Trials commence for made-in-India artillery gunsThe project had received a setback in September last year after a barrel burst during tests at Pokharan, resulting in injuries to the perso...
17 Jun, 2021, 12.29 AM IST
First rockets produced by private sector successfully test firedThe Pinaka rockets were tested at a firing range in Pokharan on Wednesday and achieved the desired results by accurately hitting targets. T...
20 Aug, 2020, 07.44 AM IST
M777 howitzer guns reach Pokhran for testingThe testing will be carried out and different kinds of ammunition will be fired, following which due analysis will be conducted, defence so...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.30 PM IST
Naresh Chandra: The bureaucrat who spoke the right words, and nothing moreNaresh Chandra had to take the flak from President Clinton, Madeline Albright and pretty much anyone who mattered in the State Department a...
11 Jul, 2017, 12.32 AM IST
Exploring new deposits of natural resources a challenge: Ram NaikUP Governor Ram Naik today said that working towards exploring new deposits of natural resources in the country was a challenge before scie...
14 Nov, 2014, 10.53 PM IST
Indian Bofors gun's barrel bursts during trialsA barrel of the indigenous- version of the Bofors howitzers burst during their trials in the Pokharan range, delaying plans to induct these...
15 Oct, 2013, 09.39 PM IST
Indira Gandhi had offered to share N-tech with Pakistan in 1974: WikiLeaksThe Indian offer came as Bhutto termed as insufficient Gandhi's assurance that tests were not meant to harm Pakistan.
10 Apr, 2013, 04.58 AM IST
- 'Legacy & sanctions made Rao decide against nuke tests'
American cables released yesterday by the National Security Archive, which it obtained from the federal government.
23 Feb, 2013, 07.31 AM IST
Missiles, rockets & bombs used to cover up nuclear tests preparations: Abdul KalamThese well-planned measures were taken to "divert the attention of snoopers" two days before the nuclear tests in Pokhran in the summer of ...
24 Jan, 2013, 10.47 PM IST
India's first National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra passes awayMishra was instrumental in Vajpayee's foreign policy moves like Lahore bus yatra & re-engagement with US after India's n-tests.
29 Sep, 2012, 05.47 AM IST
Aircraft version of Brahmos by December: PillaiThe Aircraft version of the fastest supersonic cruise missile in the world, the Brahmos, would be launched by December this year, a top off...
10 Mar, 2012, 09.46 PM IST
- BrahMos cruise missile test fired successfully
The Army today successfully test fired the 290-Km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at the Pokharan range here.
04 Mar, 2012, 04.19 PM IST
Nixon's tilt towards Pak, China led India to 1st nuclear testUS tilt towards Pakistan and its overtures to China in the early 70s apparently led India to go ahead with the decision to conduct its firs...
06 Dec, 2011, 02.29 PM IST
- India to figure among top three economies by 2030: Anand Sharma
The Congress party's consistent foreign policy has made India expand and diversify its commerce base and, as a result, it is poised to figu...
10 May, 2010, 04.13 PM IST
- Pokhran II was successful, says Rudy
BJP dismissed outright the controversy over the success of Pokhrani-II nuclear test and claimed that the test carried out during Atal Bihar...
19 Sep, 2009, 10.22 PM IST
- Naval Chief dismisses top scientist's views on Pokhran-II
Mehta added that as a nation following the 'no first strike' policy, he said that "we are nation that maintains a credible deterrence and t...
27 Aug, 2009, 04.41 PM IST
- India retains right to conduct N-tests: PM
Manmohan Singh said India had not signed away its right to conduct nuclear tests even as he made light of a US declaration that it might st...
29 Jul, 2007, 01.11 AM IST