The government on Saturday night appointed Lt-General Bipin Rawat as the next Army chief, superseding two Lt-Generals senior to him. he present Army chief will retire on to replace General Dalbir Singh Suhag on December 31. But the government stuck to the seniority principle in appointment of the next IAF chief by announcing that Air Marshal Birendra Singh Dhanoa will […]
» Read moreThree soldiers were killed after an army convoy was attacked by terrorists in Pampore on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway today. Reports said at least two more soldiers were injured in the attack that took place around 20 km from Srinagar. The terrorists fired at the army convoy at Kadlabal in Pampore town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district around 3:30 […]
» Read moreHari Karne, from Hyderabad, faces a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a USD 250,000 fine. According to federal prosecutors, Karne’s conspirators recruited foreign workers with purported IT expertise who sought work in the US. The conspirators then sponsored the foreign workers’ H-1B visas with the stated purpose of working for SCM Data, a US based company, […]
» Read moreFor the first time, an Indian-American woman has been elected as the mayor of the key Californian city of Cupertino, globally known for tech giant Apple’s headquarters. Savita Vaidhyanathan, an MBA who worked as a high school math teacher and an officer in a commercial bank as well as in non-profit management, was sworn in last week in a ceremony […]
» Read moreDelhi court sent ex-IAF chief S.P. Tyagi, two others to judicial custody till December 30 in AgustaWestland chopper case today. His CBI remand extended for three days on December 15. The CBI alleged that Mr. Tyagi had allegedly entered into a conspiracy with the other accused in 2005 and agreed to change the 6,000 metre service ceiling of VVIP helicopters […]
» Read moreThe next PSLV-C37 that will put into orbit a record number of 83 satellites is being scheduled for launch on January 27, said PSLV project director B Jayakumar. Sharing the dais with Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre director K Sivan who came here to receive the 100th nozzle for a PSLV rocket from city based Resins and Allied Productions Mr Jayakumar […]
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