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
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that he is only like an icing on the cake when it comes to cornering votes during elections. Speaking at a poll rally in Pernem assembly constituency, located 35
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said that the last three years had seen no firm or entity being blacklisted for misconduct or wrongdoing in defence deals. He, however, said that six firms have been
In a candid admission, Manohar Parrikar today said he was "shivering" on his first in office as Defence Minister though he tried to put up a brave face.
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