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New Delhi, July 27 Terming India as world’s capital for open defecation, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Jairam Ramesh said that 100,000 “bio-toilets” will be installed in about 300 backward gram panchayats in the next...
New Delhi, July 24 With US rebalancing its strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific region, a key Obama administration official said his nation’s ties with India will play a major part in its future strategy, and accordingly, the US wants to “knock...
Mumbai, June 5 Vice Admiral D.K. Joshi, a highly-decorated anti-submarine warfare specialist, will be the new Indian Navy chief in the rank of admiral, an official announcement said here Tuesday. He will take over from incumbent Admiral Nirmal Verma,...
New Delhi, May 7 The government Monday informed parliament that it is considering a proposal to offload 10 percent equity in the strategically important Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the country’s only producer of military planes.
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The Defence Minister, A. K. Antony visits after inaugurating the DEFEXPO 2012, in New Delhi on March 29, 2012.
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New Delhi, March 16 To give a further push to its rapid military modernization, India Friday hiked its military spending by over 17 percent to Rs.1,93,407 crore (over $42 billion/Rs.1.93 trillion).
In real terms, this increase amounts to Rs.28,992 crore...
President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Defence Minister, A. K. Antony and the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju with awardees, at the Defence investiture ceremony,...
Defence Minister, A. K. Antony receiving an interim-dividend cheque for the year 2011-12 from the Officiating CMD, BEL, M.L. Shanmukh and the Director (Finance), M.G. Raghuveer, in New Delhi on March 05, 2012.
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New Delhi, Feb 27 : India Monday expressed its objections and surprise at China’s protest over Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh and protested against any outside interference in the state.
“Arunachal Pradesh...
New Delhi, Feb 13 : Defence Minister A.K. Antony left Monday on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, the first by an Indian defence minister to the Gulf nation with whom India is developing a strategic partnership.
“This is the first time an Indian...
New Delhi, Jan 29 Scotching rumours that it asked the Indian Army’s Adjutant General to correct records of General V.K. Singh’s year of birth to 1950 ahead of the hearing of his petition before the Supreme Court, the defence ministry Sunday...
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Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 13 The Kerala government proposes to ask the defence ministry to buy coir geotextiles produced in the government and the cooperative sectors in the state.
“We will approach the defence ministry to buy geotextiles from the...
New Delhli, Dec 2 The sea trials of India’s indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant are scheduled in a few months from now and it is likely to be inducted into the navy by the end of 2012, when it will lurk in the deep seas awaiting its prey.
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New Delhi, Nov 28 Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday informed the Lok Sabha that the Indian Army has adequate arms and equipment, including artillery gun systems and that the government was giving priority to equipping the artillery units with modern...
New Delhi, Nov 23 Months after the second Africa-India forum summit, a host of experts, academics and retired diplomats will gather here Thursday for a two-day conference that seeks to expand the strategic dialogue between two of the fast growing regions...
New Delhi, Nov 17 India’s premier military weapons developer, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was Thursday awarded the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Award for 2011 in recognition of its work in the field of science and...
Washington, Nov 2
Describing India-US ties as a priority for Washington, the Pentagon expects India’s importance to US interests to grow as India increasingly assumes leadership roles as a major regional and emerging global power.
“The United...
New Delhi, Oct 10
Lt. Gen. Sri Krishna Singh, Indian Army’s senior-most officer from the Gorkha Rifles, was Monday named as the next army vice chief.
Lt. Gen. Singh, who at present is the commander of the Jaipur-based South-Western Command, will...
New Delhi, Oct 7
Commercial bids from two European manufactures left in contention for a $102 billion Indian order for 126 combat aircraft will be opened this month, a defence ministry official said Friday.
“The Defence Acquisition Council, at its...
