The defence minister said that the fighter jet deal was clinched at a lower price compared to what was being negotiated by the previous UPA regime.

The defence minister was asked whether the government will engage with opposition parties the way the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005 had taken the Opposition into confidence and addressed their apprehensions to pave way for finalising the nuclear deal with the US.

Sitharaman said the UPA deal collapsed as HAL did not have the capability to produce 108 aircraft in India.

The two sides signed Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) that will enable Indian armed forces to get critical and encrypted defence technologies from US.

The Governor and Defence Minister discussed several important inter-related issues concerning effective management of internal and external security, particularly in the context of increasing attempts at infiltration and the ongoing anti-terrorist op

Admitting that he was pained at the turn of events, the Chief Minister said he spoke to her on the reported tiff over protocol with state Tourism and district in-charge Minister Sa Ra Mahesh.

Admitting that he was pained at the turn of events, the Chief Minister said he spoke to her on the reported tiff over protocol with state Tourism and district in-charge Minister Sa Ra Mahesh.

Sitharaman said the programme for the flood affected areas was finalised by the district administration in consultation with the public representatives.

The state minister asked Sitharaman to wind up her press conference quickly citing lack of time. This infuriated the defence minister.

The decision was taken at talks between Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the visiting Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe.  

The engines manufactured by the Engine Factory, Avadi -- a unit of Ordnance Factory Board, Department of Defence Production -- were fully indigenised for the first time under the Centre's Make in India programme.

The fresh attack by Gandhi comes hours after filed gave notices for breach of privilege against PM Modi and Defence Minister Sitharaman in Lok Sabha for “misleading” the House on the Rafale deal issue.

The notices were reportedly moved by Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Veerappa Moily, K V Thomas, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Rajiv Satav.

Accusing PM Modi and the Defence Minister for misleading the nation on the Rafale issue, former Defence Minister and senior Congress leader AK Antony said that the government's claim that a 'secrecy clause' in the deal was forcing it not to reveal the price details of the deal was 'totally wrong'.

Rejecting the UNHCR report on Kashmir, Nirmala Sitharaman said that the report was prepared sitting somewhere else.

The meeting was requested over a month ago by Indian officials, and at least two British ministers including foreign secretary Boris Johnson reportedly sought to convince Williamson of the importance of finding time in the diary for Sitharaman.  

Yesterday, Pompeo spoke over the phone with Swaraj to express his "regret and deep disappointment" at the US having to postpone the dialogue for "unavoidable reasons".

The July 6 dialogue comes at a time of heightened trade tensions between the two countries. 

The ministerial meeting was announced during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with President Donald Trump last July.

On Monday, Army chief General Bipin Rawat also paid a visit to the family of martyr rifleman.