India and Maldives on Thursday held a substantive discussions on further strengthening bilateral defence cooperation.
Both side agreed that the two countries would continue their traditionally close cooperation on issues of maritime securi...
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday inaugurated the 426.60 metre long Pre Stressed Concrete Box Girder type bridge over Diffo river on Roing-Koron-Paya road in Arunachal Pradesh.
Dedicating the bridge to the nation, the minister pra...
With an aim to give a boost to the defence corridor in Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will launch the project on January 20at Tiruchirappalli.
“Tamil Nadu defence corridor is scheduled to be launched on January 20. The Rak...
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reviewed the operational readiness of the only Tri-service theatre command based in Andaman and Nicobar at Campbell Bay.
She was on a 2-day visit to the command, starting Sunday.
The ministe...
Taking forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of encouraging youths and students in nation building, the National Cadets Corps (NCC) has enrolled 55,400 students from Left Wing Extremism (LWE) region, spread from states of Bihar, Jharkhand...
Aiming to giving a boost to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market especially start-ups, the government will hold international level “Drone Olympics” for the first time at Aero India show in Bengaluru on February 21 wherein domestic as well as int...
Marking a major milestone towards capacity building and giving more firepower to the Army, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday dedicated the globally combat proven M777 A2 ultra light howitzers (ULH), K-9 Vajra-tracked self propelled gu...
The Indian Army on Friday received K9 Vajra and M777 howitzer guns at a ceremony attended by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Deolali artillery centre in Maharashtra.
M777 ultra-light howitzer (ULH) artillery guns have been manufactu...
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday left for upper Dibang valley in Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate Diwali with soldiers.
There are military posts separated from the nearest road-head by at least 30 km.
The sparsely populated...
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman will celebrate Diwali with troops at one of forward army posts in Arunachal Pradesh, the bordering state with China.
According to the sources in the Defence ministry, “The Raksha Mantri will visit Arunachal ...