ISLAMABAD - Manohar Parrikar, the Goa chief minister and former Indian defence minister, passed away on Sunday at the age of 63 after a long battle with cancer, Indian media reported. Parrikar had been diagnosed with cancer in February last year. He had been in and out of hospitals in Goa, ...

Panaji: Indian Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said the acquisition of the French aircraft has given India a superiority over Pakistan in terms of air power.Mr Parrikar, who succeeded UPA's AK Antony as Defence Minister when NDA came to power in 2014, was speaking at the Goa Arts and ...

Indian army conducted AJK ‘surgical strike’ on a TV anchor’s insulting question and prepared for 15 months before carrying out a ‘surgical strike’ across the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Kashmir, Times of India newspaper quoted a former defence minister as saying.“We started ...

PANAJI: Former defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday dismissed Pakistan as an empty vessel making noise and said the neighbouring country is up to something or the other to remain engaged.His comments come against the backdrop of the death sentence given by a Pakistani military court to ...

India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to become the chief minister of Goa after Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second in the Goa assembly, reported Hindustan Times on Sunday.BJP finished second with 13 seats to the Congress’ 17 in the 40-member Goa ...

NEW DELHI: Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has termed the blasts in Kabul as possible chemical attacks."As per the reports which are coming from the southern and northern parts of Afghanistan, I have seen photographs of the local population suffering from blisters and some chemical ...

NEW DELHI: India is aware of reports of Pakistan`s nuclear expansion and is taking all steps to safeguard India`s national interest, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday.US designates India as major defence partner"The government is aware of reports on the expansion of Pakistan`s ...

US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter met his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar and declared that India is a ‘major defence partner’. Carter met Parrikar for the record seventh time, a fact he himself pointed out.During their meeting at South Block, Carter thanked ‘friend’ Parrikar and ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Pro-India, National Conference president and former puppet chief minister of occupied Kashmir, Omar Abdullah has realized that Kashmir - a political dispute needs a political solution for heralding lasting peace in the South Asian region.Kashmir was neither, nor will be part of ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Pro-India National Conference (NC) Patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah has said that Kashmir was neither, nor it will be an integral part of India.Indian Forces open fire at the funeral procession of Kashmiri martyr Dr Farooq Abdullah addressing party workers, said, "Our young generations ...