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Tejas to replace ageing MiG series aircraft in next 15 years  The first squadron named as 'Flying Daggers' By Dheeraj Fartode Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to raise the first fighter squadron of indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas at Bangalore on July 1. The first squadron will have only two aircraft as opposed to global standard of 16 aircraft per squadron. It will be 45th squadron ane named as ‘Flying Daggers’ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) have developed Tejas -- a single-engine compound-delta-wing tailless aircraft -- after hard work of around 30 years and it will replace ageing MIG series aircraft in next 15 years.  A top official of the IAF, preferring to be unnamed, confirmed the information and said that Air Marshal Jasbir Walia, AOC, Southern Air Command, would remain present for raising ceremony of the first squadron.  LCA Tejas An official of HAL told ‘The Hitavada’ that...

By Dheeraj Fartode  NAGPUR, June 17:  A new chapter will be written in the history of Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday when first three women fighter pilots -- Mohana Singh, Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi -- will be inducted in the IAF after successfully completing advanced training.  Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister, will confer the President’s Commission on behalf of the President of India, to these first women fighter pilots along with 126 graduating trainees of various branches including 19 women trainees in the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP), which will be held on Saturday at Air Force Academy, Dundigal, on the outskirts of Hyderabad.  Avani Chaturvedi in cockpit of training aircraft. This CGP will be a landmark event in the history of the IAF as the first three women pilots will be commissioned in the Fighter stream of the Flying branch. Parrikar will also present the ‘Wings and Brevets’ to the newly commissioned officers of the Flying bran...

By Dheeraj Fartode Tension prevailed at Jaripatka area when a protest for immediate arrest of the accused involved in double murder case at Samta Nagar slums on Monday took ugly turn after the police chased, kicked and latchi charged the protesters. Special teams of city police led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone V Abhinash Kumar dragged men and women from their houses and attacked them. Even wives of the deceased Imrat Rana and Oranlal Rana were not spared by the police. Later, DCP Abhinash Kumar attempted to snatch the camera of a woman photojournalist and also held collar of another photographer for capturing the police action. Trouble began when some residents of Samta Nagar gheraoed Jaripatka Police Station around 11 am and demanded immediate arrest of the accused including dreaded goon Ankush Tomaskar. As no assurance of immediate action came from the Police, the mobs started pelting stones at the Police Station. Sensing the mounting tension, DCP Abhinas...

Fund will be utilised to clone hard disks and secure encrypted data  By Dheeraj Fartode  Investigation of the multi-crore ‘Dabba’ trading scam is going to be most expensive investigation for Nagpur police. After learning cost of various equipments and receiving first bill of cloning of computer hard disks worth Rs 2.5 lakh, the city police is all set to send a proposal for ‘extra’ investigation fund worth Rs 25 lakh which will be exclusively spend on investigation of ‘Dabba’ trading scam. ‘Dabba’ trading has inflicted heavy revenue loss worth crores to the state exchequer, experts claim.  Deputy Commissioner of Police (EoW) Ranjan Kumar Sharma told The Hitavada that cloning and securing 64 digit hash value of all seized hard disk and DVR is the first part of investigation so that the seized evidence could be produced in the court to prove guilt of the accused. The cops will purchase same sophisticated hard disks and DVR for cloning and it needs Rs 16-17 lakh,...