Holds meeting with chiefs of armed forces to discuss rollout of Agnipath   New Delhi: The Agnipath scheme for recruitment in armed forces was rolled out after lot of consultations over almost two years, Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday as he strongly defended it amid intensifying protests. He said Agnipath would bring revolutionary...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday unveiled ‘Agnipath’, a scheme for recruitment of youngsters in the armed forces of the country. “The Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a historic decision today to approve the transformative scheme of ‘Agnipath’. Under this, Indian youth would be granted an opportunity to get inducted into...

Washington: India has refrained from voting against Russia on the issue of its ongoing war with Ukraine. While US has called for isolation of Russia and reducing dependence on the Soviet nation, it has been diplomatic in its interaction with India on the matter. Displaying an understanding of the ties between India and Russia, US...

New Delhi: India’s surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Pralay’ was successfully testfired on Wednesday, officials of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) said. According to the officials, Pralay can hit targets from 150 to 500 km. In a tweet on Wednesday, the DRDO said, “Indigenously developed new surface-to-surface conventional...

The inquiry into the chopper crash will be led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the Parliament on Thursday that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has ordered a tri-service inquiry into the IAF chopper crash in Tamil Nadu that left CDS Bipin Rawat and 12 others dead. The...

CDS Bipin Rawat and his wife who were among the 13 who died in the chopper crash on Wednesday will be laid to rest in Delhi on Friday New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on Thursday give a statement in the Parliament regarding the IAF chopper crash in Tamil Nadu in which Chief...

Chennai: A majority of the 14 passengers on board an IAF helicopter that crashed in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday have died. According to the Tamil Nadu government, eight passengers were confirmed dead, while another report said that 11 bodies had been recovered. Three passengers were rescued and taken to the Wellington cantonment hospital....

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced the names of the members of its national executive committee. As per a release by the party, BJP national president JP Nadda appointed membes of NEC, special invitees and permanent invitees. The NEC has 80 members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, veteran leaders LK Advani...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held a meeting with his Australian counterpart Peter Dutton ahead of the inaugural ‘two-plus-two’ dialogue between foreign and defence ministers of the two countries. The talks are focused on expanding strategic ties. and improve cooperation between the two nations. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Dutton arrived...

The Union government on Friday announced that a massive Rs 43,000 crore ‘Make in India’ project to build six submarines has been cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council led by Defence minister Rajnath Singh. The council has approved the issuance of a ‘request for proposal’ for the construction of the six submarines under the strategic...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday informed that President Ram Nath Kovind has undergone a successful bypass surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Singh said that he had spoken to AIIMS director Randeep Guleria and wished the President a speedy recovery. He took to Twitter to inform the same. He...

The country on Sunday paid tribute to 40 martyred soldiers who died in the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, the attack was executed by a suicide bomber who rammed an IED-laden vehicle into the security convoy two years ago. A group of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway...