Tag: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Will TMC start massacre in Bengal after polling ends, asks BJP
Accusing the TMC of carrying out attacks on party supporters as well as candidates, the BJP said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is nervous over her “impending defeat”.
May 19, 2019 -
‘Want PM Modi for the next five years’: Actor Sunny Deol joins BJP
Speculations are rife that Deol may get a ticket from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab, which was earlier held by actor Vinod Khanna, who died in 2017.
April 23, 2019 -
Rahul Gandhi’s credibility has taken a beating: Nirmala Sitharaman on Congress chief’s ‘regret’
Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed “his regret” for claiming that the apex court itself said “Chowkidar Chor Hai” while giving an order in the admissibility of three documents in the Rafale fighter jet deal.
April 22, 2019 -
Shashi Tharoor tweets praise for Nirmala Sitharaman after she visits him at hospital
In a tweet, Tharoor lavished praise on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader noting particularly that “civility is a rare virtue in Indian politics”.
April 16, 2019 -
India has been ‘heard and understood’ by US on S-400 missile deal with Russia: Sitharaman
Brushing aside the threat of American sanctions, India in October last year signed the much-anticipated S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile defence system deal with Russia.
April 13, 2019 -
Worrying that fake letters are being sent by vested interests: Nirmala Sitharaman
Signed by 156 veterans, a letter complaining about politicians using military successes for campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections was reportedly sent to the President on Thursday.
April 12, 2019 -
Nirmala Sitharaman accuses Rahul Gandhi of ‘contempt of court’ over Rafale statement
Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Congress president has committed contempt of court with his claim during a public rally that the apex court said 'Chowkidaar chor hai’.
April 10, 2019 -
Nirmala Sitharaman rejects US magazine report on F-16, slams Congress for doubting forces
Rubbishing the report, the IAF on Friday stated that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman had shot down a PAF F-16 with his MiG 21 Bison.
April 7, 2019 -
Congress manifesto ‘anti-forces’, AFSPA promise demoralising military: Nirmala Sitharaman
Sitharaman said the Congress manifesto will be interpreted as being in favour of terrorists as it wants to dilute the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
April 3, 2019 -
Manohar Parrikar death: Tributes, condolences pour in from across political spectrum
In spite of his failing health and deteriorating condition, Parrikar did not stop discharging his duties and continued to work from the state assembly.
March 17, 2019 -
Pak wasn’t acting on terrorists so we hit JeM nerve centre: Nirmala Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday that India’s action against a major Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot was necessitated because Islamabad wasn’t acting on terrorists.
March 10, 2019 -
In big move, Centre approves first batch of reforms in Army: Report
Finalised after 12 independent studies, the transformative reforms in the Indian Army are being implemented to make the 1.3 million-strong force leaner and meaner.
March 8, 2019 -
Families of slain CRPF personnel seek proof of terrorists’ killing in Balakot
"As evidence, we have received the bodies of our jawans after Pulwama attack, but there is no such evidence of the airstrikes in Pakistan," she said.
March 6, 2019 -
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inspects fire mishap site near Aero India venue
A major fire swept through the parking area, far away from the venue of Asia's premier air show, gutting about 300 cars on Saturday, but there were no casualties.
February 24, 2019 -
Lament with depth
This government has opted to hail every soldier killed in action as a “martyr”, Garima Abrol has advocated a way of making that term more than mere lip-service.
February 19, 2019 -
Self-exposed bluff
True that suppressing payments is a common ploy to “cook the books” but the NDA government goes into raptures over surgical strikes that caused little more than lacerations to the military machine across the LOC and seeks to make much of augmenting the soldier’s punch.
February 12, 2019 -
‘Cong flogging a dead horse’: Political slugfest erupts over MoD ‘dissent note’ to PMO on Rafale
Opposition party members were heard saying 'Chowkidar chor hai' and were holding placards protesting against the defence deal in the Lok Sabha.
February 8, 2019