By MEERA MOHANTY & Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | 11 May, 2015, 07.04AM IST NEW DELHI: Terrorists, irrespective of wherever they may be operating from, should be neutralised using all types of methods, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told ET in an exclusive interview. He elaborated that “neutralisation” doesn’t necessarily mean killing terrorists but making them […]
CAG picks holes in LCA project, says it fails to meet IAF requirements
By PTI | 8 May, 2015, 07.40PM IST – The Economic Times NEW DELHI: India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft project, in the works for over three decades, came under severe criticism from CAG today as it pointed out that its Mark-I version has 53 “significant shortfalls” which have reduced its operational capabilities as well as […]
Toilet truth hits drive
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT – The Telegraph New Delhi, Sept. 3, 2014: Whether the digester bacteria have called cease work or not isn’t clear but the government’s bio-toilet drive in villages is suddenly looking a bit leaky. The Odisha government has told the National Human Rights Commission that nine of the 12 bio-digester toilets installed in […]
Anti-corruption law: Union Cabinet nod for raising max punishment to 7 yrs
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: April 30, 2015 9:23 am In an attempt to give the anti-corruption law more teeth, the Cabinet Wednesday cleared a proposal to move official amendments to the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, paving the way for enhancement of both the minimum and the maximum punishment […]
RTI-PMO-GTRE -DRDO
To Date – 9th April 2015 Shri Syed Ekram Rizwi, […]
Another top DRDO scientist denied extension by Modi government
by Pranav Kulkarni | New Delhi | Published on:April 1, 2015 1:49 am – The Indian Express Two months after it sacked Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Avinash Chander, the government has denied extension to a top DRDO scientist. Bikash Bhattacharya, who was on his first extension as the director of Pune-based High […]
PMO to replace existing public web-interface with new portal ‘PRAGATI’
By Rajesh Ramachandran, ET Bureau | 24 Mar, 2015, 10.20AM IST NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a brand new website for public grievances on Wednesday. Corruption in central government seems to be the top concern as the PMO replaces the existing public web-interface for the prime minister with ‘PRAGATI’, the new portal. The […]
Regarding 25 questions asked by government for improving DRDO.
To 11th March 2015 Hon’ble Shri Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister, […]
Corrupt officers block PM Modi’s transparency drive
They are working to ensure that the UPA’s efforts to water down the impact of the RTI Act get revived rather than rolled back. MADHAV NALAPAT New Delhi | 7th Mar 2015 Senior officials say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a review by the Cabinet Secretariat of the indiscriminate way in […]
Over Rs 16,000 cr spent, DRDO yet to finish vital projects
The first of the LCAs was handed over to IAF 32 years after the project started. ABHINANDAN MISHRA New Delhi | 7th Mar 2015 Vital defence projects that have been taken up by the country’s premier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) over the last several years, do not show any signs of completion […]
