The Indian Army on Wednesday signed the agreement with UK-based Thales group for the procurement of the Light Weight Modular Missile (LMM) system to significantly boost its air defence architecture and strengthen its air capabilities.Thales will manufacture the missiles and launchers at Belfast, Northern Ireland, before delivering them to the Indian Army.The contract follows days…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways will next focus on building ‘dedicated passenger corridors’ to cater to the growing passenger demand while increasing the capacity of existing tracks and developing Vande Bharat 4.0 trains, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.He said the dedicated passenger corridors will be designed for a speed of 350 kmph and…
NEW DELHI: With just two days left for filing nominations for the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections, political activity has picked up pace across the state. The Congress on Wednesday released its first list of over 10 candidates even as talks over a seat-sharing deal with the Mahagathbandhan partners remain unresolved.The announcement was…
The United States has detained a well-known Indian-origin scholar, Ashley Tellis, on charges of unlawfully retaining national defence information. According to the affidavit filed by US authorities, more than 1,000 pages of classified documents were found at Tellis’s home in Virginia after investigations.A federal court in Virginia ordered the arrest of Tellis, who has worked…
PM Modi and Samrat Chaudhary (file) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, thereby naming nominees for all 101 seats it is contesting under the NDA seat-sharing arrangement.With this list, the BJP has completed its share of candidate…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) HR head Sudeep Kunnumal recently addressed concerns over potential layoffs at the IT giant. Speaking during the company’s Q2 earnings call earlier this month, Kunnumal said that TCS is not “chasing a target” when it comes to job cuts. Instead, the IT firm said it will evaluate “everyone”. During the earnings…
KOLKATA: The police are planning to conduct a Test Identification (TI) parade so that the Durgapur gang rape victim can identify and confirm whether the arrested individuals were indeed the perpetrators of the crime that took place on the night of October 10, an official said on Wednesday.The police will move the court seeking permission…
Kirti Vardhan Singh at the ministerial (@KVSinghMPGonda) Welcoming the agreement on the first phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, the Indian government urged all parties to honour their respective commitments, saying this could set the stage for subsequent follow up steps“We hope that the first phase will serve as the initial step towards…
Police said the accused, Dr Mahendra Reddy, who works at Victoria Hospital, confessed to killing his wife, Dr Kritika Reddy, a dermatologist at the same hospital, six months ago. BENGALURU: A city-based surgeon has been charged with murdering his newlywed wife, a dermatologist, by allegedly administering repeated overdoses of anaesthesia under the pretext of treatment….
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Navy carried out a joint aerial exercise over the Indian Ocean Region on Tuesday, aimed at enhancing interoperability and strengthening strategic cooperation between the two forces.The IAF in a statement said: “On 14 Oct 25, IAF Sukhoi-30 MKIs, Jaguars, AWACS & AEW&C aircraft joined Royal…
