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Friday, January 16, 2015

OneIndia Exclusive: Parrikar to review DRDO, HAL projects in Bengaluru


By Anantha Krishnan M
https://twitter.com/writetake
Bengaluru, Jan 16: Two days after owning up the responsibility for recommending the contract termination of India’s top missile brain and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chief Dr Avinash Chander, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will touchdown in Bengaluru on January 17 morning for the review of critical projects. 
Ministry of Defence (MoD) sources told OneIndia that Parrikar’s office, currently facing the heat for targeting one of the most-revered defence scientists in India, has given instructions not to have any media interaction during his lightning one-day visit. He is expected to visit the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) during the first half of the day. 
* Empowered Committee on LCA meeting 
* Aero-cluster review also being lined up 
* A low-key Tejas handing over event likely 
* HAL’s proposal with MoD 
Dr Avninash Chander to be absent 
Read the full report at OneIndia, here: http://bit.ly/1KQwbt1