Manohar Parrikar

New Delhi, Sep 5: The government has approved the "concept" of One Rank One Pension (OROP), Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh (retd), who is spearheading the campaign for the scheme's implementation, said here on Saturday. "The government has…

New Delhi, Aug 19: Despite government overtures, three ex-servicemen on a fast unto death on the 'One Rank One Pension' issue refused on Wednesday to end their protest. Ex-servicemen are likely to hold more protests even as they wait for a…

New Delhi, Aug 11: India has inked 18 defence deals with different countries in the last one year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the foreign vendors were from the US,…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and other senior ministers over a terror attack in a Punjab town that left five people dead. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs…

A day after Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar has sought a CBI probe into the alleged bribery case involving US firm Louis Berger and a former Goa Minister during the Congress rule, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar hinted that at least two…

India on Tuesday cleared defence purchases worth over Rs.29,000 crore ($4.5 billion) at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC). The DAC, chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, approved a deviation in offset clause for…

New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday asked shipyards, both public and private, to compress delivery schedules of warships and other platforms for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. Addressing the Naval…

Jammu, May 23 (IANS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived in Jammu on Saturday to review the overall security situation in the region and visit some forward areas on the Line of Control (LoC). A special plane carrying the defence…

Jammu, May 22 (IANS): Defence minister Manohar Parrikar will begin his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. S.D. Goswami, spokesman of the army's Udhampur based northern command said, "The Raksha Mantri (defence minister) will…

It could be a long-standing demand of the people of Odisha, which was never given rapt attention. But, this time, the issue has been raised by a Retd. Bureaucrat. Mr. Prasanna Mishra, a former Union Secretary and an active member in social…