Why the outcry against Shekhar Gupta’s column?
I’m sure by now most folks have read Saturday’s column by Shekhar Gupta in The Indian Express. If you haven’t, click here to read it […]
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Controversy
From Russia with …
Ok, so the Russkies are here. Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov arrived yesterday for the eighth India-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Military-Technical Cooperation that will happen
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Armed forces to get ad-hoc arrears asap
Keeping in view that the re-fixation of pay and allowances and consequent calculation of arrears may take some time, the government has decided to make
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Govt buys time, sets up panel to address pay commission irregularities
As a retired expert said on Headlines Today a short while ago, the government’s decision to set up a three-member panel to resolve “all outstanding
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Finally, Permanent Commission for women officers in select cadres
This statement from the government came in today: In a pathbreaking development, the Government has decided to grant Permanent Commission, prospectively to Short Service Commission
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Forces defiant – Meet demands, or no 6PC
Fantastic! The armed forces have decided not to implement the new pay scales (6th Pay Commission) until their demands are met. Here’s Navy chief Admiral
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Photos: Russkies tinker with Gorshkov
It’s been reported that the Russkies want the Indian government to put $200 million in cold cash down immediately for the Gorshkov refit to continue.
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Prasun K Sengupta: Asian navies interested in DSRVs
PSK: Following the examples set by the navies of Australia, Japan, Singapore and South Korea, China’s PLA Navy has acquired its first deep submergence rescue
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Navy chief meets Chidambaram, PMO’s Chavan over 6thPC
The Chiefs of Staff Committee is keeping up the pressure on the government over the 6th Pay Commission. Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee, Admiral Sureesh
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India Today: 124 more Arjuns?
India Today associate editor Sandeep Unnithan has written a piece on MBT Arjun in the current issue of the magazine. An excerpt: Senior Defence Ministry
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