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Centre to reform Indian Army in 'planned manner'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday addressed the armed forces on the eve of 72nd Independence Day and highlighted the various initiatives taken by the central government to reform the Indian Army. She said that the ministry has decided to refor
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Sitharaman urges defence industries to inflate export capacity
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Highlighting an increase in the demand for quality defence equipments and products all over the world, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday appealed to country's defence industries to ramp up their defence export potential.
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Sitharaman calls on startups to develop unmanned drones with missiles
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 5 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday asked the Indian startups to develop unmanned drones with missiles for the Indian armed forces.
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Defence Ministry mulling over Aero India 2019 venue
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday clarified that no decision has been taken yet regarding the venue of Aero India 2019.
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Ananth Kumar hits out at Congress for moving Privilege Motion
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar today took a dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi following the Opposition's decision to move a Privilege Motion against PM Narendra Modi and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman for allegedly misleading the lo
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Rafale deal: Congress moves privilege motion against PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday announced to move privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman "for making misleading statements" during the raging debate on the No-Confidence Mo
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‘Will turn you all into Congress’: Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party's "Pappu" tag for him saying that he does not hate the BJP for the same and wants to turn its leaders into Congress. Rahul ended his speech while giving a hug to Prime Min
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Defence Minister lied under PM's pressure on Rafale deal: Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday raised the controversial Rafale deal in Parliament while accusing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of lying to the nation quoting the 'secrecy clause' in the pact.
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BJP protests over TDP's 'offensive' remark for PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday protested in the Lok Sabha over use of an "offensive" word by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Jayadev Galla for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the proceedings of the Opposition's no-confi
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India to go with Russia's S-400 deal despite US sanctions: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 14 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India will acquire five advanced S-400 Triumf defence air missile systems from Russia irrespective of the sanctions on military transactions imposed by Washington D.C. on Moscow.
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Centre 'keeping an eye' on terror recruitment in Kashmir
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Central government is keeping a tab on the growing number of youth joining terrorism in Kashmir, said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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UNHRC assessment on Kashmir baseless: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Union Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday dubbed the recent assessment report by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Kashmir as baseless.
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