New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Wednesday ordered the immediate transfer of NDA Commandant Lieutenant General Jatinder Singh to ensure a fair investigation into the alleged recruitment scam in the prestigious training academy in Pune. "This shifting is with a view to ensuring a free and fair investigation in the alleged bribery racket in the recruitment of Group 'C' posts in the NDA, Khadakwasla, Pune," Defence Ministry spokesperson N...
02:07 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Bangalore: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has urged Union Defence Minister A K Antony not to shift the Aero India show from the city. The biennail event is being held at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Station, Yelahanka. In a letter addressed to Antony, the Chief Minister stated that it has come to the state governments notice that there is a move to shift the event out of Bangalore....
11:36 AM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be visiting flood-affected areas of Assam on Monday. The state is witnessing its worst flood disaster in perhaps a decade, with nearly 77 people dead so far, six missing and 19 lakh affected. All of the state's 27 districts are said to be under water. The neighbouring state of Meghalaya has not been spared either, with 75,000 people...
08:38 AM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: With Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee being named as the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government's candidate for President poll, there will a major reshuffle of the Cabinet. Sources say Mukherjee could step down as the Finance Minister on June 24 after his nomination. India could soon have new Finance, Home and Defence ministers if Mukherjee become the President of India. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to keep the...
01:45 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: After a gap of six years, four Indian warships are on a visit to China, docking at Shanghai on a four-day port call, even as another set of warships are preparing to leave on a long deployment to cover the entire Indian Ocean region. The four warships in Shanghai are guided missile destroyer INS Rana, stealth frigate INS Shivalik, missile corvette INS Karmukh and fleet tanker INS Shakti....
12:26 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Islamabad: Indian and Pakistani officials have made no forward movement on resolving the military standoff on the Siachen glacier, with both sides sticking to their stated positions in two-day talks, diplomatic and official sources said on June 11. During talks on June 11 between an Indian delegation led by Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma and a Pakistani team led by Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi, the two sides "explained their respective stances"...
01:33 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Demilitarilasition of Siachen is something Pakistan needs more than India. ...
10:41 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The defence secretaries of India and Pakistan will be meeting in Islamabad on Monday for 13th round of talks on the Siachen glacier. The word from New Delhi is 'don't expect any breakthrough'. Pakistan has been pushing hard for withdrawal from the Glacier and could retaliate by rejecting a settlement on the Sir Creek issue. India has made it clear that it doesn't share Pakistan's urgency in wanting...
06:39 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI is all set to question three retired Army officials who held key positions in procurement and quality assurance units and joined Tatra supply accused Ravinder Rishi's firm Vectra post-retirement. The agency is trying to establish alleged links of Rishi in the Defence establishment who helped him in procurement and supply of Tatra all terrain vehicles from BEML, sources said. The agency has questioned a number of...
03:06 PM, Jun 10, 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 US on Wednesday promised to initiate measures to provide access to dual use technology to India which has been contending that American norms were leading to denial of export of such sophisticated items. This assurance was given by US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta to Defence Minister AK Antony during hour-long discussions in which they reviewed the security situation in South Asia and the Af-Pak region. Panetta gave...
03:53 PM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: India and the US will cover familiar ground when US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta calls on India's Defence Minster AK Antony on Wednesday. Panetta is expected to underscore the US desire to partner with India as it shifts its security and strategic focus towards Asia, but Antony is expected to stonewall, not wanting to be drawn into any alliance that is seen to be aimed at China. While...
06:38 AM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta landed in New Delhi on Tuesday on his first ever visit to India to strengthen military cooperation between India and the US, and discuss the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Panetta will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 7 Race Course Road on Tuesday evening. Panetta, who wants India to buy more American military hardware, will meet Defence Minister Antony and National Security...
02:19 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Singapore: India on Saturday expressed concern about the hike in Chinese military spending, but said it does not perceive Beijing as a threat. "China has increased their military capabilities and spending more on defence," Defence Minister AK Antony said at a Security Forum in Singapore. "We are concerned over it," he said. The Defence Minister said "even though we don't believe in an arms race, but in our own way,...
02:57 AM, Jun 03, 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 AK Antony will articulate India's view on maritime security, freedom of use of sea lane and piracy during the Asia Security Summit to be held in Singapore on Saturday. On the sidelines of the Summit, also known as Shangri-La Dialogue, Antony will also hold bilateral talks with the leaders of several key countries such as France, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Canada, Vietnam and Tonga. "Antony will...
04:21 AM, Jun 01, 2012
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law on a Public Interest Litigation. The PIL filed by Army Reserve Officer Maj Navdeep Singh who is also the first president of the Armed Forces Tribunal Bar Association states that excessive control of Ministry of Defence over appointments, infrastructure, rule-making and functioning of the Armed Forces Tribunal, being the...
08:55 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: With the hike in petrol prices turning to be a major political issue, the Congress on Wednesday steered clear of senior leader AK Antony's remarks that it was "not a correct step" and the oil companies should have shown some "propriety" before taking the decision. Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi refused to come out with a categorical response on Antony's remarks despite repeated questions with his refrain being, "Petroleum...
08:37 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh on Wednesday declined to comment on Lt Gen Tejinder Singh's complaint to the Defence Minister in the defamation row, saying that raising voice against corruption is everybody's movement and controversies did not concern him ever in his service to the nation as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). He also said that there was no misunderstanding between the Army and Ministry of Defence (MoD)....
10:03 AM, 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
