Tag: Defence Ministry
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Bengaluru after all
Professional and technical considerations have, fortunately, taken precedence over political pressures and the move to shift the 2019 edition of Aero India away from IAF Yelahanka (on the outskirts of Bengaluru) has been junked ~ at least for now. The overdue statement from the Defence Ministry confirming the venue amounts to a snub to the …
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September 11, 2018 -
Defence Ministry confirms Aero India will stay in Bengaluru
Following the controversy over a proposed move to shift the venue of the Aero India, the Ministry of Defence confirmed on Saturday that the mega airshow will be held in its traditional venue of Bengaluru in Karnataka.
September 8, 2018 -
Musharraf seeks presidential-level security to appear before court
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sought presidential security to appear before a court here in a high treason case citing threats to his life.
August 20, 2018 -
Army gets austere
Since the orders slashing the frills in the Army’s lifestyle emanated from the Chief’s office and not the defence ministry, there is likely to be little of the open resentment provoked by the waiving of most of the restrictions on civilian traffic in the Cantonments. Yet the pique of many of the “uniforms” ~ the …
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July 15, 2018 -
Armed forces deserve greater respect
In their obituary of Admiral J.G. Nadkarni, VSM, NSM, AVSM, PVSM, the former Chief of the Naval Staff who sadly passed away on 2 July 2018, the Ministry of Defence has used the readily available picture of his son, Rear Admiral Ravi Nadkarni, a serving Naval Officer. This is indeed symptomatic of the cavalier manner …
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July 9, 2018 -
Lateral recruitments in Defence ministry
The government last week issued an advertisement inviting talented and motivated citizens in specific fields to be directly recruited as Joint Secretaries in the government of India. They would be on initial contract for a period of three years, extendable to five. The fields chosen were financial services, economic affairs, agriculture, cooperation and farmers’ welfare, …
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June 19, 2018 -
Opened cantonment roads that were closed without following due procedure: Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman justified the government’s decision of throwing open the roads in the cantonments, stating that many of them had been closed without following proper procedure.
June 5, 2018 -
The day India became a nuclear power: Indian Army, MoD remember ‘Operation Shakti’
In the year 1998, India became a full-fledged nuclear state after the successful culmination of ‘Operation Shakti’ (Pokhran II) on 13 May. India conducted five underground nuclear tests on May 11 and 13, 1998, in Pokhran in the Rajasthan desert. As the nation carried out the nuclear tests, the move was met by several sanctions …
May 13, 2018 -
Govt says sites not hacked but were undergoing ‘technical upgradation’
A Home Ministry spokesperson said its departmental website was not hacked and that "it was a process of technical upgradation as security features were being upgraded".
April 7, 2018 -
Flop Show in the sky
India’s first “air show” was held as a private venture in December 1993 at the “old airport”, south of Bangalore. It was organised by an inexperienced entity and it turned out to be a “flop air show”. There was chaos and confusion in the arena; the organisers were helpless. Lessons, however, were quickly learnt. The …
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April 2, 2018 -
‘Make in India’ for defence floundering, says DefMin ‘report’
The much-vaunted ‘Make in India’ initiative for the defence sector is floundering for a variety of reasons, including lack of accountability, too many decision points, and a tendency to find fault, according to a Defence Ministry presentation. According to sources, the presentation was made by Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre for Prime Minister …
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February 27, 2018 -
AFSPA’s acid test?
The propriety of “releasing” to the media a petition filed in court even before cognisance has been taken of it is an issue upon which the apex court will have to be decide. The splash in the newspapers of a petition filed by the father of the Army officer against whom an FIR has been …
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February 12, 2018 -
Defence Ministry ask for some modifications in Neeraj Pandey’s ‘Aiyaary’
Aiyaary starring Manoj Bajpayee, Sidharth Malhotra, Anupam Kher, Rakupreet Singh, Pooja Chopra and Naseeruddin Shah is all set to release next week on 9th February 2018. However, the film has not received a censor certificate till now. Since the film is set against the army backdrop, the Defence Ministry wanted to review the film. A special …
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February 4, 2018 -
India successfully test fires nuclear capable Agni-V missile
India on Thursday successfully test fired its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V — the most potent and with the longest range in the Agni series – that can reach targets as far as Beijing. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made the announcement in Chennai and said “We have successfully launched nuclear capable ballistic …
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January 19, 2018 -
Tactless threat
Like anyone else, Nitin Gadkari is entitled to take unkindly to impediments in the way of pet projects, yet as a Cabinet minister he is duty-bound to be circumspect in his reactions. As well as realise that the Indian Navy is not to be slammed in the same fashion as political adversaries. His threat not …
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January 18, 2018 -
Indian Navy looking at more P-8I ‘submarine killers’: Admiral Sunil Lanba
The Indian Navy is considering the acquisition of more Boeing P-8I aircraft for surveillance and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), according to Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba. In an interview to the magazine ‘India Strategic’, Admiral Lanba said that air surveillance capability is an important subset of naval operations and that while the proposal was on the …
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January 13, 2018 -
Subtle refutal
Thin is the line differentiating between what is dextrous and what is devious, and the defence ministry tottered on that divide when dealing with a “difficult” question on budgetary provisions in the Rajya Sabha a couple of days back. It did not directly challenge the contention of the parliamentary standing committee that as a percentage …
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December 26, 2017