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13 May 2025

India Won’t Pause, It Will Pulverise: Rajnath’s Warning After High-Level Meet

CDS General Anil Chauhan, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane attended the meeting.

07 Apr 2025

BEL Bags Rs 2,385 Cr Deal To Supply Electronic Warfare Suites For IAF Choppers

BEL had also supplied the Akash Missile System to the IAF, for which it has now secured the maintenance contract.

17 Jun 2024

MoD Requests HAL For 156 Light Combat Helicopters

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( informed that the Defence Ministry has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH)

India-China Border Row

07 Mar 2024

'India Will Respond Strongly': Rajnath Warns Amid Border Row With China

The Defence Minister stated that the government's focus had been on strengthening the Defence forces with a focus on self-reliance.

01 Feb 2024

Defence Gets Rs 6.21 Lakh Crore In Interim Budget 2024-25

The budgetary allocation to the Defence for FY24-25 is higher by approximately one lakh crore (18.35 percent) than the allocation for FY 2022-23 and 4.72 percent more than the allocation for FY23-24.

Indian Air Force

31 Dec 2023

Su-30 To Remain IAF's Mainstay For 20 More Yrs; Advance Weapons To Be Deployed

Indian Air Force is also working to equip the combat aircraft with modern technologies including indigenous advanced radars, avionics and weapon systems.

29 Sep 2023

Army Proposes Rs 6,500 Cr Deal To Govt For Procurement Of 400 'Desi' Howitzers

The Indian Army has already issued a tender for buying 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) along with one for finding a mounted gun system for its requirements along borders with China and Pakistan.

PM Modi in France

13 Jul 2023

Defence Body Clears Proposal To Buy 26 Rafales, 3 Submarines From France

As per the proposals, the Indian Navy will get 22 single-seated Rafale Marine aircraft along with four trainer aircraft.

Republic Day parade

08 May 2023

2024 Republic Day Parade Likely To Have All-Women Contingents On Kartavya Path

India showcased its military might and vibrant cultural heritage during the 74th Republic Day Parade held on January 26 this year, with 'Nari Shakti' being a dominant theme.

Defence Ministry

08 Mar 2023

Defense Ministry approves Rs 10,000 crore defense deal

Defense Ministry has approved a defense deal worth 10,000 crores. Three training aircraft will be bought for 6800 crores. Along with this, three training ships will be purchased. Watch100 big headlines of the day in this report.

finance ministry espionage case

19 Jan 2023

Finance Ministry Espionage Network Exposed Ahead of Budget Session

Before the budget session, there has been a stir in the Ministry of Finance due to the exposure of the espionage network. Since then, the investigative agencies and the government are on alert mode. In this case, a data entry operator named Sumit has been arrested by the Delhi Police. Sumit was working in the Ministry of Finance on contract. He is accused of spying for money.

Pralay ballistic missile

20 Dec 2022

To counter China, India acquiring 'Pralay' missile with 500 KM strike range

'Pralay' ballistic missile: The proposal to acquire 'Pralay' ballistic missile is also important as it comes at a time when the Indian forces are working on the creation of a rocket force that has been in discussion at the highest levels in the Defence Ministry.

14 Nov 2022

'If Ministry has spent less, suggest to...': Rajnath Singh to Defence Acc Dept

Rajnath Singh urged the DAD to spend more in order to enhance India’s combat readiness He emphasised that there must not be any wastage in the budget

Light combat helicopter

03 Oct 2022

Rajnath Singh to attend indigenous Light Combat Helicopters induction ceremony

The first series of Made-in-India Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) will be inducted into the Indian Air Force inventory Defence minister Rajnath Singh will attend the induction ceremony These indigenous choppers will be able to partake in aerial combat

Lt General Anil Chauhan

28 Sep 2022

Lt General Anil Chauhan appointed India's next Chief of Defence Staff

Lt General Anil Chauhan will be India's next Chief of Defence Staff He will also function as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs His appointment was confirmed by the Ministry of Defence

agnipath scheme

19 Jun 2022

Will Centre rollback Agnipath recruitment scheme? Top military officer replies

Agnipath scheme aims to recruit soldiers for 4 year period. Top military officer said those who participated in Agnipath protests will not be allowed to join. Department of Military Affairs defended Agnipath scheme.

agnipath scheme

18 Jun 2022

Agnipath protest: Centre reserves 10% jobs for ‘Agniveers’ in Defence Ministry

Defence Ministry and MHA announced certain new promises to stem the Agnipath row. Protests have broken out across states against Centre's Agnipath scheme. Opposition has demanded Centre to roll back the Agnipath scheme.

agnipath scheme

16 Jun 2022

‘Don't take 'agnipareeksha' of unemployed youths': Rahul to PM Modi

Rahul Gandhi today slammed the Centre's Agnipath scheme He warned that it will reduce the operational effectiveness of the armed forces Congress too said that the dignity and valour of armed forces must not be compromised

27 May 2022

Defence ministry extends date for submitting life certification till 25 June

The process of Annual Identification/Life Certification is a statutory requirement for continued and timely credit of monthly pension.

20 May 2022

Monthly pension money would be affected if you fail to do THIS by May 25

The government has said that that nearly 1.2 lakh pensioners have not completed their annual identification through any of the means available.

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