Pokhran (Rajasthan) [India], August 29 (ANI): Trials of the Made-in-India enhanced Pinaka Rockets were successfully conducted at Balasore and Pokhran over the past few weeks, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officials said on Monday.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 2 (ANI): BJP has hit back at the "baseless" allegations by Congress that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was attempting to topple the JMM-Congress coalition government in Jharkhand.

New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its order on the plea challenging the extradition proceedings initiated against a person of Indian origin, who is also a Portuguese Citizen, in a case of rape at a London pub in 2017.

New Delhi Dec 25 PTI An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking early hearing on a petition challenging the Delhi High Courts 2005 verdict which quashed all charges including against the Hinduja brothers in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off caseThe application filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal has said that the apex court had on November 2 2018 dismissed the CBIs plea against the high court verdict and had said that the probe agency can raise all grounds in the appeal filed by him against the same judgementAgrawal said he had filed the petition in the top court against the high court verdict in 2005 itself and over three decades have gone by since the matter came into lightIt is expedient in the interest of justice that the matter be heard at an early date the application said adding that there have been recurrence of scams in the defence sector since the accused in the Bofors case have not been punishedIt said three years have gone by since the top court had passed the November 2018 order and the matter has not been listed for hearingIn its November 2 2018 order the top court had rejected the CBI plea seeking condonation of 13-year delay in filing the appeal against the May 31 2005 judgement of the high court saying it is not convinced with the grounds furnished by the agencyWe are not convinced with the grounds furnished by the petitioner for the inordinate delay of 4522 days in filing the present Special Leave Petitions the apex court had said in its order The high court in its 2005 judgement had quashed all charges against the three Hinduja brothers -- S P Hinduja G P Hinduja and P P Hinduja -- and the Bofors companyBefore the 2005 verdict the high court had on February 4 2004 exonerated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the case and directed the framing of charge of forgery under section 465 of the Indian Penal Code against Bofors companyThe Rs 1437-crore deal between India and Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors for the supply of 400 units of 155 mm Howitzer guns for the Indian Army was entered into on March 24 1986Swedish Radio on April 16 1987 had claimed that the company had paid bribes to top Indian politicians and defence personnelThe CBI on January 22 1990 had registered the FIR for alleged offences of criminal conspiracy cheating and forgery under the Indian Penal Code and other sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Martin Ardbo the then president of AB Bofors alleged middleman Win Chadda and the Hinduja brothersIt had alleged that certain public servants and private persons in India and abroad had entered into a criminal conspiracy between 1982 and 1987 in pursuance of which the offences of bribery corruption cheating and forgery were committedThe first charge sheet in the case was filed on October 22 1999 against Chadda Italian businessman and alleged middleman Ottavio Quattrocchi the then defence secretary S K Bhatnagar Ardbo and the Bofors companyA supplementary charge sheet was filed against the Hinduja brothers on October 9 2000A special CBI court in Delhi on March 4 2011 had discharged Quattrocchi from the case saying the country could not afford to spend hard-earned money on his extradition which had already cost Rs 250 crore PTI ABA ZMN

Itanagar : An upgraded 1960s’ vintage air-defence gun to take on hostile UAVs, new ultralight howitzers, sets of new mortars along with modified Bofors guns—amid heightened tensions with China at the Line of Actual Control, India has substantially enhanced its firepower at the undefined borders here. This comes along with the Indian Army’s increased focus on boosting its surveillance capabilities at the LAC, including deploying a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as indigenous and modern technology for added vigilance at the borders, and a huge focus on developing infrastructure such as roads, bridges, airbases, tunnels and habitat in this region.

Itanagar : An upgraded 1960s’ vintage air-defence gun to take on hostile UAVs, new ultralight howitzers, sets of new mortars along with modified Bofors guns—amid heightened tensions with China at the Line of Actual Control, India has substantially enhanced its firepower at the undefined borders here. This comes along with the Indian Army’s increased focus on boosting its surveillance capabilities at the LAC, including deploying a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as indigenous and modern technology for added vigilance at the borders, and a huge focus on developing infrastructure such as roads, bridges, airbases, tunnels and habitat in this region.

Itanagar : An upgraded 1960s’ vintage air-defence gun to take on hostile UAVs, new ultralight howitzers, sets of new mortars along with modified Bofors guns—amid heightened tensions with China at the Line of Actual Control, India has substantially enhanced its firepower at the undefined borders here. This comes along with the Indian Army’s increased focus on boosting its surveillance capabilities at the LAC, including deploying a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as indigenous and modern technology for added vigilance at the borders, and a huge focus on developing infrastructure such as roads, bridges, airbases, tunnels and habitat in this region.

Itanagar : An upgraded 1960s’ vintage air-defence gun to take on hostile UAVs, new ultralight howitzers, sets of new mortars along with modified Bofors guns—amid heightened tensions with China at the Line of Actual Control, India has substantially enhanced its firepower at the undefined borders here. This comes along with the Indian Army’s increased focus on boosting its surveillance capabilities at the LAC, including deploying a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as indigenous and modern technology for added vigilance at the borders, and a huge focus on developing infrastructure such as roads, bridges, airbases, tunnels and habitat in this region.