Jammu : For the first time, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-mounted explosives have been used to target an Indian Air Force (IAF) base. Two UAVs dropped explosives close to a Mi-17 hanger late last night. Such was the intensity of one blast that it punched a hole into the concrete roof of a building close to […]
Mangaluru : Dinesh Chandra Bhandary, ‘Vir Chakra’ awardee, hailing from Mulki in Dakshina Kannada, passed away in Mumbai. Bhandary, a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force, was awarded the Vir Chakra, the third highest military decoration in India for the services rendered by him during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He hailed from an […]
New Delhi: Indian Air Force Group Captain Arun Marwah facing espionage charges has been arrested and is undergoing questioning by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, sources today said. Marwah was handed over to the Special Cell’s northern range on Wednesday after being interrogated for nearly 10 days by the counter intelligence wing of […]
Jodhpur: In an olive green pilot’s G-suit and a helmet on her head, Nirmala Sitharaman today soared high on a Sukhoi-30 MKI jet, the first Indian woman defence minister to go on a sortie on the all-weather, long-range fighter. The supersonic jet took off from the Air Force station at Jodhpur, where one of the […]
Mangaluru: As many as seven people will get the prestigious ‘Sandesha Awards’ for 2018 for achievements in various fields. The Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education will confer the awards on January 13 at Sandesha premises in Bajjodi, Mangaluru. The Sandesha Literature Award will be conferred on writer Prof Giraddi Govind Raj; Sandesha Konkani Literature […]
Srinagar: Two Garud Commandos of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and as many Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were today killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, an army official said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Hajin area of Bandipora district early today following information about presence of militants in the […]
New Delhi: An Mi-17 chopper of the Indian Air Force today crashed near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, killing five personnel on board and leaving another seriously injured, a senior IAF official said. The crash of the Mi-17 V5 took place at around 6 am when it was on a maintenance mission, the official said. The official […]
Kerala: The National Security Guard (NSG), the country’s elite special force, is likely to be deployed at Sabarimala during this pilgrimage season. The State police have sought their temporary stationing at the hill shrine as part of the law enforcement’s proactive approach to potential extremist threats to the iconic temple, which draws lakhs of pilgrims […]
Jaipur: A fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force today crashed in Rajasthan’s Barmer district but no loss of life has been reported. “The aircraft crashed near Uttarlai airforce station in Barmer,” a defence spokesperson said, adding further details are awaited. “The plane crashed at an open field near Malio ki Dhani, about 20 km from […]
Belthangady: It is suspected that Ekanath Shett of Guruvayankere might be one among the crew member of the IAF flight which went missing at Bengal Bay on Friday. It is reported that Ekanath Shetty has called his family members before boarding the flight and it has suspected that he might be the one among the […]
