Starting from Himachal Pradesh’s Yol, government moves to abolish ‘archaic colonial practice’ of keeping Army cantonments, evokes mixed reaction from veterans

A ground in the Yol cantonment. (Photo: Defence PRO) New Delhi: In a major development, the Narendra Modi-led government moved to abolish Indian Army cantonments across the country after terming creating (and maintaining) them as “archaic ...

Rajnath Singh launches Dashboard of Department of Defence

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday launched Dashboard of Department Defence (DoD).The internal Dashboard will be used for effective monitoring of budget expenditure, redressal of public grievances and clearance of public projects on ...

Sitharaman directs MOD to transfer defence land to Karnataka for infra projects

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday directed the defence establishments in the city to handover required land to the Karnataka government for completion of various infrastructure projects held up due to the delay in transfer of such l...