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DAC approves procurement of assault rifles, carbines
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 16 (ANI): The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Tuesday cleared the procurement of 72,400 assault rifles and 93,895 carbines worth Rs 3,547 crores in order to meet an immediate requirement of the troops deployed along the borders.
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Defence Ministry suspends business with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari's firm
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Ministry of Defence suspended all the business dealing with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari's firm Offset India Solutions for six months.
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Defence Ministry clears two procurement proposals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cleared two procurement proposals, on Tuesday.
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MoS Defence hails commissioning of INS Kalvari
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre on Thursday said advanced technology-enriched INS Kalvari was majorly required by the Indian Navy, adding all the six submarines of this class will be commissioned till 2020.
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Odisha: Surface-to-air missile 'Akash' successfully test fired
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandipur (Odisha) [India], December 6 (ANI): Surface-to-air missile 'Akash' on Tuesday was successfully test fired for the first time with a home-made radio frequency seeker against target Banshee.
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Withdraw order capping educational aid to martyrs' kids: Rajya Sabha MP to
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar has written to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking the reversal of a government order that has capped educational expenses paid to children of martyrs or disabled soldiers at Rs. 10,000 per month.
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Jaitley lays down roadmap for world class infrastructure on Defence Estate
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The Defence Ministry on Thursday celebrated the Defence Estates Day where Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a lecture on "India's Roadmap for a World Class Infrastructure".
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Indian Navy to get 260 software-defined-radio sets
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov. 29 (ANI): The Defence Ministry on Wednesday approved purchasing of naval communication software worth over Rs. 490 crore.
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Widows of gallantry award winners to receive allowance even after remarria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): The Defence Ministry on Tuesday announced that the widows of gallantry award winners would continue to receive their allowance even after remarriage.
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'Joint training doctrine' for armed forces released
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): In an endeavour to promote 'synergy' and 'integration' amongst the Army, Navy and Air Force, the armed forces on Tuesday released a joint training doctrine.
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Russian airstrikes destroy ISIS command post, kill 80 terrorists in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct. 7 (ANI):The Russian defence ministry has confirmed that the country's air force targeted an ISIS command position in Mayadin city in eastern Syria and killed 80 terrorists.
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Al-Nusra leader injured in airstrike, 12 commanders killed: Russia
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 4 (ANI):The Russian Defence Ministry has said that Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the leader of Al-Nusra, has been critically injured in an airstrike carried out by the Russian Air Force as a part of an intelligence-led special operation, while he was meeting his commanders
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