Jodhpur | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday addressed a large gathering here where he announced that Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in the country. “While the opposition will criticise this initiative terming it as an act to divide the society, the BJP never talks of divide but works by taking everyone together,” he said. […]
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Indian soldiers successfully thwarted transgression by Chinese troops in Tawang sector: Rajnath
New Delhi | Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday told Parliament that Indian troops successfully thwarted an attempt by Chinese soldiers to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on December 9 in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector. In a statement which the Defence Minister read out in both Houses of Parliament, he said that Indian […]
High-level probe ordered on missile misfire incident: Rajnath
New Delhi | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that a high-level probe has been ordered into the incident of “accidental” firing of missile which landed in Pakistan’s territory on March 9. “The Defence Ministry has taken the issue seriously and the exact reasons behind it would be known once the high-level […]
Defence Rajnath Singh falls on sofa as party workers cause scamper
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh suffered a fall on sofa while campaigning in Punjab’s Faridkot. This happened when Singh was getting ready to be garlanded by the party workers. But workers did not realise that they had caused scamper and this made senior BJP leader to fall but luckily there was a sofa behind him. So […]
IAF chopper crash: Air Marshal Manavendra Singh to head probe, Rajnath tells Parliament
New Delhi | In his statement to Parliament, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that tri service inquiry has been ordered into the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu that led to demise of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others. The Defence Minister said that the probe will […]
India will give befitting reply to China, Pak if provoked: Rajnath
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) | The ‘new and powerful India’ will give befitting reply to adversaries and will retaliate against any efforts made by them to destabilise peace in the nation, said Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday. While addressing Shaheed Samman Yatra in Pithoragarh, Singh said that Pakistan makes all efforts to destabilise peace in India but […]
Rajnath among first BJP leaders to congratulate Mamata on poll win
New Delhi | As the Trinamool Congress, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is looking at a spectacular victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, Senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was the first from the BJP to congratulate her. The TMC is on course to winning more than two hundred seats in the […]
Agreement on disengagement at Pangong Lake reached: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: India and China have reached an agreement to disengage troops from north and south of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh region, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The Defence Minister said, “The sustained talks with China have led to the agreement on the disengagement on the north and south […]
India will give befitting response if its pride is hurt: Rajnath
Bengaluru: India would give a befitting response if its pride is hurt by any super power, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted at a military function here on Thursday. “If any super power hurts our national pride, our soldiers are capable of giving a fitting response though we do not want a war,” Singh said at the […]
US will provide any support to India as ‘deterrence’ against China: Pompeo
New Delhi: In a provocative message to Beijing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that Washington will provide any support to India as “deterrence” against China. The statement came in his only television interview to Times Now after the 2+2 US-India Ministerial Dialogue held in New Delhi. Pompeo’s statement is likely to ruffle […]