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New Delhi: While Indian Navy is pacing up in the process of encouraging indigenous production, about 70% of the defence hardware are still being imported, particularly the high end critical technology.

New Delhi: Keeping up its assurance of defence cooperation, India presented a Dornier surveillance aircraft to strategic ally Seychelles.

The simmering Telengana problem has surfaced once again in the form of agitation in Andhra Pradesh because the government continues to dillydally about taking a firm decision. The deadline given by the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was not kept on January 28 because the Congress party has developed cold feet once again. The unstated reason for the delay is that the government does not want any resignations from the Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh, as it does not have adequate number to push through important legislations in the coming budget session. So, the Telengana issue is likely to be decided only after the budget session.

New Delhi: Interesting letters and documents in original revealing the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi’s activities in South Africa are now available for researchers in India.

Whatever else it is, this is not a good time to be Ashis Nandy. In this age of ether, when spoken words travel faster than sound leaving comprehension behind, it is not surprising that some ‘casteist’ words of Ashis Nandy, spoken by him at a literary festival, have been taken up by the chatterati. Token anti-casteism, like token anti-communalism, is one of the easiest paths to salvation for this elite chatterati. But even in the Bengali month of Magh, the Kumbho Mela is too plebian for the comfort of such folks. No wonder, so many have chosen to sanctimoniously pounce on his statement, as a Plan B.