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Sri Lanka: CID arrests former Defence Secretary, IGP over mishandling repo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday arrested former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara on charges of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday terror attack killing more than 250 pe
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Rajnath Singh to take stock of critical war-fighting weapons, ammo with de
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Against the backdrop of a recent conflict with Pakistan post-Pulwama attacks, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will take stock of the critical war-fighting weapon systems and ammunitions available with the three defence forces and the progress made by them
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Trump nominates Esper as next Secretary of Defence
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Mark Esper to be the next defence secretary after Patrick Shanahan abruptly withdrew from the confirmation process earlier this week.
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Sports Minister Rijiju, Defence Secretary Mitra attend yoga events
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday attended a yoga event at Najafgarh here organised to celebrate the International Yoga Day.
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US, Chinese defence chiefs discuss sanctions enforcement on N Korea
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, Jun 1 (ANI): Patrick Shanahan, the acting US Defence Secretary, and Wei Fenghe, the Chinese Defence Minister, discussed ways to better enforce UN sanctions on North Korea during a "constructive and productive" meeting held on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum
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Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra gets a three month extension
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra who was supposed to retire from service today after completion of two year-tenure got an extension of three months on Friday.
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Defence Secretary reviews submarine, warship projects in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra on Monday led a high-level delegation here where he reviewed several ongoing important naval projects including the Scorpene submarine project.
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Taliban retaking Afghanistan 'real risk' if US troops are withdrawn: Rober
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 12 (ANI): Former US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said that there was a "real risk" that the Taliban could re-take control over Afghanistan if US troops were withdrawn from the country.
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Trump nominates Patrick Shanahan for Defence Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 10 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan to the post of Defence Secretary, which fell vacant after James Mattis had resigned last year, the White House said.
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'Approved US carrier strike group, bomber strike force to Middle East due
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 7 (ANI): The United States approved a carrier strike group and a bomber strike force to the Middle East due to "indications of a credible threat" by Iran, said acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Monday.
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US to cut Turkey off F-35 programme over Russia S-400 deal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Pentagon is planning to eliminate Turkey from a programme on creating F-35 multi-role fighters over the latter's deals to buy Russian S-400 defence system, said acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
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Sri Lanka Defence Secretary resigns
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on Thursday stepped down from his post amid allegations of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday attack.
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