Wrongly accused ISRO scientist seeks damages
Senior ISRO scientist S Nambi Narayanan has slapped a Rs 1 crore suit against the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Kerala police officials in a Kerala court for the ``mental and physical agony'' he suffered while he was falsely implicated in the 1994 spy scandal.

Bhagwat refutes Fernandes' charges
Reacting to Defence Minister George Fernandes's charge, former Naval Chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat has denied ever having threatened Admiral Sushil Kumar with a court martial.

US pressured Pak to pay for F-16s: Report
A US daily has unravelled the mystery over the continued payment of instalments by Pakistan to the United States towards the cost of F-16 fighter aircraft even after the controversial deal fell through in October 1990.

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