There have been 188 instances of ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir between 2010 to 2012, and three Indian Army personnel were killed in these, Defence Minister A K Antony told the Lok Sabha on Monday. ...
05:55 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Defence Minister AK Antony claims government is not divided on the chopper deal issue, and rules out quitting over it. ...
11:46 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Julie Tyagi, the cousin of former Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, who has been accused of acting as a broker in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal has broken his silence for the first time after the allegations were levelled and claimed that he was not involve in the deal. ...
03:19 PM, Feb 14, 2013
New Delhi: Seventy-two hours have passed but an armyman, who climbed a 200 ft mobile tower in the national capital four days back alleging harassment, remained defiant on Monday as he refused to come down insisting he should be allowed to meet Defence Minister A K Antony. K Muthu, who is attached with Engineers Regiment, climbed the tower at Ajmeri Gate at around 1 pm on Friday and refused to...
08:07 PM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: After the exit of Pranab Mukherjee from the Council of Ministers, Defence Minister A K Antony seems to have got the number two position in the government. Indication to this effect came as Antony was allocated the seat next to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Cabinet meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. Antony was allocated the seat to the right of the Prime Minister, where Mukherjee used...
07:24 PM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the talks with Pakistan on Siachen, Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday sought to lower the expectations, saying that no "dramatic announcement or decision" should be anticipated. He said India would stick to its stand on the issue at the Defence Secretary-level talks in Islamabad on June 11-12. He did not specify, but was apparently referring to India's stand that there should be proper authentication...
07:29 PM, Jun 08, 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: In a new twist in the bribery row, Lt General Tejinder Singh on Tuesday filed a complaint against Army Chief General V K Singh and four other officers with Union Defence Minister A K Antony. The complaint has been filed over the publication of a press release dated March 5, which stated that Tejinder Singh had offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore to the Army Chief. Lt...
05:45 PM, May 29, 2012
Chennai: A day after his meeting with senior Congress leader A K Antony, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday met party leaders in Chennai over the name for the new presidential candidate. He said that although he discussed some names with the Union Defence Minister for the post, he would not reveal anything as of now. The Defence Minister on Sunday met Karunanidhi as part of consultation process among UPA...
01:40 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Defence Minister A K Antony has assured strict action if any mischief is found in the chopper deal with Italian firm. ...
04:07 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Top commanders of the Indian Army discussed a number of issues related to operations and other aspects at a four-day conference which concluded in New Delhi on Thursday. On the last day of the Army Commanders Conference, which began on April 16, several sessions were conducted during which Army Chief General V K Singh interacted with the Commanders and deliberated on operational matters and other issues, officials said....
09:54 PM, Apr 19, 2012
It is not without reason that AK Antony is referred to as 'Saint' Antony. When you've spent four decades in public life and don't have ...
12:10 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Visakhapatnam: Indian Navy is all set to operate five nuclear submarines by the end of this decade, including two leased from Russia and three built indigenously. According to Defence Minister A K Antony, India is considering a proposal to induct another nuclear submarine built in Russia and has plans of indigenously building two more Arihant Class underwater vessels to guard its maritime boundaries. The Navy on Wednesday formally commissioned the...
06:07 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Is the Indian Express story an attempt to damage the image of the Indian army and General V K Singh? ...
11:57 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday dismissed the Indian Express report on the movement of army units towards Delhi as alarmist. Meanwhile, the opposition hit out at the Centre saying the relationship between the government and the army was at an all time low. The government, however, wasted no time in dismissing the report. "The report is rubbish. There is no rift between the government and the army,"...
10:39 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Did two key army units move towards Delhi without notifying the government in January 2012? A front page Indian Express report raises worrying questions. Defence Minister A K Antony, however, clarified that the army movement was a routine exercise and there's no question of doubting the professionalism of the army. On January 16, 2012 occurred the unexpected movement of two army units towards the national capital and ironically...
10:12 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Defence Minister A K Antony made some rare interventions in Parliament over the last two days after the Army Chief Gen V K Singh spoke ...
05:36 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: A war of words has sparked between India and China over Union Defence Minister A K Antonys visit to Arunachal Pradesh. While the Chinese foreign ministry issued a statement asking India not to complicate the border issue, India hit back strongly. Antony had visited Arunachal to mark statehood celebrations, and China repeated its claims that all of Arunachal is its own, as part of southern Tibet. A statement...
12:15 AM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: A day after China objected to Defence Minister A K Antony's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, India on Sunday reiterated that the state is its integral part and stressed that any Indian has the right to visit any part of Indian territory. Objecting to the Indian defence minister's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei Saturday had "asked India to work with China to maintain peace...
06:43 PM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday admitted Army Chief General V K Singh's petition on the age row and questioned the manner in which his complaint was rejected by the Defence Ministry. The apex court, while questioning the governments decision, called the manner in which the Chief's statutory complaint was rejected as "vitiated". There were strong words that certainly embarrassed the government. Essentially, the apex court has not questioned...
08:42 PM, Feb 03, 2012
