Key issues like unemployment and inflation find no place in media: Rahul GandhiAddressing gatherings as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which resumed from Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh after a one-day break, Gandhi ac...
04 Mar, 2024, 06.19 PM IST
Ordnance factory in MP's Jabalpur hands over 500-kg GP bomb to IAFAccording to the OFK website, this factory, set up in 1943, is one of the major ammunition production units. It has provided supplies durin...
03 Apr, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
Central Vigilance Commission readies panel of external monitors to keep an eye on tendersThe order notification is expected to be sent from the ministries soon, ET has learnt. On Tuesday, the defence ministry announced the names...
03 Jun, 2021, 06.44 AM IST
High electricity charges leading to closure of thermal power projects: BJP MP in Rajya SabhaRaising the issue during Zero hour, TG Venkatesh (BJP) said more than Rs 1 lakh crore has been invested in these projects.
18 Sep, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
View: Corporatisation of ordnance factories will unshackle defence manufacturing from its torporIn its present form, OFB has scant autonomy in administrative, financial or other decision-making matters. Once unshackled through corporat...
08 Aug, 2020, 12.06 AM IST
How AK-203, superior to INSAS, will end forces’ hunt for a reliable rifleThough the Indian military is considered among the top 5 in the world, it has been yearning for an all-weather assault rifle for quite some...
04 Mar, 2019, 04.54 PM IST
Congress wants to derail Rafale deal for its selfish interest: PM Narendra ModiCiting the SC & the Comptroller and Auditor General, Modi said both institutions had said the deal was clean and in the country’s interest.
04 Mar, 2019, 07.51 AM IST
Gauri Lankesh murder: Crime scene data suggest use of a multi-shot pistolKarnataka recorded six firearm cases in 2014 of which three were from unlicensed weapons.In 2015, there were seven cases with five of them ...
20 Sep, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
Raj Babbar injured in police action in UP: Cong in Rajya SabhaArun Jaitley said Babbar cannot be present at both the places - the dharna site and Parliament at the same time and he has to decide where ...
31 Jul, 2017, 01.02 PM IST
Three HMT firms may be a test case for shuttering more loss-making, non-strategic PSUsHMT Machine Tools, HMT International and HMT Holding Co will be merged into one entity. Similarly, many more shell PSUs may be shut down.
09 Aug, 2015, 07.09 AM IST
ITBP affected as ordnance factories delayed arms supplies: CAGThe CAG said advance funds of Rs 15.58 crore of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were blocked from period ranging one year to six years.
24 Jul, 2015, 05.57 PM IST
Gun shops diverting arms to gangsPolice teams are now watching licensed arms stores diverting supplies to the illegal market.
24 Mar, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
Murli Manohar Joshi meets Akhilesh; discusses plans to develop Kanpur as defence hubWhen asked whether UP government was copying schemes of Centre or was 'Clean City, Green City' was its own initiative, Joshi said "it was g...
14 Nov, 2014, 07.20 PM IST
Locked in electoral glare, UP's industrial hub, Kanpur, begs for an economic agendaThe irony in UP is inescapable. Locked in electoral glare, its industrial hub begs for an economic agenda to replace politicallymotivated p...
01 Apr, 2014, 02.07 PM IST
A K Antony cancels NoC for hotel, yatch facility in A&N IslandsDefence Ministry has scrapped a 'NoC' issued by the tri-services command to a foreign firm for building 3-star hotel and yatch facility at ...
25 Nov, 2013, 07.00 PM IST
Members of Parliament may also be involved in LTC fraudThe stink of forged airline tickets being used to defraud the government is spreading to Parliament.
26 Aug, 2013, 03.18 AM IST
- Parliamentry panel grills defence establishment on battle-readiness
The meeting of the standing committee on defence saw MPs cutting grilling the defence establishment on India's state of battle-readiness.
05 Apr, 2012, 07.49 AM IST