National Technology Day: Everything you need to knowIndia conducted Pokhran-II tests, a series of five nuclear explosions, in May 1998 at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan. Na...
Pinaka Mark-II rocket successfully test-firedPinaka Mark-II rocket was successfully test-fired today from Army's Chandan firing range near Pokhran using a multi-barrel launcher.
18 years after nuclear tests, commemorative project a non-starter"It was to be developed as a place to commemorate the nuclear tests but the work is still pending,"Pokhran Municipality chairman Anandi Lal...
A Chuckling Buddha: India, not US, got the nuke question rightIndia chose the right time to become an overt nuclear weapons state, which happened after Pokhran-II in 1998. US-led nuclear nonproliferati...
- Doubts still haunt Pokhran-II claims
Santhanam, Iyengar again question Kakodkar on yield of nuclear tests.
- Can build nuke deterrence upto 200 kilotons: Kakodkar
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Thursday said scientists have achieved success in building deterrence capability of upto...
- Santhanam hits back at NSA; says MK barking up the wrong tree
Former DRDO scientist K Santhanam, who questioned the success of 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests, hit out at NSA, saying the official was "barki...
- 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...
- No more nuke tests needed, says Kakodkar
'India has strong simulation capability & additional tests are not required.'
- Kalam doesn't know a thing: Homi Sethna
Sethna said Kalam was no authority to criticise former DRDO scientist.
- Sethna slams Kalam, says Pokhran II done in haste
Homi Sethna, a former top atomic boss, on Tuesday waded into the 1998 Pokhran row when he backed ex-DRDO scientist K Santhanam's assessment...
Controversy over Pokhran-II needless: PMManmohan Singh said the controversy over 1998 Pokhran tests was "needless" and Kalam has clarified that the explosions were successful.
Pokhran II was successful: KalamAPJ Kalam and principal scientific advisor R Chidambaram dismissed all allegations about the quality of the tests and maintained that all p...
Pokhran II successful, insists KalamThe former president said the tests had generated the desired yield.
Pokhran II not fully successful: ScientistThe yield of the thermonuclear explosions was actually much below expectations and the tests were perhaps more a fizzle rather than a big b...
- PM denies he opposed 1998 nuclear tests
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday denied that he had opposed the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998.
- Pokhran tests strengthened India: Kalam
On the eve of tenth anniversary of Pokhran-II, former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday said that the decision to conduct nuclear ...