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.
Parrikar said he returned to Goa after last year's state assembly elections because his heart was here.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets the family of martyr Sepoy Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb was abducted from Pulwama by terrorists and later his bullet-ridden body was recovered on June 14.
In a tweet, Sitharaman said that a misleading news item has appeared in a newspaper alleging kickbacks to Government of India officials through Global Marketing SP Ltd in contract for spares for AN-32 Aircraft.
"There will be no meetings with their Pakistan counterparts," official sources said, ruling out any planned meetings between the Indian and Pakistani ministers.
The Indian Air Force's Gagan Shakti 2018 exercise is the biggest in three decades and tests preparedness of pilots and ground staff in countering threats and conducting rescuse and relief operations.
Sitharaman's assurance has come after India's envoy in Beijing cautioned the government that any change of status quo along India-China border may lead to another Doklam like crises.
Six members of a Palestinian cell associated with the Islamic Jihad militant group were arrested "in recent weeks," Shin Bet said.
In an official statement issued shortly after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi reiterated his allegations of corruption in the deal, the ministry said demands of Rafel deal details were unrealistic.
On Monday, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had refused to give details on the multi-billion defence acquisition deal in Parliament arguing that being an Inter-Governmental Agreement, it was "classified information".
The announcement was reportedly made by Pakistan Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan during an address at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday.
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.
Parrikar also said that one of the main difficulties of being a Defence Minister was the inability to respond to incorrect facts being reported on television, for fear of letting out state secrets to the enemy.
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