Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

Goa Election Results 2017: Subhash Velingkar's aim may have been to expose BJP

Velingkar believes the eventual objective of the Manch was not to win seats but to expose the BJP and its 'betrayals'.

Gurmehar Kaur row: Manohar Parrikar supports free speech but within legal framework

Amid a raging controversy over free speech, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said he supports freedom of expression, but within the legal framework.

Goa Election 2017: 11 lakh voters to cast ballot on 4 February for the assembly polls

After an acrimonious campaign, Goa is all set for the Assembly polls on 4 February which will witness a contest among ruling BJP, opposition Congress, new entrant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the three-party alliance forged by MGP, GSM and Shiv Sena. Over 11 lakh voters in Goa are eligible to exercise their right to franchise to elect members for the 40-seat state Assembly. Voting across 1,642 polling booths in the state would begin tomorrow at 7 am and culminate at 5 pm.

Have cleared names for the next Indian Army chief and IAF chief, says Manohar Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday that he will soon name the next Indian Army and Indian Air Force chiefs.

Manohar Parrikar on MNS-Karan Johar 'deal': Contributions to Army Welfare Fund are voluntary

Defence minister Manohar Parrikar today made it clear that donation to the Army was "voluntary" and he does not appreciate "holding of someone's neck", amid a row over the MNS diktat asking Karan Johar to pay Rs 5 core to the army welfare fund as 'penance' for castig Fawad Khan in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Manohar Parrikar lauds PM Modi, armed forces on surgical strikes; Opposition cries 'cheap politics'

Indirectly hitting out at the opposition, Parrikar also said that “those in doubt” may also share the credit as the credit goes to entire nation.

BJP cancels Manohar Parrikar's felicitation in Goa following Baramulla attack

In the wake of the militant strike on camps of the Army and the BSF in north Kashmir's Baramulla last night, the Goa unit of BJP on Monday said it has cancelled a felicitation ceremony of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar which was scheduled on Tuesday.

New defence deal a firm indicator that US regards India as a rising, responsible global power

In other words, contrary to what the critics say, under the LEMOA, India will not fight America’s wars and the vice-versa

Manohar Parrikar pitches for all-women battalion in Indian armed forces

If the Army and the Navy are opened up for combat roles for women, India will join the small club of countries in the world to have such a system.

Parrikar congratulates HAL, ADA on induction of Tejas planes

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday congratulated the state-run HAL and Aeronautical Development Agency on the induction of the first two home-grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas into IAF and said the planes will be a force multiplier.