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AgustaWestland case: CBI seeks prosecution sanction against former defence
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought prosecution sanction against former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and then defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and four Indian Air Force (IAF) staff members in connection with AgustaWestland
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Rajnath holds talks with US counterpart Esper, discusses defence cooperati
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday evening held a telephonic conversation with US Defense Secretary Mark T Esper and discussed issues pertaining to bilateral defence cooperation, according to defence sources.
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Pak to send representatives for SCO military medicine conference
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): After remaining absent on the first day, Pakistan has now decided to send two representatives to the second Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) military medicine conference, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
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AN-32 crash: Induction of 15 mountaineers complete, team to close in to cr
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The operation to airlift 15 mountaineers by helicopters to search for possible survivors in the site the where the missing AN-32 aircraft crashed is complete, defence sources said here on Wednesday.
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103 terrorist eliminated till now in Jammu and Kashmir this year
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Stepping up pressure on terror groups, security forces have eliminated as many as 103 terrorists till now in Jammu and Kashmir this year, defence sources said on Friday.
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Question mark on Chinese Navy long-range deployment capacity: Top defence
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Since September 2017, no Chinese nuclear or conventional submarine has entered the Indian Ocean Region, raising a question mark on the ability of the People's Liberation Army's Navy to deploy its underwater warships far away from its mainland.
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Indian Army troops to remain on high alert in wake of Indo-Pak tensions
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Top Indian Army commanders have decided that in view of tensions with Pakistan, the armed forces cannot lower their guard and troop readiness levels will remain as they are at the moment, Defence sources said on Wednesday.
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Sitharaman, US Acting Defence Minister discuss bilateral ties over phone:
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Acting Defence Secretary of the United States Patrick M Shanahan talked to each other over the phone and discussed bilateral ties between the two countries, said Defence sources.
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Agni-5 missile test-fired
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Balasore (Odisha), Dec 10 (ANI) Agni-5, India's indigenously-developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile, was test-fired on Monday from Abdul Kalam Island here off Odisha coast, Defence sources said.
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