Kottayam: Senior Congress leader AK Antony on Saturday appeared to keep open the possibility of a tie-up with the Left after the Lok Sabha polls and said there were areas of cooperation between the two sides on issues of larger interest to the country. Antony, who was in Kottayam to inaugurate the valedictory session of the 125th anniversary of Malayalam daily 'Deepika', dismissed chances of Congress striking pre-poll alliance with...
07:44 PM, Apr 13, 2013
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04:42 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Kicking off Asia's biggest aerospace exposition here, Defence Minister AK Antony on February 6 said the focus of the country is achieving self reliance in the defence sector. Aero India 2013 showcases the latest international technology in military and civil aircraft, avionics and sub-systems, as well as radars in the defence and aerospace sectors. ...
02:50 PM, Feb 06, 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
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: 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
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 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: The India army is seriously short of ammunition, and in the event of war, it may run out of stocks in two days. This has been highlighted in a letter written by Army Chief General VK Singh to Defence Minister AK Antony, reported by the Indian Express. It also warns of shortages in artillery and air defence ammunition and says that the blacklisting of firms has contributed to...
05:08 PM, Mar 04, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget, Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday said his ministry has spent over 70 per cent of the modernisation funds allocated to it for the current fiscal. The Defence Ministry has been sanctioned Rs 69,199 crore for capital expenditure outlay for finalising acquisition of major items such as 10 C-17 heavy-lift aircraft and 145 ultra-light Howitzers. "Already by December 31, we had spent 66...
07:06 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear the Army Chief age row, both Defence Minister AK Antony and Army Chief General Vijay Kumar Singh on Tuesday blamed the Army for the mess. Both Antony as well as General Singh said that the Army sat on the problem for 36 years and that the problem should not recur. Antony said that the Supreme Court verdict on the controversy...
02:52 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Indian army chief General VK Singh has claimed that his acceptance of May 10, 1950 as his date of birth in 2008 was not a free admission but was made in a hurry and done under apprehension of some proceedings initiated against him. CNN-IBN has got complete access to the writ petition filed by the army chief against the government in the Supreme Court wherein General Singh has...
08:27 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Even as his Ministry rattled under the Army Chief's relentless pursuance of the age row, Defence Minister AK Anthony has refused to comment so far. But two days after Army Chief General VK Singh dragged the Government to court, the Ministry, in its first response indicated its strong displeasure. "It sets an unhealthy precedent for the Government and the force," said MoS Defence Pallam Raju. But the spotlight...
08:18 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony is upset over the leak of letters written by Army chief General VK Singh to the former. This was conveyed on Wednesday by Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma to the Army chief when the latter met him in his office over the ongoing row over the date of birth of General Singh. The Defence Secretary also expressed displeasure on behalf of Antony on General Singh...
07:55 PM, Jan 18, 2012
