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.
In an address at the bi-annual conference of IAF commanders, Nirmala Sitharaman said that the powers given to the service chiefs should be "fully utilised" in achieving required capabilities of the forces.
Nearly 57,000 officers and other ranks are being redeployed to enhance the combat capability of the Indian Army under the reform process.
US Defense Secretary James Mattis, after meeting with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, said there can be no tolerance of terrorist safe havens.
In the video, Nirmala Sitharaman is helping her family members prepare mango pickle.
Elevated to the rank of Cabinet minister in Sunday’s major rejig of the Narendra Modi Cabinet, Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday took charge as India’s first full-fledged woman Defence Minister
Pakistan Defence Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan said no terror group operates freely inside the country
In the biggest turnaround in the third major reshuffle of the union Cabinet, Nirmala Sitharaman was on Sunday named the new Defence Minister, becoming only the second woman o hold the post since former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said India has to always remain prepared and that preparedness is its best defence.
The Defence Ministry was conducting an internal investigation following accusation that it concealed parts of a daily log of activities by Japanese UN peacekeepers in South Sudan that referred to dangers faced by the troops in Africa's conflict zone
“Salute to the valour of our soldiers on #KargilVijayDiwas,” Jaitley tweeted on the occasion.
Afghan Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi and the army chief, General Qadam Shah Shahim, resigned on Monday in the wake of an attack at an army base in Balkh that left over 140 soldiers dead.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has denied that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar ever said that he quit as Union Defence Minister due to pressure of key issues like Kashmir.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was selected this morning by the party's legislators in Goa as their choice for Chief Minister. “Parrikar will be the next chief minister of Goa," said Union minister Nitin Gadkari. Bharatiya
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said India desired good ties its neighbours including Pakistan and China.
Israel's defence minister Avigdor Lieberman has slammed upcoming Middle East peace conference organised by France describing its as a "modern-day Dreyfus trial" and urged Jewish people in the country to move to Israel. Representatives of
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