India

Manmohan Singh to address Ninth India-EU Summit

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan SinghMarseilles (France), Sept 29: Visiting Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will address the Ninth India-European Union Summit here today, a day before India and France ink a landmark agreement to conduct bilateral nuclear trade with each other.

The two-day Ninth India- EU Summit, hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, opens in Marseilles today.

According to Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner for External Relations and the Neighbourhood Policy, the European Union views India as a vital partner.

CVRDE to develop unmanned infantry combat vehicle

CVRDE to develop unmanned infantry combat vehicleChennai, Sept 28 : The Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) at Avadi near Chennai has started developing unmanned infantry combat vehicle for carrying troops as a precursor to developing unmanned Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT) by 2020. 

This information was given by CVRDE Director S Sundaresh on Saturday evening on the sidelines of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) India Students Convention, organised by the SRM University at its campus in suburban Kattankulathur, in Avadi.

Army Chief rules out differences with govt. over pay hike

Army Chief rules out differences with govt. over pay hikeNew Delhi, Sep 28 : Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor today said that there are no differences between Government of India and armed forces over the anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission report.

“I want to clarify that talks of differences between armed forces and Indian Government is not correct and has been played up incorrectly,” the Army Chief said.

General Kapoor said that “we have made our recommendations and government has set up a committee and let see how the deliberations go.”

Indo-Russian govt. panel to discuss developing fifth generation fighter aircraft

New Delhi, Sep 28 : The eighth meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) will meet on Monday to discuss a broad spectrum of issues including supply of defence systems, equipment upgrade, product and life cycle support for defence equipment of Russian origin

The meeting is likely to take up renewed price negotiations for 1.5 billion dollar Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, plans for developing a joint fifth generation fighter aircraft and medium transport aircraft, and T-90 tanks technology transfer, sources said.

Delhi to struggle in housing tourists of Commonwealth Games: Report

New Delhi, Sept 28 : Delhi would struggle to meet the requirement of 18,000 hotel rooms to host foreign tourists during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, according to a report published by a global hotel investment service firm. 

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels (JLLH) said in its latest report, "The Commonwealth Games in 2010 is expected to attract 50,000 foreign visitors to Delhi ... approximately 30,000 rooms will be required to accommodate these visitors.”

At present, the National Capital Region (NCR) has about 10,500 rooms and an additional 15,000 to 18,000 rooms are required to take care of the foreign tourist inflow during the event. But, only 7,400 rooms are coming up in the NCR between 2008 and 2010, the report added. 

Delhi police hunt for motorcycle bombers, death toll rises to three

New Delhi - Police in New Delhi hunted Sunday for two suspects involved in the bombing at a city market as the death toll rose to three with two more people dying overnight, officials and news reports said.

Police said two men on a motorcycle and wearing helmets dropped a black plastic bag containing the explosive in the market in southern Mehrauli area on Saturday afternoon.

A 13-year-old boy who had picked up the bag to give it back to the bikers died on the scene as the bomb exploded moments after. At least 22 injured were moved to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

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