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Coast Guard gets More Weapons
Systems
The Indian Coast
Guard has a thankless job of
manning a 5422-kilometer coastline
that covers 12 states and union
territories including 1197 islands
with 6200 personnel.<More>
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China Raises Military Budget to 35.3B
China is planning to increase its military budget by
14.7% to USD 35.3 billion citing increasing fuel
costs, salaries, new equipment, and training. <More>
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Groups Trash Banerjee Reports
Many groups are
trashing a report by retired
Supreme Court Judge Banerjee
concluding that it accidental fire
that caused the death of scores of
Hindu volunteers at Godhra in
2002.<More>
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India, Australia to Sign MoU
Australian Prime
Minister John Howard will visit
India this week and is expected to
sign a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to cover defense, customs
cooperation, trade, economic
framework, and biotechnology.<More>
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SC Makes Strong Statements against
Rape
The Supreme
Court made strong statements today
against rape but surprisingly
commuted a life sentence handed by
lower courts to a rapist of a 8
year old to 10 years of rigorous
imprisonment.<More>
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West Stops Non-Humanitarian Aid to
PT
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
said that his country is happy
with talks with Hamas that won
elections in the Palestinian
Territories.<More>