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NDTV is saying BJP will cross 272 by itself if these trends continue...

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258 BJP, 303 NDA

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302 NDA now

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299 NDA; 256 BJP

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240 BJP, 283 NDA ... NDTV

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BjP 232, NDA 271, UPA 81

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NDTV NDA 263, UPA 75

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Bangalore South - Ananth Kumar leading by 17K votes... Breaking on Deccan Herald.

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Hearty Congratulations ISRO and all the partners involved with the launch. Your hard work and toil over the years is showing up. Keep up the good work sires... you all are making Desh stand up to biggies and stare them right in the eye. Congrats again.

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For those wondering why PV1 is not being flown - details below: it was getting outfitted with EW systems!! Posting in full as it might not get archived. Finally, Tejas gets electronic warfare systems Prashanth G N, Bangalore, Oct 16, 2013 DHNS:After eight years of research and postponement, India’s ...

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India Expects Tejas Induction by Late 2013, Early 2014

nothing new just the old rehash from Vivek Raghuvanshi!

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X-post from Navy thread
Navy makes high-strength steel for warships

Indigenous manufacturing of India's largest warship — the 37,500-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikrant — has ended the nation's decade-old reliability on import for military grade steel, needed for warship building.

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Navy makes high-strength steel for warships Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, Aug 4, 2013, DHNS: Indigenous manufacturing of India's largest warship — the 37,500-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikrant — has ended the nation's decade-old reliability on import for military grade steel, needed for warship building. ...

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Daily Pionner has reported that IAF will opt for 50 Sukhoi 30 directly from Russia if the Deal is a No Go . it seems like MMRCA is heading towards Make or Break Phase :eek: Very difficult to determine what's a bluff and what isn't. Going over this entire thing - I wonder if we made a mistake by goi...

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India’s Light Combat Aircraft Prepares For Operational Clearance By Jay Menon Source: Aerospace Daily & Defense Report August 27, 2012 NEW DELHI — India’s indigenously developed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is likely to win its final operational service clearance, following testing as part...

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Navy’s aircraft carrier not to be ready until 2017 New Delhi, Aug 8, 2012, DHNS: The Navy’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) will not be ready before 2017, overshooting the delivery schedule by more than three years, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma has admitted. “There were problems in manuf...

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Shiv Aroor on this his blog tweeted this..

The MoD, Eurofighter and Dassault deny any meeting on Thursday. So unless it was top secret (can't be), this was some bad info. Oh well.

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NRao saar... thats correct. Source India will acquire 126 aircraft—86 single-seat and 40 twin-seat configurations. and India plans to procure 18 aircraft in flyaway condition and produce 106 locally under license through technology transfer. Delivery starts within 36 months of contract signing and w...

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Tejas sensors checked out during night flying The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft- Tejas, fitted with advanced sensors like Multi Mode Radar (MMR) Litening Pod (Day and Night imaging sensors) , was checked out during night flying, Defence Research and Development Organisation said today. These sen...

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ToI 'LCA is completely Indian' ExpressBuzz Tejas exports likely after induction into IAF DNA India Indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas to get operations clearance tomorrow Deccan Herald India's own fighter jet Tejas to join air force Monday NetIndian LCA "Tejas" to be handed over to IAF...

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Just a bunch of media reports covering this test... Indian LCA Tejas jet fires close combat missile Defense World One of the main objectives of the current phase of flight trials was clearing the firing envelope of air to air close combat missile from the Tejas. The R-73 missile, which is the chosen...

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Happy Diwali to all jingoes and thier families!!

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Israel, EU in contention to co-develop radars for Tejas Manu Pubby Tags : Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, European Consortium EADS Posted: Wed Jul 14 2010, 23:54 hrs India is close to finalising a developmental partner for a next generation radar that will be the eyes and ears of the Tejas Light Comba...

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India foils Chinese bid to patent 'pudina'

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India foils Chinese bid to patent 'pudina' TOI NEW DELHI: India has foiled a major Chinese bio-piracy bid to patent the use of medicinal plants 'pudina' (mint) and 'kalamegha' (andrographis) for the treatment of H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CS...

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X-posting Kaveri bit... Negotiations for Tejas aircraft engines soon An upgraded and more powerful Kaveri engine is being seen initially as a replacement engine for the first batch of Tejas aircraft, Subramanyam added. “Every aircraft in its lifetime needs two replacements. Some of those engines are...

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Negotiations for Tejas aircraft engines soon Financial Express Posting in full for archival... Bangalore: The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is set to start commercial negotiations with aircraft engine makers Eurojet Turbo GmbH and General Electric Aviation for 99 aircraft engines for the Li...

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A very tragic and shocking news! Sir, although many of us didnt know you personally, the amount of grief thats causing just goes to show the kind of impact you had. Your work would put most of the so called Indian defence journalists to shame. That too at the age of 23? Hats off to you. May a 1000 H...

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X-Post Navy backs Tejas with Rs 900 cr Meanwhile, a major shore-based test facility is coming up at INS Hansa, in Goa, which replicates an aircraft carrier deck on ground, complete with arrested recovery and a ski jump for take off. This facility, which is expected to be operational by October 2011 ...

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Navy backs Tejas with Rs 900 cr Ajai Shukla / Bangalore September 21, 2009, 0:01 IST Business Standard has learnt that the navy has okayed the placement of an order for six Naval LCAs. At an approximate cost of Rs 150 crore per aircraft, that will provide a Rs 900 crore infusion into the Naval LCA ...

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Apologies if its a repost... Atomic politics: Who needs the H-bomb? Excerpts from the above article.. But for some Indian weapons boffins, nailing the TN bomb technology is a matter of pride; not to speak of the security angle of China having one (and therefore Pakistan inevitably getting the design...

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May have to revisit nuclear no-first use policy: Army chief

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India built N-sub in Kalpakkam under codename 'PRP'

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Woooohooo! was late in joining the party here but hearty congratulations to each and everyone involved. A very proud moment for the entire nation. Hopefully we can get a glimpse of it sooner... A graphic from the Telegraph article... http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090727/images/27zzsubmarinebig.jpg ...

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TOI's news has been posted in this thread already - but thier online edition had this small pic...

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Tejas may skip operational clearance deadline Ravi Sharma Highly placed sources told The Hindu that the software integration of crucial equipment like the Israeli-built multimode radar (MMR) with the aircraft was yet to be completed. The lack of a radar meant that crucial points on the flight envel...

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IAF to have 230 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter planes by 2015: Antony

Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Antony said since 1996 IAF has procured 98 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft.

"By 2015, we plan to have a fleet of 230 Sukhoi fighter aircraft," he said.

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'Missile woman' to handle ambitious Agni-V project Quoting some parts of the article... Agni-V, with a strike range of 5,000-km, which is slated to be tested for the first time next year. ... The work on the solid-fuelled Agni-V basically revolves around incorporating a third composite stage in the...

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Apologies for the stupid question, but how many night flights have happened till now ? If none, why not? Saar - the article mentions SECOND night flight. Snippet from the same article... The Prototype Vehicle- 3 (PV-3) in November last year took to the skies by night and carried out a set of predet...

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Quoting relevant parts of the article. No mention of the prototype being a two seater in the article... LCA to do star turn, set to take to night skies BANGALORE: The indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is on its way to achieving a major milestone in the next few days as a proto...

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