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Sitharaman asks youth to build unified modern India
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 01 (ANI): On the occasion of the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Wednesday, Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a clarion call to all the youngsters to build a unified modern India.
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Centre constitutes 4-member GoM to crackdown on workplace sexual harassmen
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government on Wednesday constituted a four-member Group of Ministers headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh "to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent sexual harassment at work
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UAE's Defence Minister meets Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): United Arab Emirates' Minister of State for Defence Affairs Ahmed Al Bowardi Al Falacy met Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday.
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Sitharaman visits Dassault Aviation plant in France
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], Oct 13 (ANI): Amid the raging controversy over the 2016 Rafale deal signed between India and France, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday paid a visit to the production plant of French aerospace major, Dassault Aviation, in Argenteuil near Paris.
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Sitharaman's France visit, a 'cover-up' by Modi govt: Rahul on Rafale
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's current visit to France was an attempt by the Narendra Modi-led government to "cover up" the alleged Rafale scam.
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India, Kazakhstan agree to boost defence cooperation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 05 (ANI): India and Kazakhstan agreed to bolster their cooperation in the defence sector. The agreement came during Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's three-day visit to Kazakhstan capital Astana from October 02.
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Rafale row: Cong sabotaging Army's operational readiness, says Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Oct 1 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday came down hard on the Congress Party, saying the manner in which it is carrying out campaigns against the government with regards to the Rafale deal is sabotaging the Indian Army's operational readiness.
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Kumaraswamy asks why Modi govt failed to protect HAL's interests
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday questioned as to why Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government did not protect the interests of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in the Rafale deal, if the Congress, as accused by Defen
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We are responding to every ceasefire violation: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday vehemently stated that although no talks would take place unless terrorism is put to an end in Pakistan, India is strongly responding to every ceasefire violation being carried out by the neighbour co
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Congress probably ran Defence ministry with brokers: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Sep 29 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday accused the Congress of running the Defence ministry "probably with brokers and dalals" and the party is now feeling restless since they could neither buy nor make money in the Rafale deal.
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'India will not tolerate terrorists creating havoc at borders'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (ANI): On the eve of the second anniversary of the 2016 surgical strike, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted that India will not tolerate terrorists entering and creating havoc at the borders.
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Amid controversy over its capability, HAL records highest-ever turnover
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Days after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman questioned the production capacity of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the public limited company announced its highest ever turnover of Rs 18,28,386 lakh in FY 2017-18, in comparison with the pr
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