No helicopters to ferry VVIPs from February 2014, IAF informs MoD

Two CBI teams Wednesday raided the residence of the former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, here in connection with alleged kickbacks in the VVIP chopper deal, official sources said. After registering a case against Tyagi in ...

The Indian Air Force is planning to procure more Embraer business jets for its Delhi-based communication Squadron for ferrying VIPs. The IAF plan to procure more VIP jets comes at a time when its purchase of 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers is under the scanner for alleged payments of kickbacks by its manufacturer AgustaWestland to secure the deal in its favour. The IAF already has a fleet of four Embraer jets procured from Brazil in 2004-05 in a multi-million dollar deal and the aircraft are used by ...

JALANDHAR: Western Air Command inter Area Basketball championship 2013-14 began here at Air Force Station Adampur, today. 17 teams of different Air Force Stations viz Srinagar-Leh, Jammu-Udhampur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Adampur, Halwara, Chandigarh, ...

All the available evidence suggests that the terrorist attack on the Central Reserve Police Force post in Srinagar was a targeted attack planned to the detail that the killers would gain entry posing as cricketers come to practice. It is time for an ...

Islamabad/New Delhi, May 19: The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan has said that China is ready to act as an arbiter in Kashmir dispute but any such arrangement is subject to India's consent. Envoy Liu Jian affirmed that India and Pakistan could see ...

Amid the much expectation between both the countries on various issues, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives here on a three-day state visit to India. It is his first overseas trip after assuming office in March, during which he will hold talks with ...

NEW DELHI/NOIDA: Easy availability of firearms is helping petty criminals spread a reign of terror in NCR. With the exception of the Bunty gang, which shot several of its victims after snatchings four years ago, snatchers have not been so ...

I said take the bus towards Munirka, there will be female passengers there. We can pick someone up forcibly.... —From the disclosure statement of Ram Singh, one of the accused in the Delhi gangrape case Four men shuffle into courtroom No. 304 of ...

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