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Top events today: Rajnath Singh receives Rafale jet, Pak PM on China visit

Singh is on a three-day visit to Paris, primarily to receive the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets

Rajnath Singh approves 4-fold increase in compensation to kin of martyrs

At present, financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh was given to battle casualties in case of death and also to those sustaining 60 per cent and above disability besides to several other categories

Rajnath invites pvt sector for 'active participation' in defence industry

Singh also said the Centre is committed in exploiting the entrepreneurship spirit of private defence sector and ready to interact and resolve their problems

Warship woes

India needs a clear road map to build naval capacity

Rajnath Singh fires machine gun during a day at sea on INS Vikramaditya

The Defence Minister said the India Navy always ready to defend the country from all threats

Navy's 'second strike capability' significant as nuclear deterrent: Rajnath

The minister's remarks come just days after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly, drummed up hysteria over nuclear war while targeting India over Kashmir

Threat of terror incidents along Indian coastline remains: Rajnath Singh

Not only in India, the whole world knows what will happen to terrorists, the defence minister said

Rajnath reminds Pak of 1971 defeat, says India can deal bigger blow today

Singh was addressing a gathering at the commissioning ceremony of indigenously built submarine INS Khanderi

Pak PM going door-to-door, creating content for cartoonists: Rajnath

Rajnath said there are some powers who want to do a Mumbai-like attack on Indian coastal regions, but "their desires will not be allowed to be fulfilled"

Forces are prepared: Rajnath Singh on reactivation of Pak terror camps

Rawat had on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently and about 500 infiltrators were waiting to sneak into India

Rajnath Singh is first Indian defence minister to fly in Tejas

Says he chose Tejas because it is an Indian fighter

Rajnath Singh to fly in Tejas LCA, spend night on aircraft carrier

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will take a flight in the Tejas light combat aircraft in Bengaluru, and then travel to Mumbai for milestones in India's shipbuilding programme

Armed forces should be at forefront of combating bio-terror: Rajnath Singh

Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's first Military Medicine Conference, Singh said bioterrorism breaks out as a 'contagious plague'

Defence Minister on visit to South Korea to strengthen bilateral ties

Indian Ambassador to Republic of Korea Sripriya Ranganathan said the stated Indian position on the Kashmir issue was very clear

Security at ports on high alert over possible terrorist infiltration

The move comes days after the Navy warned of a possible terror attack from the seaside

Developments in J&K are India's internal matter: US Defence Secy to Rajnath

In a telephonic conversation with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, US Defence Secretary Mark T Esper on Thursday called recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir as internal matters of India and hoped that any issue between New Delhi and Islamabad will be resolved bilaterally. Singh raised the issue of cross-border terrorism and appreciated the US support for India's effort to maintain peace and stability in the region, a defence ministry spokesperson said. He conveyed to Esper that withdrawing special status of Jammu and Kashmir was India's internal matter and that the decisions relating to it were aimed at improving economic growth, enhancing democracy as well as prosperity of the people of the region. "US Secretary of Defence appreciated India's position that the recent developments in Jammu & Kashmir are an internal matter of India. He hoped that any issue between India and Pakistan will be resolved bilaterally," the spokesperson said. The talks between Singh and Esper came a ...

Balakot air strike showed reach, lethality of Indian armed forces: Rajnath

The IAF had conducted air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot in February, days after the Pulwama terror attack on a CRPF convoy in which 40 personnel were killed

Nuclear confusion

Many questions surround dilution of no first use

Pak foreign minister Qureshi slams Rajnath's remarks on India's nuke policy

The statement of Indian defence ministers showed his "folly", he said

Rajnath Singh says India could use nukes first if circumstances demand

A nuclear no first use pledge assures enemies that they would not be subjected to a pre-emptive nuclear strike.