Dec 20, 2017 09:55 PM IST | Source: PTI Money Control A day after a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report revealed that there were over two lakh complaints about choking, foul-smelling and non-functional bio-toilets in trains from the passengers in 2016-2017 alone, the national transporter said its target was to achieve a complete shift […]
Curious case of army donation to PM fund
Press Trust of India | New Delhi/Mumbai May 14, 2015 Last Updated at 15:28 IST In a curious case, the army has said no contribution from the salary of any of its personnel has been donated to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, a statement that comes four months after Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag had handed […]
Curious case of army donation to PM fund
New Delhi/Mumbai May 14, 2015 – Business Standard In a curious case, the army has said no contribution from the salary of any of its personnel has been donated to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, a statement that comes four months after Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag had handed over a cheque of Rs 100 crore to the […]
Jairam Ramesh’s pet project ‘Bio-toilet’ stands abandoned in Odisha
By Hemant Kumar Rout – BALASORE/BHADRAK Published: 14th August 2012 11:45 AM Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Rameshs’s ‘India Dream’ to free the country – the rural populace in particular – from open defecation, seems to have faced a setback with people unwilling to use DRDO made Bio-toilets raising a […]
DRDO claim on LCA export premature: Former top IAF officers
29 Jun, 2014, 1430 hrs IST, PTI DRDO’s claim about being in a position to export Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been dismissed as premature and unrealistic by former top IAF officers. NEW DELHI: DRDO’s claim about being in a position to export Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been dismissed as premature and unrealistic by […]
DRDO regional director RK Satpathy stabbed by juvenile in Hyderabad
PTI | June 22, 2014, 20.06 pm IST Hyderabad: A senior DRDO official suffered injuries after he was attacked with a razor blade by a juvenile pickpocket on Sunday who managed to escape even after being caught for stealing a cell phone in the crowded Charminar area. Regional Director of a Koraput-based DRDO unit R […]
Sexual harassment case: DRDE scientist Prabhat Garg surrenders -DNA
Tuesday, Dec 3, 2013, 19:34 IST | Place: Gwalior | Agency: PTI Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE) scientist Prabhat Garg, against whom a research scholar has levelled allegations of sexual harassment, on Tuesday surrendered before police here. Police said Garg turned himself in to University Police Station, reportedly after pressure built up on him […]
CVC orders penalty against DRDO official
ABHINANDAN MISHRA Sunday Guardians NEW DELHI | 30th Sep 2012 The officer has been found guilty of appointing his senior’s daughter without following the due process. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has advised the initiation of major penalty proceedings against an additional director rank officer and his superior, a director, with the Defence Research […]
DRDO’s Nag missile fails in user trials
New Delhi: The long-delayed Nag anti-tank missile project of the DRDO has suffered yet another setback as its user trials held recently failed. In the trials held in Rajasthan in presence of senior Lt Gen-rank officers from the Army and top DRDO officials, the modified carrier of the missile called NAMICA also under-performed, DRDO sources […]
Defence ministry report slams DRDO chief
Defence ministry report slams DRDO chief 14 Aug 2012Hindustan Times (Bhopal) NEW DELHI: Defence Research and Development Organisation chief VK Saraswat sanctioned R2.8 crore to a mathematical society headed by him, an audit report has revealed. The report prepared by the defence ministry’s finance wing has also dealt with issues of transparency and shortcomings in […]
