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Pulwama attack: Nirmala Sitharaman cancels all prior commitments for next
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): All prior commitments of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for Saturday and Sunday have been cancelled in wake of the Pulwama attack.
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Pulwama attack: Sitharaman returns to India, to attend CCS meeting
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman returned to India from Sweden on Friday and will attend a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir.
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India, Germany review defence cooperation
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday concluded an official bilateral visit to Germany and reviewed a gamut of bilateral defence cooperation, which is emerging as an important facet of India-Germany Strategic Partnership.
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Goa Cong claims Amit Shah took Rafale files from Parrikar's residence
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Floating a new theory, the Goa Congress on Tuesday claimed that BJP President Amit Shah had "taken away" files related to the Rafale deal from Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's "bedroom" during his visit here last Saturday. Read More
Army to airlift stranded students, others from Jammu and Srinagar: Defence
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Army will airlift stranded students and others from Srinagar to Jammu and vice-versa as the national highway, the only surface link that connects the valley with rest of the country, is blocked due to hea
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Defence corridors will create 3.5 lakh jobs in UP, Tamil Nadu, says Nirmal
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 10 (ANI): The defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will generate 3.5 lakh jobs at their various stages of supply chain, said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday.
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Rafale issue: Sitharaman terms news item ‘distorted’, wonders if doubts ar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) A combative Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed as “incomplete” and “distorted” the news item published by a newspaper about “parallel negotiations” by the PMO in the Rafale fighter deal and wondered whether &ldqu
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Parrikar washed hands off Rafale deal to save his neck: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): The Congress on Friday said that former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar “washed his hands off the deal” in order to save his neck.
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Govt trying to cover up on Rafale, says Hindu Group Editor N Ram
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Chairman of The Hindu Group N Ram, who wrote about the then Defence Secretary Mohan Kumar's dissent note on Rafale fighter negotiation issue, said on Friday that the government was trying to "cover up" on the matter and asserted that he does not re
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PMO has something to hide, says former Defence Minister AK Antony
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): In the wake of the latest media report on the Rafale deal, veteran Congress leader and former Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday questioned whether the PMO had any "special interest" to push the contract.
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Defence Minister counters Rahul Gandhi's charges on Rafale deal in LS, Opp
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected Congress President Rahul Gandhi's allegation based on a media report that claimed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ran parallel negotiations with France on the multi-billion Rafale fighter jet deal.
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Manohar Parrikar dismissed MoD’s fear that negotiations over Rafale were w
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Government on Friday dismissed a media report that claimed that Defence Ministry officials had raised concerns over the direct involvement of Prime Minister’s Office in the Rafale deal and said that the report failed to publish response of the former
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