Sudhi Ranjan Sen

When A Fighter Jet 'Landed' On the Highway In Uttar Pradesh

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday November 18, 2016

An Indian Air Force (IAF) jet practised landing on a highway in Uttar Pradesh today as part of a plan for emergencies when military air fields are not available.

Controversial Islamist Preacher Zakir Naik's NGO Banned For 5 Years

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Wednesday November 16, 2016

Controversial Islamist Preacher Zakir Naik's NGO 'Islamic Research Foundation' has been banned for five years . The government has asked the law enforcing Agencies to maintain a strict surveillance on the activities of all establishments of the organisation, sources said.

As ATMs Run Dry, Government Considers Relaxing Operating Procedure Of Cash Vans

Delhi News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Saturday November 12, 2016

With cash running out fast at most ATMs across the country, the Home Ministry has asked states to provide extra protection to cash carrying vans - mostly private owned - which transport money to banks and ATMs. The advisory by the Centre comes three days after 500 and 1000-rupee notes were demonitised by the government in a move to curb black or il...

83 Tejas, 15 Choppers, 464 Tanks: Government's Made In India Shopping List

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday November 7, 2016

The government will spend Rs 67,000 crore on made-in-India military hardware, with a defence ministry panel today clearing the purchase of 83 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, 15 Light Combat helicopters and 464 T-90 tanks.

China-India In A New Face-Off After Incursion In Ladakh

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen (With Inputs from Reuters) | Friday November 4, 2016

Chinese and Indian soldiers are engaged in a major stand-off in Ladakh after Chinese troops yesterday stopped work on the construction of an irrigation canal being built under the rural development or MNREGA scheme, sources told NDTV.

Watch: Video Of Pakistani Bunker Being Destroyed Released By BSF

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday November 2, 2016

The Border Security Force has released footage of a Pakistani bunker that it has destroyed in retaliatory firing, saying this is an example of the heavy damage and casualties that it has inflicted on the Pakistani side.

This New Notice Sums Up Life Near Line Of Control (LoC) Amid Hostilities

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Tuesday November 1, 2016

Last Friday, 16-year-old Ajay Kumar was killed as he tried to take cover from cross-border firing and shelling by Pakistani troops in his village Duian, about a kilometre from the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Ajay was preparing for his board exam.

In Border Villages of Jammu, Life Is Measured By Shells That Missed

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Sunday October 30, 2016

It was the noise of our vehicle that had alerted him. Torch in hand, he slowly walked out of the gate, shielding the upper half of the beam lest the light catch the eye of the Pakistan Rangers whose dug-outs are a hardly kilometre away from the International Border.

4 Pak Posts Destroyed, Heavy Casualties Inflicted In Keran Along Line of Control (LoC), Says Army

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday October 30, 2016

Indian forces have destroyed at least four Pakistani posts and inflicted heavy casualties on Pakistani troops in the Keran sector along the Line of Control, the army said on Saturday, after repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border.

15 Pak Soldiers Killed In Past Week In Retaliatory Fire: Border Security Force

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday October 28, 2016

15 Pakistani soldiers have been killed as Indian troops retaliated to incessant firing by Pakistan along the border in Jammu and Kashmir in the past week, the Border Security Force (BSF) said on Friday.

Home Ministry To Declare Zakir Naik's NGO Unlawful, Say Sources

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Friday October 28, 2016

The Islamic Research Foundation - headed by the controversial tele-evangelist Zakir Naik - will be declared as unlawful organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 2011. Sources said the Home Ministry will soon refer the matter to cabinet.

Pak High Commission Staffer Expelled For Espionage Has 48 Hours To Leave

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 27, 2016

A Pakistan High Commission officer has been asked to leave India over alleged espionage. He was caught by the police on Wednesday at the Delhi zoo, with two men who allegedly leaked to him sensitive information on the deployment of forces at the border.

New Defence Purchase Policy To Open Doors To Finmeccanica: Sources

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Thursday October 27, 2016

As the Central Bureau of Investigation looks into how kickbacks were routed when India purchased three Embraer jets from Brazil at a cost of $208 million, the Ministry of Defence is all set to announce a policy for "black listing" firms that indulge in corrupt practices. And with it, the once banned Italian defence manufacturing giant Finmeccanica ...

Will Not Accept Any Funds, 'No Catching Of Necks': Manohar Parrikar On 'Ae Dil...' Row

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Wednesday October 26, 2016

The Indian Military will not accept any funds donated for welfare under coercion, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today and quipped that there can be "no catching of necks."

Thanks, But No Thanks. Military Won't Accept Karan Johar's Donation, Sources Say

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday October 24, 2016

Filmmaker Karan Johar's donation of Rs 5 crore to the military welfare fund, described as "penance" by Maharashtra politician Raj Thackeray for the use of a Pakistani actor in his movie "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", will not be accepted, sources in the Defence Ministry said today.