DRDO successfully test fires guided PINAKA
Jan 25, 2017, at 02:15 am
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IBNS): The DRDO successfully test fired the Guided PINAKA from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Chandipur today at 12:45 PM for further enhanced range. PINAKA Rocket Mark-II, equipped with navigation, guidance and control kit, is transformed to a Guided PINAKA.
Manohar Parrikar arrives in Mauritius on two-day visit
Dec 11, 2016, at 02:24 am
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, arrived in Mauritius on Saturday.
Defence Minister Parrikar flays Mamata in letter over army row
Dec 09, 2016, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in a letter has flayed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying that he did not expect a leader of her stature to draw the Army in political exchanges.
Guided missile destroyer INS Chennai joins Indian Navy
Nov 21, 2016, at 10:06 pm
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS): INS Chennai, a P 15A Guided Missile Destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at an impressive ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on Monday.
OROP issue: Ex-serviceman commits suicide in Haryana
Nov 02, 2016, at 04:24 pm
Bhiwani, Haryana, Nov 2 (IBNS): A retired serviceman allegedly killed himself in Haryana after he was denied permission to meet Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, media reports said.
Justice Reddy committee on OROP submits report
Oct 27, 2016, at 01:31 am
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): The one-man judicial committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) submitted its report to the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, here on Wednesday.
Discrepancies in the army and civilian ranks to be looked into : Manohar Parrikar
Oct 25, 2016, at 08:46 pm
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IBNS) : The Government on Tuesday promised to address the discrepancies in the rank parity between civilian and military officers, which was introduced through a recent circular to the chagrin of defence personnel.
Group of IAS Officers of 2014 batch interact with 11 Union Ministers led by Rajnath Singh
Oct 20, 2016, at 01:43 am
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IBNS): About 35 IAS Officers of 2014 Batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre as well as Officers who are domicile of Uttar Pradesh, presently posted in various Ministries or Departments as Assistant Secretaries, participated in an interactive session with 11 Union Ministers led by Home Minister Rajnath Singh here on Wednesday.
Manohar Parrikar expects more defence contracts to be signed in current financial year
Oct 13, 2016, at 06:16 pm
Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar expects another Rs 50,000-60,000 cr worth of defence contracts to be signed during current financial year, the media reported on Thursday.
For surgical strikes credit goes to Modi, I only helped him: Manohar Parrikar
Oct 12, 2016, at 07:49 pm
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IBNS): Amid the opposition clamour that the BJP-led NDA Government is trying to take the credit of the Army's surgical strikes across the Line of Control, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that the major share of the glory for the act goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while he himself helped in the planning, reports said.
It was a 100% perfect surgical strike: Manohar Parrikar
Oct 07, 2016, at 05:18 am
Agra, Oct 6 (IBNS): Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said "it was a 100% perfect surgical strike" by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LoC) and that there is no need to share the proof of the same.
Defence Minister Parrikar urges ASEAN countries to fight terrorism in every form
Oct 06, 2016, at 08:22 pm
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, while delivering the keynote address on Tuesday at a forum hosted by the National Defence College (NDC), New Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Defence, said that non-traditional threats and terrorism were the foremost challenges to South East Asia.
Pakistan still in anaesthesia after India's surgical strike: Manohar Parrikar
Oct 02, 2016, at 06:15 pm
Dehradun, Oct 2 (IBNS): Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has finally delivered his first remark over India's surgical strike by the Indian army across the Line of Control in Pakistan late on Wednesday and said the neighbouring country is still in "anaesthesia."
Something must have been wrong: Manohar Parrikar on Uri attack
Sep 22, 2016, at 01:19 am
New Delhi, Sept 21 (IBNS): Stating that 'something had gone wrong', Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said steps will be taken that incidents like Uri do not occur again.
Manohar Parrikar reaches Srinagar
Sep 19, 2016, at 12:50 am
Srinagar, Sept 18 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar reached here to take stock of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday evening in wake of the militant strike on an army camp in Uri in which 17 soldiers were killed and 40 others were injured.
Criticising PM Modi made Kejriwal's tongue enlarged: Parrikar
Sep 18, 2016, at 06:17 pm
Panaji, Sept 18 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has slammed Arvind Kejriwal and said the Delhi Chief Minister's tongue needs to be trimmed.
India-US sign deal to share military assets and bases
Aug 30, 2016, at 05:32 pm
Washington, Aug 30 (IBNS) : In a landmark move in bilateral move toward building defence ties, the United States and India have signed a logistics agreement+ for the use of each other's land, air and naval bases for repair and resupply.
Defence Minister seeks Navy reports on Scorpene Submarine data leak
Aug 24, 2016, at 06:11 pm
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has sought a report from the Indian Navy on the leaks highly sensitive data Highly sensitive data detailing almost every aspect of the combat capability of India's Scorpene-class submarine.
Going to Pakistan is same as going to hell: Parrikar
Aug 17, 2016, at 04:59 am
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Paving way for another controversy, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday compared Pakistan to "hell."
IAF does not fly aged aircraft: Parrikar
Aug 13, 2016, at 01:26 am
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) inventory is a mix of old and new generation aircraft. Present policy of maintenance as provided by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) does not restrict the life of the aircraft to 15 years, officials said.
Manohar Parrikar lands in controversy after attacking Aamir Khan
Jul 31, 2016, at 08:43 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has landed in a controversy after attacking Aamir Khan for the actor's last year's comments on intolerance, where he said that his wife Kiran Rao expressed apprehensions about staying in India.
Modi, Rajnath, Parrikar pay tributes to Kargil martyrs
Jul 26, 2016, at 05:21 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to the martyred soldiers on the 17th Kargil Vijay Diwas, which is observed every year to commemorate the victory in the war against Pakistan in 1999.
After 48 hours, missing IAF plane still untraceable
Jul 24, 2016, at 07:53 pm
Chennai, July 24 (IBNS): Even after 48 hours, missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft is still untraceable.
Search operation for missing IAF plane continues, Manohar Parrikar reviews
Jul 23, 2016, at 11:41 pm
New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar personally reviewed the ongoing search operations initiated to locate the missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft during his visit to INS Rajali, the Naval Air Station at Arakkonam on Saturday.
Search operation for missing IAF plane continues, Manohar Parrikar to visit Chennai
Jul 23, 2016, at 05:53 pm
New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS) : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will visit Chennai on Saturday to oversee the search operations for an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane that vanished from the sky with 29 people on board on Friday.
Manohar Parrikar on AAP : Looters of Delhi trying to loot Goa
Jul 06, 2016, at 05:57 pm
Panaji, Jul 6 (IBNS) :: As the Aam Aadmi Party ventures out of Delhi on its political fray in Goa, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has flailed the capital city's ruling party, saying the "looters of Delhi’ now have designs to loot Goa.
Indigenous trainer aircraft makes inaugural flight, Defence Minister congratulates HAL
Jun 18, 2016, at 12:47 am
Bangalore, June 17 (IBNS) The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar witnessed the inaugural flight of India’s own indigenous HTT 40 (Basic Trainer Aircraft - BTA) designed and developed by HAL here on Friday at HAL airport.
Manohar Parrikar visits Vietnam from June 5 to 7
Jun 07, 2016, at 02:25 am
New Delhi, June 6 (IBNS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived in Hanoi on June 5 on an official visit to Vietnam.
SC order on banning diesel SUVs senseless : Parrikar
Jun 01, 2016, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi, June 1 (IBNS) Coming up with a strong criticism of the Supreme Court's decision to ban diesel SUVs, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said it is a "senseless direction which do not have a scientific basis".
Massive fire at Pulgaon army ammo depot leaves 16 dead
Jun 01, 2016, at 01:54 am
Nagpur, May 31 (IBNS): A massive fire at a military ammunition depot in Pulgaon, which is some 115 kms away from Nagpur in Maharashtra, on Tuesday morning left two Army officers, a jawan and 13 civilian fire fighters dead.