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RK Mathur takes over as Defence Secretary

RK Mathur, a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, took over as...

RK Mathur gets additional charge of Defence Secretary

A 1977-batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, Mathur is likely to be appointed as Defence Secre...

RK Mathur likely to be Defence Secretary

Senior IAS officer Radha Krishna Mathur is likely to be appointed as Defence Secretary to succeed Sh...

Shashi Kant Sharma appointed as new CAG

Shashi Kant Sharma was appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Tuesday replaci...

Chuck Hagel announces unpaid leave for Pentagon civilian employees

Chuck Hagel has announced plans to furlough most of nearly 800,000 civilian employees for up to 11 d...

India an important country: Hagel

Terming India as an important country, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday said that the co...

US Defence Secretary reaches out to his counterparts in world

Newly appointed US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has reached out to his half-a-dozen counterparts fr...

Operation to kill Osama was risky: Panetta

Panetta today said the daring operation to kill Osama bin Laden at his Abbottabad safe house in Paki...

`China has to be part of family, not threaten nations`

China cannot be a country that threatens to go after territories and creates disputes, US Defence Se...

Panetta calls Egyptian Defence minister

Panetta commended Al-Sisi for his efforts to address shared security objectives, including Sinai and...

China preparing to win high intensity military ops

China is building and strengthening its armed forces to fight and win high-intensity regional milita...

US helping French with intel on Mali: Panetta

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says the US is providing intelligence-gathering assistance to the Fre...

Karzai accorded rare full military honours in US

Reflecting the importance the US attaches to Hamid Karzai, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursda...

US safer, more secure than four years ago: Panetta

Panetta said after being in public life for five decades he would return to private life and to his ...

Obama to pick Chuck Hagel as next US Defence Secretary?

Former Senator and Vietnam war veteran Chuck Hagel is all set to replace US Defence Secretary Leon P...

Defence Secretary to visit China in January to discuss CBMs

With an aim of pushing military ties, a high-level delegation led by Defence Secertary Shashikant Sh...

Panetta in Cambodia for talks on US-Asia security

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday that the US would participate in three Southeast Asian...

US defence secretary to visit China in September

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta will visit China in mid-September, the defence ministry said here ...

Pak military rules out ‘accepting pressure’ to abandon tough stance on US negotiations

The Pakistan military has said it would not accept any pressure to abandon the stance taken in negot...

Indian Def Secy in Pakistan for talks on Siachen

Indian Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma arrived in Pakistan for crucial talks on the military sta...

India-US discuss regional security, defence purchases

The regional situation and India`s purchases of military hardware were discussed on Wednesday by Def...

US Defence Secy Panetta meets PM, NSA

The Indian side is also expected to take up the issue of denial of dual-use items by the US to the l...

Panetta’s India visit: Af-Pak, military cooperation on mind

The situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan are expected to come up for discussions American Defence Secy...

Panetta discusses Afghanistan with French minister

Leon Panetta met his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, to discuss plans for transition in Afgha...

Coup fears not reason for calling back Def Secy

Sources denied claims that the government had asked the Defence Secretary to cut short his trip to M...

Troop movement row: MPs quizz Def Secy, Vice-Chief

MPs quizzed Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and Army Vice Chief SK Singh on a media report of s...

All options on table if Iran goes nuclear: Panetta

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has warned Iran that "all options" are on the table if Tehran bl...

Pakistan: Sacked ex-Defence Secy challenges Gilani

Lodhi earned Gilani`s ire by submitting an affidavit in the apex court that said the Army and ISI we...

`Pak Army won’t cooperate with new defence secy’

Lt Gen (retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi has been replaced by cabinet secretary Nargis Sethi, who is conside...

Def Secy flouted rules; no threat to democracy: Gilani

Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the top defence official had violated rules of business and had...

N Korea remains serious threat: US defence chief

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, pledging to keep a "nuclear ...

Hammond named as UK defence secretary

Philip Hammond is regarded as a safe pair of hands who had held the Transport Ministry briefly.

UK Defence Secretary quits over "adviser" scandal

British Defense Secretary Liam Fox resigned on Friday amid a furor over his friendship with a busine...

UK Defence Secretary under fire over aide?

Fox is accused of giving Werritty access to the MoD and allowing him to go on official foreign trips...

Jaya slams Lankan Defence Secy for his remarks

Jayalalithaa assured members that her government would continue with its diplomatic steps on the Sri...

Panetta asks Pakistan to target Zawahiri in FATA

America`s new Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has asked Pakistan to target al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Z...

Pentagon No. 2 defence official quitting soon

William J Lynn said that he intends to resign but has agreed to stay on the job until Defence Secret...

Shashikant Sharma appointed Defence Secretary

Shashikant Sharma, currently a Secretary in Department of Financial Services, has been appointed as ...

NHRC issues notice in Chennai boy killing case

The NHRC on Wednesday issued notice to the Defence Secretary and the Chennai Police Commissioner s...

UK defence secretary calls Apaches risky, but necessary for Libya

UK, France last week offered their attack helicopters for NATO use in Libya.

UK defence secretary `moves to secure location over terror fears`

Dr Liam Fox has moved out of his London flat to secure government apartment.

US should stay involved in Afghanistan: Gates

Robert Gates said that US military should remain involved in Afghanistan.

US defence secretary visits Afghanistan

US Secretary of Defence has arrived on an unannounced visit to Afghan to meet with troops and Afghan...

British Defence Secretary to visit Sri Lanka

British Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox is to visit Sri Lanka later this month to deliver the Lakshma...

UK Def Secy meets Indian security top brass

To provide impetus to defence relations with India, United Kingdom`s Defence Secretary Liam Fox on...

No LeT training camp in Sri Lanka: Defence Secy

A key accused in Pune bakery blast had claimed he was trained in Colombo.

Delhi HC summons Defence Secretary

The Delhi HC on Tuesday summoned the Defence Secretary after he failed to file a reply to a machine ...

Head of America`s most expensive weapons programme fired

Concerned by cost overruns and delay in developing America`s most expensive weapons system, Defenc...

Gates warns of dangers in Pakistan militant havens

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned on Thursday that Taliban safe havens along the Pakistan-Afg...

US Defence Secretary arrives in Pak to press ties

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on Thursday hoping to deepen ...

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