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7th Pay Commission report on pay and pensions: Defence Minister Manohar...
7th Pay Commission report on pay and pensions: Among the concerns of the forces regarding the 7th Pay Commission report is the way pensions are calculated on the basis of number of years served in a...
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Govt okays purchase of Russian air defence missile systems worth Rs 40,000 cr
Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, has decided to buy 5 units of the S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems that are capable of destroying incoming...
View ArticlePathankot attack: Parrikar briefs PM Narendra Modi about IAF base terror attack
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the ongoing attack at the Air Force Base in Pathankot where two terrorists are believed to be holed up and a...
View ArticleOROP notification: In meet with Arun Jaitley, ex-servicemen demand changes
Seeking ‘corrections’ in the One Rank One Pension (OROP) notification, as their protest on the issue entered the 203rd day, a delegation of ex-servicemen met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and submitted...
View ArticleWhoever hurts India, should be given the same pain: Manohar Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today asserted that any individual or organisation that hurts the country should be given the same pain but how, when and where should be India’s choice, remarks which...
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Defence procurement: Offset threshold raised from Rs 300 crore to Rs 2,000 crore
Manohar Parrikar said that certain duplicate clauses which resulted in time overruns in defence procurements have been eliminated in the new DPP. (PTI) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Monday...
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Govt approves parts of new defence procurement process
“The notification of the new DPP-2016 would be issued in two months time, as some parts of the revised DPP such as the ‘Strategic Partners’ would have to be debated by the Cabinet and approved by it”...
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Precautions being taken to prevent honey trap cases: Manohar Parrikar
“I do not think that such things (espionage) are at high level. Few things came to light but they were at lower level and we have taken all precautions (to prevent them),” Manohar parrikar told...
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Goa produced 6,000 entrepreneurs thanks to state scheme: CM
The Chief Minister said the benefits were provided to several thousand youths who are now able to give employment to others. (PTI) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today said the state’s...
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Manohar Parrikar hoists country’s largest, tallest Tricolour in Ranchi
“I feel elated to unfurl the country’s tallest, biggest and most beautiful Tricolour on the occasion of 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,” Manohar Parrikar said here. (PTI)...
View ArticleIndia’s biggest tricolour hoisted on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth...
Defence Minister Manohar Parikar on Saturday hoisted the largest tricolour – a massive 99X66 feet – on the country’s tallest flagpost at 293 feet here to mark Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth...
View ArticleManohar Parrikar lays foundation stone of Raksha Shakti University
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today laid the foundation stone of Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University and said strength as well as intelligence is the need of the hour to deal with cyber attacks....
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Punish law breakers instead of more regulations: Manohar Parrikar
Talking about defence exports, Manohar Parrikar said that the government has removed almost all restrictions and in 2016 there will be easier ways of exporting even higher level material. (PTI)...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi, Manohar Parrikar condole death of soldiers in Siachen...
PM Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday condoled the death of soldiers who were trapped in an avalanche at the Siachen glacier in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region. The...
View ArticleBudget 2016: Parrikar reviews defence proposals, seeks irrelevant ones be axed
Budget 2016: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday asked the three services to review the pending acquisition proposals and weed out those which are no more relevant, an official said, He gave...
View ArticleRafale fighter Jet Deal: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar says I am a tough...
Showing no signs of relenting, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said he is a “tough negotiator” and wants the “best price” for Rafale fighter jets from France. However, the minister said the...
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Operational readiness always top priority: Manohar Parrikar
“We need adequate equipment and that cannot change. Make in India is in its place, our military preparedness is paramount,” said Manohar Parrikar The ‘Make in India’ vision is a priority for defence...
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DAC clears new Defence Procurement Procedure, lays emphasis on ‘Made in...
Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, did not finalise the key chapter on strategic partnership, which the Minister said will be done in another couple of...
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Over 1,000 firms from 47 countries set to attend Defence Expo
Union Defence Minister and former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar would inaugurate the DefExpo, being held in the coastal state for the first time. (PTI) With only two days left for the opening of...
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Defence Expo 2016 to kick off tomorrow in Goa
In all, at least 1,000 companies both Indian and foreign, are taking part in the exhibition this year, which is over one-and-a-half-times more than that in Defexpo 2014. (PTI) India’s biggest ever...
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