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Defence Minister, three services chiefs to meet India’s Defence attaches a
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 23 (ANI) : Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the three services chiefs will address the country’s defence attaches deployed across the globe where they would discuss issues related to international military cooperation and diplomacy.
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Sitharaman tells defence PSUs to expand market globally
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday asked the public sector defence undertakings to look actively at the world as a market and not restrict their capabilities to develop products for Indian forces only.
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Sitharaman seeks withdrawal of 60 civil appeals filed by govt in ex-servic
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday directed officials to withdraw 60 civil appeals filed by the government in the Supreme Court against the orders of Armed Forces Tribunal/Courts in ex-servicemen pension cases.
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Nothing for Pakistan to show: Sitharaman over Pulwama terror attack
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday snubbed Pakistan over the Pulwama terror attack and said that they don't have anything to show in order to defend themselves.
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Pulwama attack: US expresses grief, calls on Pak to act against terror org
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): United States ambassador to India Kenneth Juster on Tuesday condoled the Pulwama terror attack that claimed lives of 40 CRPF personnel on February 14 and called on Pakistan to act against the terror organisations operating in the country.
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Pulwama attack: Nirmala Sitharaman cancels all prior commitments for next
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): All prior commitments of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for Saturday and Sunday have been cancelled in wake of the Pulwama attack.
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Pulwama attack: PM, Union ministers, Delhi CM, Congress president chiefs o
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force paid tributes to the CRPF personnel who were ki
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Pulwama attack: Sitharaman returns to India, to attend CCS meeting
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman returned to India from Sweden on Friday and will attend a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir.
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Rahul Gandhi to meet envoys of major countries tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Just months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi will meet envoys of major countries and groupings here tomorrow, a move which may be seen as positioning himself as a prospective prime ministerial candidate.
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India, Germany review defence cooperation
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday concluded an official bilateral visit to Germany and reviewed a gamut of bilateral defence cooperation, which is emerging as an important facet of India-Germany Strategic Partnership.
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Rafale deal: Rahul disapproves CAG report, asks why 'dissent note' by nego
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday refused to accept the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the Rafale fighter deal, raising questions over various elements in it.
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Army to airlift stranded students, others from Jammu and Srinagar: Defence
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Army will airlift stranded students and others from Srinagar to Jammu and vice-versa as the national highway, the only surface link that connects the valley with rest of the country, is blocked due to hea
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