Khan’s statement comes a day after Sitharaman warned Pakistan that it will have to pay for the misadventure, referring to the terror attack at Sunjuwan Army camp.

It is clear from Defence MInister''s statement that India has concrete evidence to establish Pakistan's hand behind the attack.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is addressing a press conference on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the attack on Sunjuwan Army camp by Lashkar terrorists.

On July 1 last year, the government had issued an order saying the assistance under the scheme cannot exceed Rs 10,000 per month, triggering widespread discontent among all the three services.

In an unprecedented event, leaders of all the ten ASEAN member countries will be chief guests at the ceremonial parade at Rajpath on January 26.

Here is all you need to know about India's indigenous nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5

"We have successfully launched nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V today", said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman soon after the launch.

The country's first woman defence minister sat in the rear seat behind the pilot and was wearing the pilot’s G-suit.

The Minister presided over India's show of naval might, off the western coast on Monday and Tuesday, in which more than 10 warships, including aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, three submarines and various types of naval aircraft participated in ope

Defence Minister was on a two-day trip to the Indian Naval Base INS Hansa in Goa to participate in the 'Rakshamantri's Day at Sea' programme.

The government today termed as "motivated" and "baseless" the controversy over the Rafale deal and asserted that the fighter jets have been bought at better terms.

Addressing the 90th Annual General Meeting of FICCI, she also said that government will allocate more funds for defence research and development in next budget.

Sitharaman rued rued leaders of the Sonia Gandhi-led party often speak the language of separatists and support those who talk about dividing the nation.

The Defence Ministry said the missile hit a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal from the combat jet. The land and warship versions of the missile have already been inducted into the armed forces.

The Congress party recently raised several questions on the deal including the rates, and charged the government with compromising national interest and security while promoting "crony capitalism" and causing a loss to the public exchequer.

India had inked an inter-governmental agreement with France in September last year for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.

Yesterday, the Indian Air Force had said that there was "no overpricing" in the Rafale purchase as the government had "negotiated a very good" deal for the French fighter aircraft.

Sitharaman said Pakistan's decision to allow Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife was a "good humanitarian gesture" .

Arunachal Pradesh is Indian territory and the opinion of others on the issue is not a concern for India, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.

China today objected to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first visit to Arunachal Pradesh.