New Delhi: The Defence Minister of India and China will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday seeking to revive bilateral military ties. Gen Liang Guanglie is the first Chinese Defence Minister to visit India since 2004. On the agenda are a wide range of issues including the border dispute. A day before the first meeting in eight years with a Defence Minister from China, Indian Defence Minister AK Antony told...
09:17 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie will have a packed schedule in India on Tuesday, but he will not be visiting Amar Jawan Jyoti, the war memorial for the unknown soldier, at India Gate, a customary stop for visiting defence ministers. He will hold talks with his Indian counterpart AK Antony and meet the heads of all services. Gen Liang is also expected to call on Prime Minister...
07:35 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Ministers of India and China will hold talks here on Tuesday during which they are expected to take a decision on resuming the military exercises of their Armies stalled since 2010. During his talks with AK Antony, Gen Liang Guanglie, who has become the first Chinese Defence Minister to visit India in eight years, is expected to address New Delhi's concerns over Chinese military infrastructure build-up along...
04:21 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with a resource crunch, the Defence Ministry will undertake a review next month of major military projects such as plans for acquiring 126 combat aircraft and raising a Strike Corps in the northeastern sector. The review will be carried out after an assessment is made on the performance of the economy at the end of the second quarter of this fiscal, Government sources said. The Defence Ministry...
03:34 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India on Monday asked the government to stop training Sri Lankan Army personnel anywhere in India and respect the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu, who are opposed to any such measure. CPI National Secretary D Raja dashed off a letter to Defence Minister AK Antony explaining the opposition to the training programme to Sri Lankan Army personnel in the state. He dubbed...
05:26 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Reinforcing the pecking order in UPA II government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is understood to have issued a communication that Defence Minister AK Antony will chair Union Cabinet meetings, if required, during his visit to Iran. Singh, who left for Tehran this evening to attend the NAM Summit, is learnt to have issued the communication before his departure. After the exit of Pranab Mukherjee from the Council of...
11:30 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Addressing questions raised over the process of selecting Rafale fighter planes, the government is going ahead with the procurement of 126 French combat aircraft and effort is being made to complete the deal within this financial year. Contract negotiations for the multi-billion dollar deal will resume soon, government sources said. Questions had been raised over the process by an MP besides some other quarters but a committee of...
12:40 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Mumbai: Defence Minister AK Antony inaugurated the Maharashtra cluster of chain of static sensors aimed at proving real time surveillance cover along the coastline. The sensors are operational with radar stations fitted at Tarapur, Korlai, Tolkeshwar and Devgad as part of the chain of static sensors project by the Coast Guard. The project is based on the recommendations made by the group of ministers on reforming the national security system,...
12:01 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Kolkata: Defence Minister AK Antony had an 80-minute meeting on Saturday with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on issues like Ganges riverfront beautification, a metro project and a drinking water scheme where army land is involved. "We discussed the Ganges riverfront beautification project, Joka-BBD Bag Metro project in Kolkata and Balason water supply project in Darjeeling," Banerjee told media persons after the meeting at the state secretariat, Writers' Buildings,...
12:40 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee will attend the next meeting of the UPA co-ordination committee on August 22. "Yes I am going," Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister said when asked whether she would attend the meeting. Party's all India general secretary Mukul Roy said that Defence Minister AK Antony who met Banerjee at the state secretariat during the day had made a request to her in this regard....
10:08 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Kolkata: Defence Minister AK Antony met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers' Building in Kolkata to convince her over FDI in retail. Acting as the Prime Minister's emissary, Antony is likely to try and convince Mamata to agree to some of the economic reform bills like FDI in retail and forward trading. The UPA is trying to pass these bills in the current monsoon session of Parliament....
01:11 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday expressed confidence that the day is not far when the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) will be withdrawn from the state very much during the tenure of his government. "I can say with confidence that AFSPA withdrawal will take place during the tenure of this government and that day is also not very far," he said in his...
12:56 AM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday said corruption was a serious challenge which badly affected the morale of defence personnel and urged them to renew their pledge to work with honesty, fairness and transparency. In his customary address to the armed forces on the eve of Independence Day, Antony cautioned them against human rights violations in the fight against terrorism, saying it tarnished the image of the forces....
04:23 AM, Aug 15, 2012
A top secret audit of DRDO ordered by Defence Minister AK Antony himself has revealed that the country's premier body for defence research has allegedly spent crores of rupees on technology without any positive outcome. ...
08:01 AM, Aug 14, 2012
A top secret audit of DRDO reveals that financial sanctions are being split so that they don't have to go to higher authorities. ...
11:47 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development organisation, country's premier body for development of defence related technology, has allegedly spent crores of rupees in the name of expenditure on technology, but there has been no positive outcome. A top secret audit of DRDO ordered by Defence Minister AK Antony has revealed that there is virtual lack of transparency in decision making mechanism in the organisation, which was created to look...
06:46 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday said the government will provide maximum possible support to the armed forces for modernisation but they should avoid "wasteful expenditure". Addressing a navy function, the minister said the defence budget is touching nearly Rs 2 lakh crore but even in the present security scenario around the country, "we will not be able to find resources as per the aspirations of the armed...
04:26 AM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday voiced concern over incidents of face off between Army officers and jawans but said that the armed forces are capable of handling them on their own. "Each incident is a matter of concern to me but armed forces are better trained to handle such situations. They are handling it in their own way. Today also I had a brief discussion with the...
05:51 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: In a revolutionary step to speed up its budgetary processes and macro-manage public funds, the Indian Navy will on Saturday launch its force-wide automated Financial Information System (FIS) that is expected to simplify decision-making and enhance transparency in its monetary dealings. Defence Minister AK Antony will launch the FIS at an event in the presence of Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma. For starters, FIS will help manage...
01:31 AM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: In yet another instance of friction in an Army unit, jawans and officers of an armoured unit were allegedly involved in a face-off after a soldier committed suicide on Wednesday in Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the second such incident in the last four months when officers and jawans have locked horns. In Nyoma in Ladakh, a commanding officer, two majors and two jawans were...
03:15 PM, Aug 09, 2012
