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PM christens METSAT after Kalpana
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. Top political leaders today paid glowing tributes to the `brave and courageous' Kalpana Chawla, the Indian-born astronaut and six others who perished in the Columbia space shuttle disaster. As an eternal tribute to the space ...
There should be no war, says PM
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5.The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, said today that there should be no war in the Gulf because war meant "destruction and end of humanity.'' Inaugurating a curtain raiser of The Freshwater Year, 2003, Mr. Vajpayee said ...
U.S. will be a reliable provider of defence equipment: Blackwill
BANGALOREBANGALORE, FEB. 5.FEB. 5.The U.S. Ambassador to India, Robert D. Blackwill has expressed his country's willingness to boost the sale of defence equipment and services to India and called for greater military and security cooperation ...
Agni-III tests to start this year
BANGALORE, FEB. 5. Testing of the Agni-III missile with a range of 3,000 km. is likely to start later this year, V.K. Aatre, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, said here on Wednesday. Agni-I with 1,000 km. range and Agni-II with a ...
Centre on the threshold of decision on AJT: Fernandes
BANGALORE, FEB. 5. The Centre is on the threshold of taking a final decision on the much-delayed purchase of the advanced jet trainer (AJT) for the Indian Air Force. "The matter is going before the Union Cabinet," the Defence Minister, George ...
Depleting water resources, a global concern: PM
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. Four days ahead of the Cauvery River Authority meeting, convened to resolve the Cauvery water dispute, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, said here today "while Tamil Nadu's demand is reasonable, Karnataka's demand is ...
Wait for court verdict on Ayodhya: CPI(M)
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. The CPI (M) today disagreed with the Kanchi Sankaracharya's move on the Ayoydha temple issue saying that there was "no question of allowing self-proclaimed representatives of religious communities to try and circumvent the law ...
Surveillance of the skies
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. The Indian Air Force (IAF), along with Civil Aviation authorities, maintains a close vigil over Indian skies during peacetime. The area of jurisdiction or the air defence zone (ADZ) is 12 nautical miles from the coastline of ...
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  • Bhavani row: T.N. asked to file supplementary affidavit
  • Hindutva proponents misusing verdict: Verma
  • President gives assent to Bill
  • SC to hear T.N. plea on Cauvery today
  • Kanchi Acharya meets evangelist
  • Most ambitious drive against polio
  • Civil Aviation Ministry to complain against Pak. ATC
  • Step in right direction, says RSS

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