New Delhi: With several government agencies including the Railways seeking its land for their use, the Defence Ministry has made it clear that it has no surplus land to share with others and needs additional land to keep up with the demands of the armed forces. Making a detailed presentation before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence recently, top officials of the Defence Ministry said there is "no surplus land"...
10:25 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Mumbai: Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday asserted that the land in the city on which the controversial Adarsh Society stands belongs to the Defence Ministry. He said that contrary to the Maharashtra government's contention that the land belonged to the state, it was actually in the possession of the Defence Ministry. "There is our possession on the land and we have conveyed this to the commission," Mr Antony told...
09:54 AM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Indian Air Force continues to debate the seriousness of the leak of its weapons procurement programme, the Defence Ministry on Saturday said it had ordered a CBI probe into the matter. "We have referred it to the CBI... The CBI is enquiring the whole thing," said Defence Minister AK Antony. He added, "We are very serious about it." The top brass of the Indian Air...
02:32 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Former Army chief general Deepak Kapoor deposed before the Adarsh Commission on Thursday. General Kapoor is said to have told the probe commission that he did not believe the society to be a security threat. This is in contrast with the Defence Ministry's stand that it is a security threat to nearby defence installations. Kapoor had given up membership in the society after the controversy broke out. This...
06:59 PM, Jul 19, 2012
It's been over 17 months since the central probe agency registered the FIR naming 14 people. ...
12:28 PM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry will consider proposals worth over Rs 20,000 crore in a meeting on Friday to decide on critical equipment such as air defence missiles for the army. In a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) to be held on Friday, the Ministry is also expected to take up for discussion proposals for procuring unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Dornier aircraft for the Air Force, sources...
08:49 PM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has claimed there are no documents which show that PSU BEML had kept the Defence Ministry in the loop while signing the agreement for supply of Tatra all-terrain vehicles with Ravinder Rishi in 2003, three years before renewal of contract was due. CBI sources claimed the 2003 agreement has signatures of suspended BEML chairman V R S Natarajan and Ravinder Rishi while...
09:45 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Mumbai: Adarsh members have approached the Defence Ministry and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking quashing of the FIR filed in the alleged multi-crore rupees scam in the housing society in the wake of a judicial probe of the Maharashtra government which had stated that the land belonged to the state and not defence. In a letter written to Defence Minister AK Antony, CBI Director AP Singh and other...
07:40 PM, Jun 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry on Wednesday sought an explanation from BEML chief VRS Natarajan for serving a legal notice on former Army chief Gen VK Singh demanding an apology for his alleged defamatory statements against the defence PSU on the Tatra truck issue. "Defence Ministry categorically denies giving permission to BEML chief to serve a legal notice for filing a defamation suit against Gen VK Singh," Defence Ministry spokesperson...
05:49 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Defence Minister AK Antony has called for a need to revive the concept of open seas. ...
09:57 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony has directed Defence Secretary Sashikant Sharma to examine the petition sent to him by retd Lt Gen Tejinder Singh seeking action against outgoing Army Chief Gen V K Singh for issuing a "defamatory" Press release against him. Defence Ministry sources said the Minister had asked the Secretary to look into the petition sent by Tejinder Singh on Tuesday. After failing to get any...
10:41 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday slammed the UPA government for the steepest ever petrol price hike, saying it was not a correct step and that the oil companies should have shown some "propriety" before hiking the prices. "The hike in petrol price was not a correct step," Antony said, adding, "The oil companies should have shown some propriety." The UPA government is under intense pressure from even...
07:50 PM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: The Adarsh Housing society scam is soon becoming a flash point between the Ministry of Defence and the Maharashtra government. Both have been claiming ownership over the land on which the tower of deceit stands. On Monday, the MoD sent a notice to the Maharashtra government with the claim and may file a title suit in either the Bombay High Court or the Supreme Court for the plot. It...
08:05 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime minister Manmohan Singh today hosted a farewell dinner for Army Chief General VK Singh who retires on May 31. The dinner was attended by several senior ministers including Defence Minister AK Antony. Earlier, Antony too had hosted a dinner for General VK Singh and his wife Bharati Singh on May 23. Gen Singh's last major function would be the National Defence Academy passing out parade on May...
09:59 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: In a tell-all interview given to CNN-IBN, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General VK Singh said that Defence Minister AK Antony could have done much more in the Tatra-BEML deal controversy, adding that the minister could have moved against Lt General (retd) Tejinder Singh. "I have faith in the Defence Minister... However, he could have moved against Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh... He relies heavily on advice from...
07:49 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony's dinner for outgoing Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Wednesday night was marked by bonhomie but there were no farewell speeches. No speeches were made at the farewell dinner for Gen Singh and his wife Bharati Singh hosted by Antony and his wife Elizabeth, sources said on Thursday, adding it was unusual as generally officials present say a few lines about the outgoing Service...
11:39 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner for Army Chief Gen VK Singh who is retiring on May 31. The Army Chief attended the dinner by the Defence Minister at the Army Battle Honours Mess at Delhi Cantt and the President will host a banquet for him on Thursday. Gen Singh's last major function would be the National Defence Academy passing out parade on May...
03:03 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony will host a farewell dinner on Wednesday for Army Chief Gen VK Singh who retires on May 31. The Army Chief will be hosted by the Defence Minister at the Army Battle Honours Mess at Delhi Cantt on May 23 followed by a banquet by the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces President Pratibha Patil the next day. His last major function would be the...
02:10 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh trouble for defence PSU BEML, the Defence Ministry has received a complain accusing it of charging exhorbitant rates for spare parts of vehicles. A copy of the complaint has been accessed by CNN-IBN. According to the complaint, BEML was over charging for spare parts of armoured recovery vehicles. The complaint has cited cost escalation of up to 800 per cent in spare parts bought from BEML....
06:46 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Army will soon get its first artillery guns since the Bofors deal in 1986. The Defence Ministry on Friday cleared a Rs 3000 crore deal to buy 145 M777 ultra light howitzers from the USA defence manufacturer BAE Systems. The M777 artillery guns are essentially used in the mountains. These guns are air transportable and are currently used in Afghanistan by the US Army where their performance...
05:59 PM, May 11, 2012
