Dinakar Peri NEW DELHI, AUGUST 04, 2018 THE HINDU To prevent time and cost overruns, the IAF will soon have effective control over India’s indigenous LCA programme The government is poised to hand over control of the Bengaluru division of State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to the Indian Air Force (IAF). This is to […]
Railways Mull Rs 6,250 Cr Replacement To Flawed Bio-Toilets–After Spending Rs 1,620 Cr
IndiaSpend Team, June 18, 2018 Mumbai: Having spent nearly Rs 1,370 crore on 136,985 railway bio-toilets–criticised for being “no better than septic tanks”–and after earmarking Rs 250 crore to install bio-toilets on remaining trains by March 2019, the railway ministry is now considering “upgraded” vacuum bio-toilets at a cost of Rs 6,250 crore. “We have […]
Army whistleblower alleges harassment
Prateek Goyal – Saturday, May 26, 2018, 8:12 PM Sakal Times “According to sources in Army, Dubey was shunted for reporting the security breach to Army Headquarters and CBI” Pune: In a classic case of harassment of a whistleblower, who had exposed a security breach, the office of an Army officer was sealed on the […]
Why Indian Railways Need To Buy 3,350 Truckloads Of Cow Dung For Rs 42 Cr
Srinand Jha, January 6, 2018- IndiaSpend The Indian Railways need to buy 3,350 truckloads of cow dung at Rs 42 crore in 2018 to “recharge”–add bacteria to activate degradation–leaky, malfunctioning ‘bio-toilets’ that it has fitted on 44.8% of trains and hopes to expand to […]
Almost 2 lakh complaints of choking, foul smelling bio-toilets in trains: CAG
PTI|Dec 19, 2017,The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Almost two lakh complaints regarding choking, foul smelling and non-functional bio- toilets in trains were received from the public in 2016-2017, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said today. The CAG, in its report on ‘Induction of bio-toilets in passenger coaches in Indian […]
CBI raids premises of Army officer in Hyderabad over land scam row
By Express News Service | Published: 16th May 2017 05:32 AM | Last Updated: 16th May 2017 05:32 AM HYDERABAD: Days after registering a case against an Army officer and a private builder in connection with a Rs 500 crore land scam, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials from New Delhi on Monday raided the […]
Army officer, DRDO officials booked for ‘misappropriation’ of land worth Rs 500 crore
TNN | May 16, 2017, 05.11 AM IST NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered a case against an Army officer, a private person and unknown DRDO officials for allegedly misappropriating land worth Rs 500 crore in Bengaluru, meant for the defence ministry. CBI teams conducted raids at 7 places in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kodagu, including […]
CBI carries out searches in Rs 500-crore land scam in Delhi
The CBI today carried out searches at seven locations, including the office and residential premises of an army officer, in an alleged land fraud worth Rs 500 crore. By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: May 15, 2017 9:17 PM The […]
DRDO working on health monitor for soldiers
TNN | Sep 17, 2016, Trichy: The Defence Research and Development Organisation is working on a wearable health monitoring system for soldiers, said P S Pandian, director-technology, DRDO, Bengaluru, explaining the varied scope of bio medical research for students. Speaking at the inauguration of the instrumentation and control engineering department at the National Institute of […]
Interceptor missile fails; DRDO to conduct another test soon
Written by: Dr Anantha Krishnan M Published: Monday, April 6, 2015, 22:15 [IST] OneIndia Bengaluru, April 06: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) faced a setback today after an Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile fell into the sea seconds after its launch. The missile was test-fired from DRDO’s launch facility in Wheeler Island, […]
