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Armed Forces Flag Day awareness campaign: Sitharaman praises Shah Rukh Kha
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 14 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently expressed her "gratitude" to the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan "for supporting the Armed Forces Flag Day awareness campaign."
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Cyclone Ockhi: Lok Sabha Dy Speaker requests Centre to intensify rescue op
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): AIADMK leader and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M. Thambi Durai met Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, requesting her to intensify rescue operations in Cyclone Ockhi affected areas, especially Kanyakumari.
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Armed Forces Flag Day observed with pride and honour
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 07 (ANI): To mark the occasion of the Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, which is observed on December 7 every year, the political fraternity expressed solidarity and paid homage to honour the sacrifice of the Indian soldiers.
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Cyclone Ockhi: Sitharaman assures rescue operations won't stop
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 6 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday assured that the rescue operations in the aftermath of cyclone Ockhi are making every attempt to bring back stranded fishermen in the sea.
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Withdraw order capping educational aid to martyrs' kids: Rajya Sabha MP to
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Indian armed forces fully prepared for any eventuality: Sitharaman
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Indian armed forces were fully prepared for any eventuality.
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Cyclone Ockhi: 'Won't lose hope' in finding survivors, says Sitharaman
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 04 (ANI): Amid the havoc caused by cyclone Ockhi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that she will not lose hope and will leave no stone unturned in finding the fishermen stranded in the sea.
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Defence Minister meets cyclone Ockhi-hit families in Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday met the fishermen families affected by cyclone Ockhi at Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram.
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Cyclone Ockhi: 357 fishermen have been rescued so far, says Sitharaman
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday informed that, so far, 357 fishermen, including 71 from Tamil Nadu, who had been stranded in sea due to Cyclone Ockhi, have been rescued.
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Cyclone Ockhi: Death toll rises to 19
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu revenue control room on Sunday stated that the total number of deaths caused due to cyclone Ockhi has reached 19.
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Nirmala Sitharaman reviews aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi in Kanyakumari
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday reached Kanyakumari to review the current situation in the wake of the cyclonic storm 'Ockhi' which has tormented the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and now Lakshadweep.
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Cyclone Ockhi: Indian Coast guards continue rescue operation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): As Cyclone Ockhi still posed threat, the coast guards in different locations continued their efforts to rescue fishermen stranded at sea, on Sunday.
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