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Ensured minimum loss of life at borders as Defence Minister: Manohar Parri
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], November 5 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday asserted that during his stint as the defence minister he had always tried to ensure minimum lives were lost at the border.
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Sitharaman meets Bhutanese King, Queen
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met the King and Queen of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, in Delhi on Thursday.
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Interaction between IOR stakeholders will shape world's future: Nirmala Si
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the future of the world will be shaped to a large extent by the political and economic interaction between stake holders in the Indian Ocean Region.
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Army isn't for constructing bridge: Defence experts
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Nagpur/Dehradun [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): The defence experts on Wednesday criticised the Maharashtra government's decision to rope in the Indian Army to construct a bridge in Mumbai's Elphinstone Road train station, where 23 people were killed in a stampede last month.
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Army is not for civil work: Kharge
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka),[India] Oct 31 (ANI): Targeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its proclamation of using army to build new foot-over-bridge at Elphinstone Station, Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge stated that army is for maintaining peace at borders, not for civil work.
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Army to build new foot-over-bridge at Elphinstone Station
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] October 31(ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the army will build the new foot-over-bridge at Elphinstone Station, where 23 people were killed in the stampede last month.
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French Minister for armed forces visits Western Naval Command
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] October 23 (ANI): French Minister for armed forces Florence Parly on Saturday visited western naval command here.
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Admiral Lanba asks Indian Navy to remain outcome oriented at sea and ashor
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 28 (ANI): Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba on Friday emphasized the need for the Indian Navy to remain outcome oriented in all endeavours, both at sea and ashore.
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India and France to conduct joint naval exercise next year
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 27 (ANI): India and France will jointly conduct naval exercise 'Varuna' next year.
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Sitharaman releases coffee table book on department of defence production
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday released a coffee table book on the Department of Defence Production (DDP) titled 'A journey towards self-reliance' here.
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Agusta middleman used cover of journalist to contact George Fernandes: Jay
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Former Samata Party leader Jaya Jaitly on Thursday claimed that arms middleman Christian Michel, who has been named in the CBI charge sheet in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, used the cover of a journalist to contact then defence minister George Ferna
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Terrorism, radicalisation pose serious security challenges to society: Sit
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], October 24 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that terrorism and radicalisation pose one of the most immediate and serious security challenges to the society.
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