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  Defence Minister orders dismissal of Naval Lt. Commander for extramarital affair

  India | April 13, 2013 6:58 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 13 : Even as a controversy raged over 'wife swapping' charges in Navy's Southern Command in Kochi, Defence Minister A K Antony today ordered the dismissal of a Naval officer after he

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  Antony condoles killing of Indian peacekeepers

  India | April 09, 2013 21:18 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 9:  Defence Minister A.K. Antony Tuesday expressed condolences over the killing of five Indian peacekeepers, including an officer, in South Sudan in an ambush by a rebel group and lauded the bravery

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  Antony Refused to Support Sanjay Gandhi: WikiLeaks

  Politics | April 09, 2013 14:43 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 9: A K Antony was "one of the only" leaders apart from Priyaranjan Dasmunsi who "flatly criticised" Sanjay Gandhi during 1976 AICC session in Guwahati during Emergency when the latter's political graph

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  A K Antony refused to support Sanjay Gandhi: WikiLeaks

  India | April 09, 2013 14:42 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 9: A K Antony was "one of the only" leaders apart from Priyaranjan Dasmunsi who "flatly criticized" Sanjay Gandhi during 1976 AICC session in Guwahati during Emergency when the latter's political graph

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  Helicopter deal was tainted, says Antony

  India | March 25, 2013 12:56 IST

  Helicopter deal was tainted, says AntonyKochi, March 25: Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday confirmed that corruption had taken place in the controversial helicopter deal with Italian company AgustaWestland. He added that a new defence procurement

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  Antony to head Congress panel to monitor Karnataka polls

  Politics | March 21, 2013 10:07 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 21: Buoyed by its recent success in civic polls in Karnataka where it is keen to wrest back power, Congress yesterday formed a high-powered co-ordination and monitoring committee headed by Defence Minister

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  No proposal to set up new commands for space assets: Antony

  India | March 18, 2013 19:24 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 18: Government has not received any proposal to set up new commands to handle country's space assets, cyber infrastructure and for controlling commando operations, Defence Minister A.K. Antony told the Lok Sabha

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  Chidambaram, Antony, Azad to fly to Chennai

  Politics | March 18, 2013 20:53 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 18: Union ministers P Chidambaram, A K Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad are being sent to Chennai to mollify DMK Chief M Karunanidhi who had threatened that his party will pull out

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  Breaking news culture without verifying not good: Antony

  India | March 06, 2013 22:12 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 6: Cautioning media against the “breaking news culture”, Defence Minister A K Antony today said journalists should not lose objectivity in the rush to score against rivals and advocated self regulation.At a

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  India aware of China, Pakistan's border infrastructure development

  India | March 04, 2013 23:26 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 4: The Indian government is aware of infrastructure development by China and Pakistan along the borders and reviews the threat perception regularly, parliament was told Monday.Defence Minister A. K. Antony told Lok

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  Antony rejects Lankan minister's contention on training issue

  India | January 23, 2013 23:39 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 23: India today rejected visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G L Peiris' contention that Tamil Nadu politicians are cynical in raising objections over training of its military personnel saying sentiments of the

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  Too early to normalize relations with Pakistan: India

  India | January 23, 2013 21:57 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 23: India on Wednesday said tensions on the line of control (LoC) have "reduced" after talks between the two DGMOs but there will be no hasty decisions for normalizing relations with Pakistan

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  Antony must quit, demands Shiv Sena

  Politics | January 09, 2013 20:00 IST

  Mumbai, Jan 9: Terming the killing of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan Army as "demoralising" for the Indian armed forces, the Shiv Sena Wednesday demanded the resignation of Defence Minister A.K. Antony."Why do we

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  Mutilation of bodies of Indian soldiers inhuman, says Antony

  India | January 09, 2013 13:53 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 9: India today described as inhuman the way the dead bodies of two Indian soldiers were treated by Pakistan regular troops after their “highly provocative” attack in its territory in Jammu and

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  Mutilation of bodies of Indian soldiers inhuman, says Antony

  Politics | January 09, 2013 12:56 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 9: India today described as inhuman the way the dead bodies of two Indian soldiers were treated by Pakistan regular troops after their “highly provocative” attack in its territory in Jammu and

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  India watching 'all activities of China'

  India | December 17, 2012 19:50 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 17: India is “closely watching all activities of China”, Defence Minister AK Antonyt old parliament Monday.The minister was responding to a question in theLok Sabha whether the government was aware that an

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  India Gate right place to build war memorial: Antony

  India | December 16, 2012 18:02 IST

  New Delhi,Dec 16: India Gate is the right place to build a national war memorial, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Sunday said, against the backdrop of opposition by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to the

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  K.C. Pant passes away, PM and Antony offer condolences

  Politics | November 15, 2012 22:27 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 15: India's former defence minister and Planning Commission deputy chairman Krishna Chandra Pant died of a heart attack here Thursday. He was 81.Pant died of a heart attack at his residence here

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  Armyman still atop mobile tower

  India | August 20, 2012 21:36 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 20: Seventy-two hours have passed but an armyman, who climbed a 200 ft mobile tower here four days back alleging harassment, remained defiant today as he refused to come down insisting he

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  Mamata meets Antony to discuss important Bengal projects

  Politics | September 23, 2012 15:35 IST

  Kolkata, Aug 19: West Bengal's mercurial CM Mamata Banerjee had a long meeting with union Defence Minister on Saturday and they discussed various issues including Ganges riverfront beautification, metro project drinking water scheme."We discussed the