By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a strong message to China and Pakistan, India plans to operationalise five more of the French-origin Rafale jets in a squadron in Ambala within the next two months, to boost the air force’s deep strike, strategic capabilities. The five new Rafale […]
New Delhi: India today successfully flight tested the indigenous Pinaka missile system that gives the armed forces capability to strike 75 km deep inside enemy territory. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Pinaka is an artillery missile system with precision strike capability. The current test […]
Bengaluru: India’s lone aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), today announced the final settlement of its nearly two-month-old workers’ trouble at all its plants across the nation over wage revision. In a statement, HAL said its management and the workforce entered into an agreement to settle the wage […]
Bengaluru: An Indian court today ordered the ongoing lock-down protest called by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited workers to be called off, the company said in a statement today. “The High Court of Karnataka has passed an interim order today restraining the Hindustan Aeronautics Employees Association (HAEA), its office bearers/workmen […]
Bengaluru: India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will face a major lock-down of operations at all its nine manufacturing locations across the country from tomorrow after the talks between the management and the labour unions broke down following their two-day talks that ended today over wage revision issues. Following […]
Bengaluru: India’s lone plane-maker, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), is facing trouble with its labour unions, as an all-India body of employees issued a notice for an indefinite lock-down over wage revision related issues beginning Oct. 14 at all the nine manufacturing units. The All India HAL Trade Unions […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence today said it doesn’t intend to privatise the 41 ordnance factories, but only provide it a corporate character to ensure efficiency in their functioning. At a meeting between the ministry officials’ committee and labour union leaders today, in continuation of a similar […]
New Delhi: India is trying to prevent its 164,000 employees of its 41 ordnance factories that manufacture weapons for its 1.4-million armed forces from going on a strike from August 20. The labour unions of the 41 ordnance factories had issued a notice to the Ordnance Factory Board […]