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India5 days ago

Sitharaman meets Kin of martyred soldier Aurangzeb

Srinagar, June 20: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday met the family of Sepoy Aurangzeb in Jammu and Kasmir’s Poonch. After meeting the family of Aurangzeb, she...
India3 weeks ago

Committed to Ramadan ceasefire, border truce with Pakistan: Defence Minister

New Delhi, June 5: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir will honour the Ramadan ceasefire and the border truce with Pakistan but any “unprovoked” attack won’t...
India4 months ago

Pakistan will have to pay for Jammu ‘misadventure’, warns India

The operation was called off on Monday morning after the three attackers were killed. A fourth one, she said, may have been a guide and didn't...
India5 months ago

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flies Sukhoi 30 MKI

New Delhi, Jan 17: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday took off Sukhoi-30 MKI from the air base in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur. Jodhpur: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
Entertainment6 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman thanks SRK for lending support to Armed Forces

Mumbai, Dec 15: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan received an appreciation note from the Defence Ministry of India for lending support to Indian soldiers. The ministry is...
India7 months ago

Defence Minister looking into education fund cap issue: Army chief

New Delhi, Dec 6: Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has promised to resolve the issue of a cap of Rs...
Politics7 months ago

Sitharaman’s statement raises more questions than answers on Rafale: Yechury

New Delhi, Nov 18: Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s media statement on Rafale has raised more questions than...
India8 months ago

Ensured minimum loss of life as Defence Minister: Parrikar

Panaji, Nov 5: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said when he was held the Defence Minister portfolio, he always tried to ensure minimum life was...
Politics8 months ago

Sitharaman should take ‘inspiration’ from Indira: Congress

Panaji, Oct 31: Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman should take “inspiration” from late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi while dealing with Pakistan, Goa Congress President Shantaram Naik said...
India8 months ago

Sitharaman to visit Andaman on Diwali

New Delhi, Oct 17: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will spend Diwali with soldiers in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an official statement said on Tuesday. The two-day visit,...
India9 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman visits forward locations of Leh, Ladakh & Siachen

Srinagar, Sep 30: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday visited the Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest and coldest battlefield, and also some other forward locations including Leh, Ladakh to...
India9 months ago

Defence Minister reaches J&K for two-day visit, to visit Siachen

Srinagar, Sep 29, 2017: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir during which she will visit the Siachen...
India10 months ago

All-women global naval circumnavigation is a historic occasion, says Sitharaman

Panaji, Sep 10: The global circumnavigation by an all-women Indian Navy crew is a historic occasion for India, the country’s first full-fledged woman Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
India10 months ago

Sitharaman takes charge as Defence Minister

New Delhi, Sep 7: Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday took charge as India’s first full-fledged woman Defence Minister. Sitharaman was elevated to the rank of a Cabinet Minister...
India10 months ago

Will look at combat role for women with open mind: Sitharaman

New Delhi, Sep 3: Set to take charge as India’s first, full-fledged woman Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said she would look into the matter fo...
Politics10 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman is new Defence Minister, Piyush gets Railways Ministry

New Delhi, Sep 3: In a major reshuffle-cum-expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi cabinet on Sunday, Nirmala Sitharaman was named India’s Defence Minister. While Piyush Goyal gets Railways Ministry. Among, other...
Analysis10 months ago

From RM to CM: Parrikar trades Tejas for tomatoes, surgical strikes for papad dough

Panaji, Aug 20 : Until some months ago, as Raksha Mantri, Manohar Parrikar, with his trademark fidgety eloquence, could explain the flaws in the LCA Tejas...
India10 months ago

AC jackets for Indian Special Forces soon: Parrikar

Panaji, Aug 20: Trials for introducing air-conditioned jackets for the Indian Special Forces soldiers are on, former Defence Minister and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said....
Politics10 months ago

‘Defence Ministry post cheap or orphaned??’ Shiv Sena asks PM over Manohar Parrikar’s remark

New Delhi, Aug 18: Shiv Sena launched a scathing attack on Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar over his remarks in a viral video that he would return as defence minister...
India1 year ago

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley visits LoC, applauds soldiers

Srinagar, May 19, 2017: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the government wants people of Jammu and Kashmir to have a peaceful life but security forces...
India1 year ago

Pakistan Army took part in Indian soldiers’ mutilation: Jaitley

New Delhi, May 3 : Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s denial of involvement of its troops in the mutilation of bodies of two Indian...
India1 year ago

Arun Jaitley takes charge as defence minister

New Delhi, March 14: Union finance minister Arun Jaitley takes charge of Defence Ministery as former Raksha Mantri Manohar Parrikar has stepped down to swear in...
India1 year ago

Modi may soon have to look for new ministers

New Delhi, March 12 : With the BJP naming Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar as the new Goa Chief Minister and some other Union ministers being hinted as...
India1 year ago

Parrikar woos global aerospace firms to make in India

Bengaluru, Feb 14 Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday wooed global aerospace firms to make their products in India, which had opened up the defence sector...
World1 year ago

South Sudan orders public execution of rapists

If a soldier rapes a woman or a girl, the punishment is to shoot him in the head and in public.
India2 years ago

Embraer Aircraft: Defence Minister seeks to CBI

The defence minister has asked CBI to investigate about the deal that has been signed in 2008 between Embraer and the DRDO during the previous UPA...
Politics2 years ago

Defence Minister taking Interest in Key Military Appointments

New Delhi, August 10: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is taking good interest in appointments of Principal Staff Officers (PSO) to Chiefs, Vice Chiefs and Army Commanders...
India2 years ago

Shortage of fire tenders, staff at Army’s arms depots, admits Parrikar

New Delhi, July 19 Months after a massive fire killed 19 at an arms depot in Maharashtra, Defence Minister Manohar admitted in parliament that there is...
Politics2 years ago

Congress slams Parrikar’s criticism of NGOs, green activists

Panaji, June 22 The Congress on Wednesday slammed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s recent criticism of a section of NGOs and green activists, and accused the former...
India3 years ago

Manohar Parrikar says,India will be part of anti-IS operations under UN flag

India will participate in operations against the Islamic State only if this is under the UN flag, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday. “It is...
India3 years ago

BJP dodges questions on Parrikar’s birthday bash funding

The BJP leaders in Goa on Saturday dodged questions on the funding of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s birthday bash to be held on Sunday but insisted...

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Sitharaman meets Kin of martyred soldier Aurangzeb

Committed to Ramadan ceasefire, border truce with Pakistan: Defence Minister

Pakistan will have to pay for Jammu ‘misadventure’, warns India

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flies Sukhoi 30 MKI

Nirmala Sitharaman thanks SRK for lending support to Armed Forces

Defence Minister looking into education fund cap issue: Army chief

Sitharaman’s statement raises more questions than answers on Rafale: Yechury

Ensured minimum loss of life as Defence Minister: Parrikar

Sitharaman should take ‘inspiration’ from Indira: Congress

Sitharaman to visit Andaman on Diwali

Nirmala Sitharaman visits forward locations of Leh, Ladakh & Siachen

Defence Minister reaches J&K for two-day visit, to visit Siachen

All-women global naval circumnavigation is a historic occasion, says Sitharaman

Sitharaman takes charge as Defence Minister

Will look at combat role for women with open mind: Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman is new Defence Minister, Piyush gets Railways Ministry

From RM to CM: Parrikar trades Tejas for tomatoes, surgical strikes for papad dough

AC jackets for Indian Special Forces soon: Parrikar

‘Defence Ministry post cheap or orphaned??’ Shiv Sena asks PM over Manohar Parrikar’s remark

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley visits LoC, applauds soldiers

Pakistan Army took part in Indian soldiers’ mutilation: Jaitley

Arun Jaitley takes charge as defence minister

Modi may soon have to look for new ministers

Parrikar woos global aerospace firms to make in India

South Sudan orders public execution of rapists

Embraer Aircraft: Defence Minister seeks to CBI

Defence Minister taking Interest in Key Military Appointments

Shortage of fire tenders, staff at Army’s arms depots, admits Parrikar

Congress slams Parrikar’s criticism of NGOs, green activists

Manohar Parrikar says,India will be part of anti-IS operations under UN flag

BJP dodges questions on Parrikar’s birthday bash funding

Nowhatta: J&K Police registers FIRs against CRPF’s Srinagar Unit

Rain fury in coastal districts throws life out of gear

Bihar: Man tied to tree, wife gang-raped in front of him

Businessman shot dead in Bihar

Jio signs $1 bn loan to finance goods procured from Samsung, Ace Technologies

FIFA World Cup 2018: Egypt, Saudi Arabia play for pride

Kathua, Unnao rape cases: Rahul leads midnight protest at India Gate

White House says to announce actions on Pakistan within days

Beautiful City Chandigarh Flooded with Heavy Rains