RITU SHARMA News Stories by RITU SHARMA  [ timeline ] [ roundup ] 123 stories (Show All) 6 months ago Putin visit: India may sign for 29 MiG-29K fighters New Delhi, Feb 13 - India is likely to ink a deal to purchase an additional 29 MiG-29K fighter jets, valued close to $1.12 billion, from Russia during the visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in March.The deal will be signed along with two other major defence contracts - for the joint development of fifth generation aircraft and multi role transport aircraft. 'The deal will be inked duri ... read more 7 months ago Andaman Nicobar islands to have more airbases Port Blair, Feb 5 - With hundreds of uninhabited islands in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago making it vulnerable from the security perspective, India is planning to open more airbases in the islands.Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma Friday said India was planning to revamp the infrastructure in the 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal. 'The airstrip up north - needs to be refurbished. Even fo ... read more 7 months ago Grouping of 12 navies is not security bloc: Indian Navy chief Port Blair, Feb 5 - Thirteen navies, from India to Australia, gathered here Friday to participate in the largest regional exercise that underlines India's growing reputation as a blue-water maritime power even as Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma insisted that the grouping was not a 'security bloc' aimed at any one, particularly China.'Some nations might have maritime boundary claims with var ... read more 7 months ago Coast Guard to hold trials for medium range patrol aircraft New Delhi, Feb 3 - With the need for patrolling and surveillance growing in these days of maritime terror, particularly after the 26/11 Mumbai attack, the Indian Coast Guard will soon begin trials for Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft -.It is looking to procure six MRMRs, said an official of the Coast Guard. 'We will soon be holding trials for the MRMRs, which we will be operating for ... read more 7 months ago Indian Navy to induct Mig-29K fighter jets New Delhi, Jan 31 - The Indian Navy will induct on Feb 19 the first four Russian-made Mig-29K combat jets for deployment on the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov. 'The aircraft will be formally inducted Feb 19,' a senior Indian Navy official told IANS. The fighters are operating offshore Goa in the absence of aircraft carrier Gorshkov, which is to be commissioned as INS Vikramaditya. The combat ... read more 7 months ago Charm of the web lost for the BJP? New Delhi, Jan 28 - The Bharatiya Janata Party - had vowed to use cyberspace to reach out to the youth, with even octogenarian leader L.K. Advani taking to blogging last year. But after its poll debacle, internet enthusiasm in 'the party with a difference' seems to have withered out. Advani - who was the party's prime ministerial candidate - has been virtually absent from blogosphere since the ... read more 7 months ago Army wants more short service officers New Delhi, Jan 26 - Unable to woo enough officers to join its permanent ranks, the Indian Army has proposed to increase their intake under the Short Service Commission - cadre. It wants two SSC officers for every permanent officer. The proposal, now with the defence minister, seeks to increase the proportion of SSC officers with respect to the permanent commissioned officers. 'The army has subm ... read more 7 months ago Radio programme for soldiers going strong since WW II New Delhi, Jan 26 - A radio programme started during World War II for Indian soldiers posted in Afghanistan has not only gone from strength to strength but has also got its first woman announcer. 'Sainikon ke Liye' - is a programme on public broadcaster All India Radio - that has continued to serve as a link between the soldiers and the rest of the country. It is compiled by the defence ministry ... read more 7 months ago Indian Navy's Foxtrot submarines to be history soon New Delhi, Jan 24 - They have been of valuable service to the Indian Navy for more than 35 years. The Soviet-built Foxtrot submarines, with which the navy's submarine arm came into existence, will be history soon with the two remaining submarines of this class being retired by 2011 - bringing an era to an end. The Russian Navy had retired its last Foxtrots between 1995 and 2001. However, the Ind ... read more 1 year ago N-submarine still wrapped in secrecy Visakhapatnam, July 27 - India's first nuclear submarine remains shrouded in secrecy -- despite its public launch. The cloak of secrecy over the project, the existence of which has been denied by successive governments since its inception in 1984, was lifted Sunday when the defence ministry took journalists for the launch ceremony at this port city. However, no photography or filming of the subm ... read more  See all 123 stories on RITU SHARMA as a complete nerve timeline Related News Collections Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Ritu Beri Ritu Dalmia Ritu Kumar Ritu Nanda Ritual Bath Rituparna Sengupta Rituparno Ghosh Rituraj Tripathi Rituximab Aloke Sharma Amar Nath Sharma Amit Sharma Anand Sharma Anil Sharma Anup Nath Sharma Anushka Sharma Benita Sharma Charu Sharma Chavi Sharma Chetan Sharma Commentator Charu Sharma Deepak Sharma Dev Rattan Sharma Devi Ram Sharma Deviram Sharma Dr Shikha Sharma Subscribe Read latest breaking news on RITU SHARMA in your favourite RSS reader!   COPYRIGHTS INFORMATION All rights reserved for the news content. 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