Agni-V, Risat launches UPA achievements: PM (Lead)
May 22nd, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday lauded the test of Agni-V missile that can hit targets as far as China's Beijing and the launch of ... Read more...
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India penalises Israeli defence firm for contract breach
April 16th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of ... Read more...
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Six defence firms banned from Indian ordnance factory deals (Third Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Six defence firms, including four from abroad, were Monday banned from doing business with ordnance factories in India for the next 10 years for their ... Read more...
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Three Indian entities among world’s top 100 arms manufacturers
February 27th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Two Indian companies - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bharat Electronics (BEL) - and one entity - the Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) - figure in ... Read more...
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No shortage of artillery guns: Antony
November 28th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday informed the Lok Sabha that the Indian Army has adequate arms and equipment, including artillery gun systems and that the ... Read more...
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Innovation in defence sector below par: Antony
November 14th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Calling upon India's defence public sector undertakings and ordnance factories to invest in research and development, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday expressed displeasure over their ... Read more...
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Indian ordnance board in pact with foreign vendors
August 10th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Ordnance Factory Board has been allowed to enter into agreements with foreign vendors for transfer of technology on case to case basis, Defence Minister ... Read more...
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Illegal weapons’ sale: 27 army officers in the dock
July 7th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Twenty-seven Indian Army officers are in the dock with disciplinary proceedings ordered against them after a probe indicted them for illegally selling non-service weapons.The disciplinary ... Read more...
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Army men to get high quality combat boots, sports shoes
April 12th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The army's 1.13 million troops will soon get pairs of high quality and new design combat boots and comfortable sports shoes for physical training, replacing ... Read more...
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Nobody can manipulate defence deals: Antony (Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Tuesday the army was probing at the "highest level" the reported leak of a secret report on the field trials of ultralight ... Read more...
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Army probing howitzer report leak at highest level: Antony
February 15th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Indian Army has ordered an inquiry at the "highest level" into the leak of a secret report on the field trials of ultralight artillery guns to ... Read more...
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Army probing leak of howitzer trial report
February 14th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Indian Army Monday said it is probing the reported leak of the classified field trial report of ultra-light artillery guns that it is procuring from the ... Read more...
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New defence policy to focus on domestic industry, self-reliance
January 13th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) India Thursday unveiled its first-ever Defence Production Policy aiming to give an edge to domestic industry in manufacturing of weapons for its armed forces and cut down ... Read more...
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New defence production policy to promote domestic industry
January 11th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
By N.C. Bipindra
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) India will this week come out with its first Defence Production Policy (DPP) that aims to arrest the trend of imports in arms purchases and ... Read more...
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Govt. committed to provide all assistance for modernisation of Defence PSUs: Antony
November 10th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 10 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said the Government is committed to provide all assistance including necessary funds for the modernisation of defence public sector undertakings."On ... Read more...
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No one should die due to VVIP security, says family
July 9th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) A grieving Kanpur family whose only son died because he could not be taken to hospital quickly due to restrictions for the prime minister's visit Friday made ... Read more...
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Blacklist four foreign defence firms: CBI
July 7th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recommended blacklisting two Indian and four foreign defence firms for their alleged involvement in a multi-crore rupee Ordnance Factory Board ... Read more...
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Top ordnance official booked by CBI
July 1st, 2010 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday filed a chargesheet against 12 people, including a former director general of ordnance factories, for alleged criminal conspiracy and corruption.
The ... Read more...
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Raising FDI cap in defence manufacturing to 74 percent will save forex (Second Lead)
May 17th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) In what reads more like an indictment of the Indian defence establishment, a government working paper Monday suggested the foreign investment cap in the military manufacturing sector ... Read more...
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Barrel burst kills four army soldiers in Rajasthan
March 15th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Four Indian Army soldiers were killed and three injured during night firing practice of mortars at the Pokhran range in Rajasthan, an officer said Monday.
"The accident took ... Read more...
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India raises defence allocation to Rs.147,344 crore (Lead)
February 26th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) India's defence expenditure has been raised to Rs.147,344 crore for 2010-11, up 8.13 percent from the revised estimates of the previous fiscal, in the budget presented ... Read more...
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Satyam fraud, Shopian ‘murders’ among CBI’s prominent cases in 2009
December 29th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Satyam fraud case, the Shopian double "rape and murder", the sister Abhaya murder case, corruption cases against the director general of ordnance factories and a deputy ... Read more...
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DRDO fully focussed on enhancing self-reliance in military hardware: Antony
December 16th, 2009 - 7:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony assured the Parliament on Wednesday that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is fully focussed towards enhancing self-reliance in military hardware.Antony, ... Read more...
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Govt. proposes to procure weapons for States
December 8th, 2009 - 11:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.8 (ANI): The Government has proposed to procure weapons on behalf of States in an endeavour to quicken procurement process.Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Mullappallay ... Read more...
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Antony calls for more thrust on research and development
November 6th, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 6(ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Friday underlined the need for greater investment and innovation in the field of research and development (R and D) in Defence.Addressing a function ... Read more...
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Pakistan rejects reports about obtaining French submarines
August 30th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.30 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected reports about purchase of submarines from France.Briefing Senate's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production, Defence Production Secretary, Israr Ghumman said an evaluation committee formed by ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan self-sufficient in arms, ammo production’
May 4th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) Pakistan's ordnance factories are executing orders worth Rs.6.4 billion ($80 million) and the country has achieved self-sufficiency in the production of arms and ammunition, a top official ... Read more...
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Indo-Polish defence talks held
November 4th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): Defence Minister A. K. Antony and his Polish counterpart Bogdan Klich held defence-level talks here today.
Earlier Klich laid wreath at Gandhiji''s Samadhi at Rajghat. Later ... Read more...
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Polish defence minister calls on Antony
November 4th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich called on his Indian counterpart A.K. Antony here Tuesday to discuss strengthening of bilateral relations.“Klich discussed issues of mutual cooperation in various ... Read more...
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Polish Defence Minister to visit India on Nov.4
November 3rd, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich arrives here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to India to explore possibilities of tie-ups with Public Sector Undertakings for joint ... Read more...
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Indian Army officer being quizzed in Malegaon blast case
October 30th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 30 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police has begun interrogating a serving Indian Army officer posted here in connection with the Sep 29 Malegaon bomb ... Read more...
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International workshop on Advances in processing of Solid Propellant Rocket Motors to begin today
October 22nd, 2008 - 8:25 am ICT by ANI
Pune, Oct 22 (ANI): An International workshop on Advances in processing of Solid Propellant Rocket motors (IWAPS 2008) will be held at the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) here today. ... Read more...
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TTP claim responsibility for ammunition factory attack, warn of more attacks
August 22nd, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
Wah (Pak), Aug 22 (ANI): The Pakistans unit of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly claimed the responsibility for yesterdays blast in Wah locality in Pakistan tribal areas, and ... Read more...
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UN chief condemns deadly twin attacks in Pakistan
August 22nd, 2008 - 2:07 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 22 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday condemned the double suicide bombings in northern Pakistan, which killed at least 70 people and injured more than 100.Ban reiterated in ... Read more...
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Wah bombings stun women squash players
August 21st, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Aug 21 (IANS) Pakistani squash officials were Thursday making desperate attempts to save an international women's tournament from falling victim to a couple of bombings in Wah that killed more than ... Read more...
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