Everything you need to know about Base Pur Dandava: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Base Pur Dandava: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Johannesburg, May 21 (ANI): A well-connected Indian family in South Africa has apologised for the controversy surrounding the landing a chartered plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base to carry guests for his niece's wedding.
Johannesburg, May 20 (ANI): South Africa's Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has claimed that the well-connected and wealthy Gupta family misused their diplomatic contacts to land their plane illegally at the country's strategic and sensitive Waterkloof Air Force Base last month.
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of Russian military observers will carry out two inspection missions over the US under the Open Skies Treaty between May 19 and June 3, the Russian defence ministry said.
Johannesburg, May 17 (ANI): A Parliamentary debate on the unauthorised landing of a chartered plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base by Indian High Commissioner in South Africa Virendra Gupta has been moved forward.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A 21-year-old has become the Afghan Air Force's first female pilot to be trained to fly in 30 years.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new biosensor that can detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Sydney, May 7 (IANS) Prosecutors have filed in an Australian court for a fresh trial of a former Indian origin surgeon in a hospital in that country for causing grievous bodily harm to a patient.
Washington, May 7 (ANI): President Barack Obama took a break from office and played a round of golf with a bipartisan trio of senators, including one Republican who sank a hole-in-one.
Washington, May 7 (ANI): President Barack Obama took a break from office and played a round of golf with a bipartisan trio of senators, including one Republican who sank a hole-in-one.
Johannesburg, May 4 (ANI): President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the investigations into the landing of a Gupta family-chartered jet at the Waterkloof Air Force Base, but emphasised that the investigation should not be allowed to impact negatively on the relations between South Africa and India.
Washington, May 4 (IANS) The US Air Force announced its X-51A Waverider aircraft has achieved the longest hypersonic flight in history, flying for three and a half minutes on scramjet power at more than five times the speed of sound.
Beijing, May 4 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. Air Force announced Friday its X-51A Waverider aircraft has achieved the longest hypersonic flight in history, flying for three and a half minutes on scramjet power at more than five times the speed of sound.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said that it would be "ideal" to make latest projection of people eligible for subsidized ration under the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) on the basis of 2011 census data.
Johannesburg, May 3 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner in South Africa Virendra Gupta has created a furore after landing a chartered jet at Waterkloof Air Force Base to carry guests for his niece's wedding.
Sydney, Apr. 26 (ANI): Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel will stand trial in Queensland for the grievous bodily harm of a patient in 2004.
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has brought light into the lives of over a thousand residents of Velunje village, in Nashik.
Singapore, April 18 (Xinhua-ANI): USS Freedom, the first littoral combat ship (LCS) of the United States Navy, arrived in Singapore on Thursday on its eight-month maiden deployment.
Washington, April 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A US military policeman based in Alaska has been sentenced to 16 years in prison and given a dishonourable discharge for selling US military secrets to someone he thought was a Russian spy.
Washington, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Guards at the Guantanamo prison fired less-than-lethal rounds in a clash with detainees wielding "improvised weapons", the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has said.
Tokyo, Apr. 7 (ANI): Japan and the United States might deploy a high-altitude reconnaissance drone called the 'Global Hawk' at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture to increase surveillance of North Korea, according to sources.
Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): Now people can easily climb the world's most famous mountains, like Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mt. Everest and Aconcagua in South America with the help of Google Maps.
Sydney, March 18 (ANI): An ex-military American weather specialist has claimed that the United States military has been in contact with an alien species for years.
Chandigarh, Mar. 15 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the Indian Air Force (IAF) has a critical role to play to safeguard the country's territorial integrity.
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday said that an effective deterrence and a strong defence capability were essential for the country to ensure peace.
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Defying his young age, seven-year-old Aaryan Balaji has added another record to his name by becoming youngest mountaineer to climb Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro (5895 mtrs/ 19343 feet).
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): A liquid-hydrogen-powered unmanned spy plane from Boeing's Phantom Works, which could fly for four days without refueling, completed a successful test flight earlier this week, climbing a mile and a half into the sky.
Sydney, Feb 27 (ANI): Former Indian-origin surgeon in Australia, Dr. Jayant Patel, who has been accused of manslaughter, has said that he believed an allegedly fatal and unnecessary operation on an elderly patient was essential to prevent him bleeding to death.
New Delhi, Feb. 25 (ANI): An unattended and explosive-filled bag created havoc outside the Army's Base Hospital in cantonment area here on Monday afternoon.
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) All flight operations of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter planes have been suspended over an engine problem discovered on one aircraft, the US Department of Defense said.
Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): The Pentagon has grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after it discovered a cracked engine blade in one plane.
Moscow, Feb 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A series of random checks in the Russian Armed Forces has revealed a number of systemic shortcomings, General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov said.
London, Feb 14 (ANI): Kelly Brook has taken to her Twitter account to thank everyone who has supported her through her break up with Thom Evans and the drama that followed where Katie Price called her a heffer.
Long Beach (California), Jan 24 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received its first Boeing C-17 strategic airlifter for flight testing by the US Air Force (USAF).
Long Beach (California), Jan 24 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received its first Boeing C-17 strategic airlifter for flight testing by the US Air Force (USAF).
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) The first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to enter a US Air Force flight test programme at Edwards Base in Palmdale, California.
Islamabad, Jan. 22 (ANI): US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt have reviewed Pakistan's F-16 programme.
New Delhi/Tel Aviv, Jan 20 (IANS) Indian Air Force (IAF) chief N.A.K. Browne is on a four-day visit to Israel, during which he will discuss ongoing military cooperation programmes.
Washington, Jan. 20 (ANI): The Pentagon appointee overseeing the Guantanamo war crimes court has refused to drop conspiracy charges against five accused plotters of the 9/11 attacks despite the chief prosecutor's concerns that the charge might not withstand appeals.
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Naval forces of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have begun a joint exercise in the Arabian Sea that will focus on operations against piracy, terrorism and trafficking of narcotics, arms and humans.
Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft this month as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to look into unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere to study how a warming climate is changing Earth.
Manila, Jan 8 (IANS) Officials from the Philippines and the US Tuesday said an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) found off Masbate island last week was launched during a military exercise off the US island territory of Guam.
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) A US Air Force instructor has pleaded guilty to having illicit relations with two female trainees, a media report said.
Houston, Jan. 4 (Xinhua-ANI): A U.S. Air Force instructor on Thursday pleaded guilty to having illicit relationships with two female trainees amid a widespread sex scandal that rocked an Air Force training center.
London, Jan. 1 (ANI): Scientologists were coerced to play a bizarre game of musical chairs to decide who should be in the cult's inner circle, a new book has revealed.
Washington, December 26 (ANI): The number of calls made by people to track Santa this Christmas has broken last year's record of 107,000.
London, Dec. 25 (ANI): Two competing Santa tracking devices are racing to track the Christmas gift-giver as he will be travelling the globe on Christmas Eve.
London, December 22 (ANI): Drugged bears were used in testing of the pilot ejection systems of the Convair B-58 Hustler during the Cold War, only to be later put down so the impact on their bodies could be determined by post-mortem, it has been revealed.
Islamabad, Dec. 17 (ANI): The latest Taliban attack on the Peshawar airport highlights the terror outfit's recent focus on higher-profile and official targets.
Islamabad, Dec. 16 (ANI): The Peshawar Air Base which was attacked by the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday night is in total control and normal operations have resumed, according to a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) spokesman.
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) The US Friday gave the go-ahead to deploy Patriot anti-ballistic missiles in Turkey along with troops to operate them as the embattled government in neighbouring Syria again denied firing ballistic missiles at rebels, CNN reported.
Kabul, Dec 2 (IANS) At least 14 people, including nine Taliban men, were killed Sunday when militants wearing suicide vests stormed a major NATO base in Afghanistan, media reports said.
London, Dec. 2 (ANI): A pensioner from Taranaki, New Zealand, who went blind after his vodka reacted with his diabetes medication, had his eyes saved by a bottle of whisky.
Moscow, Nov 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian military inspectors will begin a survey flight this week above the US under the international Open Skies Treaty, according to Russian defence ministry.
Washington, Nov. 21 (ANI): Former CIA Director General David Petraeus' wife of 38 years has threatened him with divorce after she was left 'humiliated' by his affair with his biographer.
Malindi (Kenya), Nov 18 (IANS) At least five football players from Kola Beach Football Club died on the spot and dozens were injured after their vehicle was involved in a grisly accident near the Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi Sunday, officials said.
Washington, Nov. 15 (ANI): The US military has revoked access for two women at the heart of the scandal that led to the resignation of General David Petraeus as CIA director.
Tehran, Nov. 14 (Xinhua-ANI): Iran testified S-200 air defense missile system "successfully" in an ongoing military drill in the east of the country, semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday.
Tehran, Nov. 12 (Xinhua-ANI): A large-scale joint air defense drill by Iran's Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was launched in the eastern parts of the country on Monday.
Kyodo, Nov. 7 (ANI): Two U.S. sailors have been indicted in Japan on charges of raping and injuring a woman in Okinawa last month.
Washington, Oct 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) America is "closely cooperating" with the Japanese authorities in investigating the alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two suspected US military servicemen, Pentagon spokesman George Little said.
Tokyo, Oct. 18 (ANI): Tokyo, Oct. 18 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador to Japan, John Roos has expressed concerns over the alleged rape of an Okinawa woman by two U.S. service members amid an intensifying outcry over the U.S. bases in the prefecture.
Beijing, Oct. 17 (Xinhua-ANI): China is giving the public access to a deserted nuclear experiment site where scientists worked day and night more than half a century ago to develop the country's first atomic bomb.
Hindon Air Force Base (Ghaziabad), Oct 8 (ANI): Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal N A K Browne, on Monday said the situation in country's neighbourhood was a matter of serious concern.
Tehran, Oct. 2 (Xinhua-ANI): Commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, Farzad Esmaili, has said that the Iranian armed forces are fully prepared to counter enemy's electronic warfare measures, Tehran Times daily reported on Tuesday.
New York, Oct. 1 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while speaking about the situation in Balochistan, said that Baloch families are losing hope in Pakistan.
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Canadian citizen, who was the last Western prisoner at the US Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba, has been transferred to Canada after a decade in custody on terrorism and murder charges.
Kathmandu, Sep 28 (IANS) Nineteen people, including seven British tourists, were killed Friday when their plane turned into a ball of fire as it crashed minutes after taking off from here.
Washington, Sep. 27 (ANI): A mysterious U.S. military space plane, the X-37B, is set to blast off again next month for another secret mission, says a report.
Islamabad, Sept. 26 (ANI): Pakistan security agencies have reportedly arrested two relatives of terrorist Faisal Shehzad who was killed during a militant attack at the Kamra Air Base in August.
Houston, Sep 22 (IANS) A female officer has taken over the basic training unit of a US Air Force base in Texas after a widening sex scandal involving more than a dozen male instructors and more than 40 female recruits.
Washington, Sep 16 (ANI): The United States Air Force has chosen a woman to lead its basic training unit after dozens of female recruits alleged that they were sexually assaulted or harassed by male instructors in the past year.
Ottawa, Sep 14 (IANS) Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay has announced the arrival of upgraded Leopard 2A4 tanks from the Royal Netherlands Army.
Sydney, Sep 11 (ANI): Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey has described team's visit to the diggers at the Al Minhad Air Base in Dubai as a sobering experience.
Islamabad, Sep. 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) has directed the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to tighten security measures at air bases and sensitive facilities across the country to protect the country's air assets.
Washington, September 8 (ANI): NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia, it has been revealed.
Washington/New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The United States lost three space pioneers in about five weeks from mid-July, but each one of them - Forrest McCartney, Sally Ride, and Neil Armstrong - did their country and humanity proud.
Islamabad, Aug 17 (ANI): Islamabad Police have arrested 72 suspects from various parts of the federal capital territory during a search operation in the wake of the Kamra air base attack.
Islamabad, Aug 17 (ANI): All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) president Pervez Musharraf has condemned the attack on Kamra Air Base and said it was an attack on the integrity of Pakistan.
London, August 16 (ANI): The US Air Force has announced that an attempt to fly its hypersonic jet Waverider at six times the speed of sound failed after being dropped by a B-52 bomber off the coast of California.
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Nine militants were killed Thursday in Pakistan's Punjab province after they attacked a key airbase of the country. Banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) later claimed responsibility for it, Geo News reported.
Islamabad, Aug 16 (ANI): In an operation against militants who attacked Pakistan's Kamra air base, the Pakistan Air Force personnel and SSG Commandoes of the Pakistan Army have killed eight militants, while the search for more miscreants is still underway in the surrounding area of the facility, sources have said.
London, Aug 16 (ANI): The ship which took Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated mission to the Antarctic 100 years ago, has been discovered off the coast of Greenland.
London, August 15 (ANI): Hypersonic jet WaveRider is set to undergo another test flight above the Pacific Ocean aiming to reach speed 6 times more than that of sound.
New Delhi, Aug.15 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday said that his government would initiate measures to ensure that every house in every village of India would be provided with electricity in the next five years i.e. 2017.
Washington, Aug. 11 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. Air Force removed a top training commander at a Texas base Friday amid a widening sex scandal involving basic training instructors.
Houston, Aug 11 (IANS) The US Air Force removed a top training commander at a Texas base Friday amid a widening sex scandal involving basic training instructors.
Cotabota, Aug. 10 (Xinhua-ANI): The death toll from the ongoing battle between Muslim rebels and state security forces in southern Philippines has reached 32, a military official confirmed on Friday.
Washington, August 5 (ANI): Barack Obama, who celebrated his 51st birthday by playing golf, was gifted fake presents by his party rivals - the Republicans.
Sydney, Aug. 5 (ANI): Documents prepared in 1983 and released now after 29 years, have revealed that two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Mirage fighter jets intercepted UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) back then.
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The inability to handle peak-time power loads combined with failing monsoon that has led to 19 percent drop in energy generation may be responsible for the unprecedented power blackout in the country, an expert said Tuesday.
London, July 22 (ANI): Prince Harry reportedly wants to live in California and hopes to work as a consultant or "Top Gun" style training technician for the Naval Air Facility El Centro.
Washington, July 18 (IANS) US is building a missile defence radar station in Qatar, and construction was due to be completed this month, a media report said Tuesday.
London, July 17 (ANI): The US Air Force has tested an aircraft fuel that is almost entirely based on alcohol.
Washington, July 17 (ANI): The Pentagon is reportedly building a missile-defense radar station at a secret site in Qatar and organizing its biggest-ever minesweeping exercises in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of a possible flare-up with Iran, American officials have revealed.
Houston, July 17 (IANS) Court martial proceedings began Monday at a US air force base in Texas of a trainer accused of sexually assaulting 10 female trainees, media reported.
Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (IANS) A Brazilian under-22 basketballer was seriously injured when the backboard collapsed onto him during a training session in the capital Brasilia.
Washington, July 12 (ANI): Osama bin Laden's former servant has been released from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after spending ten years in the military detention camp for aiding terrorism.
Tehran, July 12 (IANS) The Iranian Army has successfully completed three days of air defence exercises, where military units downed several mock pilotless aircraft, state-run Press TV reported.
Melbourne, July 5 (ANI): Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' marriage was allegedly affected by his relationship with scientology's leader, David Miscavige.
London, July 4 (ANI): The prospect of sending six-year-old Suri to Scientology's strict Sea Organisation is what is said to have been the final straw for Katie Holmes before she filed for divorce and may have cost Tom Cruise his marriage.
