India, China agreed to disengage troops from eastern Ladakh, Rajnath Singh tells Parliament
Rajnath Singh told parliament the accord had been reached after several rounds of talks between military commanders and diplomats
Reuters | February 11, 2021 | Updated 11:41 IST
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
India and China have agreed to disengage troops from a bitterly contested lake area in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said on Thursday, in a breakthrough after a months-long standoff on the disputed border.
Rajnath Singh told parliament the accord had been reached after several rounds of talks between military commanders and diplomats. Our sustained talks with China have led to agreement on disengagement on the north and south banks of the Pangong lake, he said.
Rafale induction ceremony at Ambala Airbase cost exchequer Rs 41 lakh, says Rajnath Singh
The first batch of the five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to procure 36 of the aircraft at a cost of Rs 59,000 crore
PTI | February 8, 2021 | Updated 16:04 IST
The induction ceremony of the first five Rafale jets at the Ambala Air Force base on September 10 last cost the exchequer a little over of Rs 41 lakh including Rs 9.18 lakh GST, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. The first five Rafale aircraft of IAF were formally inducted into IAF on September 10. The arrangements for this event were made mostly through local resources of IAF. The total expenditure on the event was Rs 41.32 lakh including Rs 9.18 lakh of GST, he said.
Aero India to boost Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission: Rajnath
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Benglauru, Feb 3 : Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Aero India will give a boost to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi s clarion call of Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme by signing as more than 200 agreements during an event- Bandhan (the bond) - on the last day of the biennial show on February 5.
The 13th edition of the country s premier air show - Aero India 21 is being held in the backdrop of Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) bagging a Rs 48,000 crore order for fighter jets - Tejas Mark 1A and India s engagement with Indian Ocean Region (IOR) countries.
HAL s helicopter repair project in Goa on hold due to Covid
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Panaji, Jan 28 : Hindustan Aeronautics Limited s helicopter repair and servicing project in Goa has been put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Industries Minister Vishwajit Rane told the state legislative assembly on Thursday.
In a written reply tabled during the ongoing winter session of the state legislative assembly, Rane also said that the project, once underway, would employ 150 people and that the Bengaluru-based HAL had already made an investment of Rs 10 crore for setting up the project.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that leaking sensitive information related to the national secret of a planned attack to a journalist is a "criminal act" and persons behind this should be put in prison.To a question .