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Kumaraswamy turns peacemaker to resolve Sitharaman-K'taka Min spat
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Days after reports emerged that Union defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman lashed out at Karnataka Tourism Minister Sa Ra Mahesh, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday tried to resolve the matter saying "time to forgive each other and join hands
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K'taka floods: Defence Minister announces Rs. 1 crore aid
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kodagu (Karnataka), Aug 24 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced a financial aid of Rs. 1 crore from her Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme for the flood-hit districts of Karnataka.
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Defence Minister visits flood-hit areas of Karnataka
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kodagu (Karnataka), Aug 24 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday visited floods and landslide-hit Kodagu district in Karnataka and assured support for the restoration work.
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'Dissolution of Doklam standoff a model for solving future disputes'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman and her Chinese counterpart, General Wei Fenghe, on Thursday discussed the Doklam standoff between the two countries during their delegation-level meet, agreeing that it could serve as a model to resolve future conflict
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India, China agree to strengthen defence cooperation
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe held a bilateral meeting on Thursday and stressed on strengthening defence cooperation and strategic ties between both the countries.
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Defence Cooperation key pillar of India, Japan relationship: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Defence Cooperation is a key pillar of the relationship between India and Japan, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi after meeting Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera here on Monday.
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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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Centre issues guidelines for SP policy for weapons production under 'Make
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): In an endeavour to boost the indigenous defence industry, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Monday issued guidelines for implementing the Strategic Partnership Model.
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Ananth Kumar hits out at Congress for moving Privilege Motion
Updated : 7 years, 8 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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