has said. ... Read more...
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Death toll reaches 50 in Bangladesh troop mutiny (lead)
February 26th, 2009 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 26 (DPA) Bangladeshi paramilitary border troops began surrendering their weapons early Thursday, ending a 19-hour standoff that left at least 50 people dead at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters, a government ... Read more...
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Pakistan mounts fresh offensive against militants (Lead)
December 30th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 30 (DPA) Overland haulage of supplies for US and Nato troops in Afghanistan through Pakistan's famous Khyber Pass was suspended Tuesday when security forces sealed off the region before ... Read more...
Posted in National |
A Hindu temple in Cambodia steeped in history
June 18th, 2008 - 9:22 am ICT by IANS
By Peter Janssen
Preah Vihear (Cambodia), June 18 (DPA) Preah Vihear, a millennium-old temple dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva - the divine destroyer - has been a magnet for conflicts in its ... Read more...
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