Tag: defence
Sitharaman's Statement Raises More Questions Than Answers On Rafale: Yechury
Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's media statement on Rafale has raised more questions than answers, and asked why comparative prices between the earlier scrapped deal for 126 fighter jets and the present one for 36 aircraft had not been shared.....
Air Variant Of BrahMos Missile Test Fired From Sukhoi Jet
India on Wednesday successfully test fired the air variant of BrahMos missile from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet to hit a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal. ....
Three Killed In Pakistan Suicide Attack Targeting Police Official
At least three persons were killed and five injured on Friday in a suicide attack that targeted the vehicle of a senior police official in Pakistan's Peshawar city.....
A.K. Antony To Undergo Surgery At RML
Former Defence Minister A.K. Antony will undergo surgery at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital here following a brain haemorrhage, hospital authorities said on Thursday.....
PM Commissions INS Kalvari To Boost India's Defence, Security
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday here commissioned the country's first indigenously-built Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari to the Indian Navy terming it a significant new era "to boost India's defence and security".....
Five Pakistani Soldiers Killed On LoC In Two Days
Five Pakistani soldiers have been killed over the last two days on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Poonch districts, Defence Ministry sources said on Tuesday.....
Action Against Hafeez Saeed Not Under US Pressure, Says Pakistan
Pakistan Defence Minister Khurram Dastagir on Wednesday rejected the notion that the country has acted against Hafiz Saeed due to pressure from the US, saying that all action against the Mumbai terror attacks mastermind was under the ambit of the country's own anti-terror operations.....
Sitharaman Flies In Sukhoi
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday flew in an Indian Air Force frontline aircraft Sukhoi Su-30 MKI -- an indigenously-built twin-engine fighter jet capable of carrying nuclear strikes.....
Second Defence Industrial Corridor To Come Up In UP: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that the government would establish a defence industrial production corridor in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 20,000 crore that would also generate 250,000 jobs.....
India's Military Aims Not Guided By Desire For Territorial Expansion: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India's military aims and preparedness were driven not by a desire to conquer anyone's territory but to protect its own people.....
