BY : HINDU




An indigenous cryogenic stage developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was successfully tested on the ground on Saturday for a long duration of eight minutes at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) at Mahendragiri, near Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu.

The test took place around 6.30 p.m. ISRO officials called it a good test. All parameters of the stage including its engine performed normally, they said. A

BY : ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST

The Indian Army is conducting a recruiting rally at the Pangode Military Ground from August 6 to 8.

The three-day rally is being conducted by the Army Recruiting Office,

BY : PTI

India will send an astronaut into space on one of its own rockets by 2015 and embark on a manned mission to the moon by 2020, the country's space agency chief said on Friday.

Before sending an astronaut to the moon, the country will send the Chandrayaan-I satellite to the moon next year, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Madhavan Nair said.

BY : thestatesman


The Indian Air Force plans to upgrade its Barrackpore airbase and will seek clearance for the move from the Centre, Air Marshal PK Barbora, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command. “Upgrading of Barrackpore is being thought of. We are thinking of keeping some helicopters there for a time being,”

BY : TIMES NOW



There seems to be more trouble in the offing for the UPA, Just weeks after the left created a furore over the anchoring of the US warship Nimitiz on the outskirts of Chennai, the Nimitz is back - and now expected to return and be positioned at the Bay of Bengal for military excercises with the Indian navy in September. Along with the Nimitz, one of the world's biggest warships, two other american vessels, the USS

BY : NEWSBLAZE

Indian Police today arrested a lieutenant colonel of the Uganda Army when he was caught near an Indian army cantonment area in Jammu province of the strife torn state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The arrested Ugandan army officer has been identified as Rashid Hassan.

Said to be a Ugandan army lieutenant colonel, the arrested officer was staying in India for the past 18 months. He has visited Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Srinagar and

BY : HINDU

In order to reduce stress in the armed forces personnel, the Union Cabinet on Thursday liberalised the leave travel facility and increased the emoluments for those serving in extremely high-altitude areas.

However, the extension of similar perks to paramilitary forces and making service terms more attractive for the Army’s promotee officers (regiment commissioned officers) have been referred to a Group of Ministers (GoM).

BY : kommersant



Sukhoi Co. has refuted today the reports of some foreign media about its alleged negotiations to deliver Su-30 jets to Iran.
Top officials of Sukhoi Co. have blankly denied the report of Israel’s Jerusalem Post claiming that Sukhoi is currently in talks to deliver 250 Su-30 jets to Iran.

BY : TOI

China has demanded the removal of two bunkers set up by the Indian Army on the Sino-Indian border close to the tri-junction of Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet, an intelligence source said on Wednesday.

The demand comes close on the heels of the controversy over the continued presence of the Chinese army at Sumdorong Chu valley to the north of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

The source said the Chinese army has said consequences would be adverse if the bunkers aren't removed. An Army source in Kolkata said the Chinese position did

BY : IANS




Russia will get an opportunity to showcase its frontline MiG-35 fighter, a contender for an Indian Air Force (IAF) order for 126 combat jets, at the MAKS-2007 aerospace show in the suburban town of Zhukovsky Aug 21-26.

Global aerospace giants including EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company), Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Finmeccanica, United Technologies, Safran and Rolls Royce will be attending the biennial show that was first held in 1992 and is considered in the same league as the Paris, Farnborough and Singapore air shows, the RIA-Novosti news agency said.