New Delhi: Against the backdrop of several alleged sex scandals in the force, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday asked the Navy to take "sternest possible action" against its officers who are found involved in such "inappropriate behaviour".
Referring to some isolated incidents of inappropriate behaviour by a few personnel, Antony urged top Commanders to take sternest possible action against those who tarnish the image and prestige of the armed forces, whenever such incident comes to their notice," the Defence Ministry said.
Antony, who was addressing a Naval Commanders' Conference here, apparently referred to charges of wife-swapping levelled against some officers in which a probe is on. A number of officers have been sacked after they were found indulging in acts of sexual misconduct including an officer who was sending lewd messages to several women using multiple SIM cards.
Another officer has been sacked for having illicit affair with the wife of a superior officer and three more were sacked for leaking information on social networking websites....
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07:50 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: CBI has issued a lookout notice against a former IAF chief in connection with alleged irregularities in procurement of VVIP helicopters, Defence Minister AK Antony told the Lok Sabha on Monday. In a written reply to the House, he said, "CBI has issued Lookout notice against a number of individuals in India including a former chief of IAF in connection with the said case." Though Antony did not...
08:15 PM, May 06, 2013
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal expressed his support through a post on Facebook on Saturday. ...
01:31 PM, Mar 23, 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
Monday could prove to be a crucial day for former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed as a former defence minister in his cabinet is to depose against him in a magistrate court. Nasheed remains holed up in the Indian High Commission in Male. ...
10:29 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Outraged at the brutal killing of two soldiers by the Pakistan Army, Shiv Sena on Wednesday demanded resignation of Defence Minister AK Antony and said India should give a "befitting" reply. "Not only Shiv Sena, but the entire country is demanding Antony's resignation. He should quit from the post. What is the need for such a Defence Minister when such incidents happen?" Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said. ...
03:05 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma will lead a delegation to China next month to discuss the resumption of military exercises between the armed forces of the two countries. The Defenece Secretary will head a tri-services delegation to China on January 14-15 as part of the 5th Annual Defence Dialogue between the two sides, Ministry officials said here today. ...
02:39 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Palakkad: With Kerala state Congress leaders attacking each other on TV channels, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday asked his party colleagues to develop political maturity. "Today many of my friends here, the moment they see mikes of TV channels they cut loose and make lots of statements. This does not augur with the Kerala style of political functioning," said Antony. Antony was speaking at a meeting here to...
09:32 AM, Nov 14, 2012
Jabalpur: India is talking to Pakistan and China to develop friendly relations with them but there will be no compromise on territorial integrity of the country, Defence Minister AK Antony asserted on Saturday. "We have friendly relations with Pakistan and China and we always talk to them but this does not mean that anything can be done to change the map of India," he told reporters in Jabalpur. Antony was...
05:30 PM, Sep 22, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday said suicide by a jawan had led to "unrest" among troops of an Army unit deployed in Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh had claimed that the two incidents were "not connected". Officers and jawans of the 16the Cavalry regiment were engaged in stand-off on August 8 in Samba sector soon after the jawan committed suicide....
06:21 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: India and China will resume military exercises after a two year gap. That appeared to be the high point of Defence Minister AK Antony's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Gen Liang Guanglie on Tuesday. The details are expected to be formalised during the bilateral defence dialogue in November. India suspended all military exchanges in 2010 after China insisted on paper visas for a visiting Indian Army officer. Antony...
12:47 PM, Sep 04, 2012
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: Three Tibetans were detained on Sunday afternoon when they tried to stage a protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi to protest the visit of Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie. The protest was organised by 'Students for a Free Tibet' to highlight their demand for freedom of their homeland from China. Dorjee Tseten, a spokesperson for the organisation, said the three protesters burnt Chinese flag as part...
09:19 PM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: India and China are expected to resume their bilateral military exercises from next year and a decision in this regard is likely to be taken during the five-day visit of Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie. During Gen Liang's visit starting Monday next week, the two sides will discuss about having more Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and ways of strengthening their military ties, a senior official of the...
09:55 AM, Sep 02, 2012
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: 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 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: Ahead of the once-in-a-decade leadership transition in Beijing, India and China are looking to step up defence ties, with China proposing a visit by its defence minister in September. Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie has voiced his eagerness to visit New Delhi before the the Communist Party of China gets down to finalising the leadership transition, expected in Oct-Nov. The Indian government has responded positively. Gen Liang's...
12:48 AM, Aug 01, 2012
