S. Krishnaswamy

Dharmendra's omission from the Oscars' In Memoriam segment sparked fan outrage, but his daughter Esha Deol believes he wouldn't be bothered, valuing love over accolades. Hema Malini expressed disappointment, calling it a "shame" for the Academy to overlook the legendary actor, though Dharmendra was honored on the Oscars website alongside other Indian film personalities. Read on to know more in detail.

BANGALORE: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy arrived in Bangalore on Monday.

BANGALORE: India was holding discussions with Russia to set up spare parts manufacturing facilities for fighter aircraft in India so that it can cater to the needs of India and a few other countries, Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Saturday.

BANGALORE: Industries with technicial, financial or management problems could avail expert advise from the Dutch.

PUNE: Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy on Saturday said IAF was ready to consider allowing round-the-clock civil operations from Pune airport.

MYSORE: Prominent writers and scholars will meet on September 9 in Mysore to evaluate Ramayana Mahanveshanam, written by former Karnataka Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily.

BANGALORE: Civil aviation minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy soared into the skies at the helm of an Indian Air Force HPT-32 trainer aircraft here on Thursday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala's premier milk cooperative, MILMA, has become the first state milk federation allowed to use the mnemonic symbol as a benchmark of quality designed by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).

BANGALORE: The Indian Air Force plans to set up a specialised force for air base security. Staff from the existing air force will be selected and trained to function as commandoes.

NEW DELHI: As part of the rapidly expanding Indo-US defence ties after the post-Pokhran-II chill, several more joint military exercises between the two countries are being planned.

BANGALORE: The Saras, India's first indigenously built civilian aircraft, will take its maiden flight from the HAL airport in Bangalore on Friday.

PUNE: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy on Friday sympathised with Pakistan president general Pervez Musharraf and said that the General had little option than to speak in various hues and tones.

MYSORE: A public function, with students forming a majority of the audience can sometimes prove embarrassing. Union Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution V. Sreenivasa Prasad and Kannada writers D. Jaware Gowda (Dejegow) (also former Mysore University vice chancellor) and H.S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar (HSK) had a torrid time on Saturday when they attended a function organised by a local student organisation in Mysore to mark the birth anniversary of eminent writer Kuvempu.

With the Madras high court bench in Madurai setting aside the appointment of vice-chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University Kalyani Mathivanan on the ground that she lacked the qualifications prescribed by the University Grants Commission, there is a debate in academic circles on the way VCs are appointed.

BANGALORE: Music has always stirred the emotions and national pride of men in the Air Force. Melodies that bring magical memories of the past and present will once again swamp Bangaloreans when the Indian Air Force (IAF) kick-starts its 70th anniversary celebrations at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall on September 18.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Vajpayee on Sunday said the government was determined to root out terrorism, but maintained that India was for friendship with all countries. Negotiations need not be at summit level: Advani We're only too ready for talks with Pak: Jaswant Two ISI agents held in Hyderabad 12 Pak soliders killed in border firing Sharp rise in infiltration along LoC

MUMBAI: Kavita Gadgil, the mother of Abhijit, a 27-year-old IAF pilot who was killed in a MiG-21 crash on September 2001, is seeking an appointment with President Abdul Kalam to apprise him of the series of mishaps involving the Russian designed fighter planes.

MUMBAI: The crash of a MiG-21 ‘Bis’ fighter near Jalandhar, on Friday prompted Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy to immediately ground six squadrons of MiG-21 Bis’ fighters.

BANGALORE: He cycled from his grandfather's house in Basavanagudi to Government Flying Training School in Jakkur as an NCC air wing cadet to learn the art of flying on a Tiger Moth.

Mumbai: Finally, justice after 20 years.

MUMBAI: Open manholes, dead phones, policemen refusing to register serious offences —the list of official acts of omission and commission goes on and on.

Azmath BANGALORE: The abduction and gruesome death of former minister H. Nagappa could have been prevented had the Karnataka government taken a serious note of an academic's letter on Veerappan's abduction plans sent four years ago.

MUMBAI: Air Chief Marshal Krishnaswamy supported the move to ground the MIG jets after Friday's crash.

During the second phase of lockdown in Kolkata, a 14th batch student of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) spent 11 months in a dark room to make a four-minute animation film.

AMBALA: After his 25-minute sortie in MiG-21 on Friday, Defence Minister George Fernandes said the trainer jet, dubbed as the "flying coffin", would remain the mainstay of the Air Force.

The use of a hair dye to colour the hair has become quite common over the last few decades.