Ak Antony
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Sonia to decide on leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, RS
National | May 24, 2014, 08:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok SabhaRajya Sabha Sonia GandhiRahul GandhiCongress Parliamentary PartyA K AntonyGhulam Nabi Azad and the party leader in will be decided by soon amid a view in
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Sonia hosts dinner in PM's honour
National | May 15, 2014, 11:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and lauded his contribution to the country.A leader who attended the dinner said there were emotional moments
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Top naval officer superceded for Navy chief's post suffers heart attack
India | Apr 29, 2014, 09:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Western Naval commander Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, who took voluntary retirement last week after being superceded for the post of Chief of Naval Staff, has suffered a heart attack and has been
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Antony blasts BJP's stand on J & K
National | Apr 08, 2014, 01:42 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Holding that BJP's manifesto revealed its “communal agenda”, Congress leader and Defence Minister A K Antony today said the saffron party's stand on special status to Jammu and Kashmir was a matter of serious
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Every vote for CPI-M in Kerala will help BJP: Rahul
National | Apr 06, 2014, 11:26 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Every vote for the CPI-M in Kerala would end up helping the BJP when it comes to the big electoral picture. This was Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi's main thrust during his campaign blitz
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Book Modi for Pakistani agent comment: Congress MP
National | Apr 03, 2014, 06:40 PM ISTPanaji: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi should be booked for sedition for calling Defence Minister A.K. Antony a Pakistani agent, Congress leader Shantaram Naik said Thursday.Naik, a Rajya Sabha MP and All India Congress
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Disaster for country if BJP comes to power: Antony
National | Apr 03, 2014, 12:03 PM ISTKozhikode: Senior Congress leader and Defence Minister A K Antony today said it would be a “disaster” for the country if BJP comes to power at the Centre and dubbed surveys predicting the party having
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Congress to release manifesto tomorrow
National | Mar 25, 2014, 04:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: With Rahul Gandhi in the vanguard, Congress is expected to fall back upon left-of-centre politics focusing on welfare measures after pursuing a policy of economic liberalisation under Manmohan Singh for 10 years. Widening
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Kerala: Stiff Fight Expected in 'Venice of the East'
National | Mar 18, 2014, 01:28 PM ISTAlappuzha (Kerala): Alappuzha, the ‘Venice of the East' famed for its backwaters and houseboats, is all set to witness an aggressive battle in the April 10 Lok Sabha polls in Kerala between Minister of state
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Leaders plunge into campaign in Kerala
National | Mar 17, 2014, 02:02 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: With the voting for Lok Sabha just three weeks away, leaders of ruling Congress-led UDF and opposition LDF have plunged into campaign in Kerala, which gives 20 members to the lower house of Parliament.Though
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Antony not to contest Lok Sabha polls: Congress
National | Mar 10, 2014, 11:34 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Defence minister AK Antony will not contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kerala, a senior Congress leader said on Sunday.Addressing reporters here, Congress' Kerala unit president VM Sudheeran said Antony, a Rajya Sabha member,
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Congress's LS first list likely today
National | Mar 05, 2014, 12:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress is likely to announce its first list for Lok Sabha polls tomorrow after discussing candidates for a number of seats in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.At a meeting of Congress Election Committee,
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'Let's establish facts over bribery allegations in HAL deal'
Mar 03, 2014, 06:04 PM ISTNay Pyi Taw: India today said it is trying to establish facts over allegations of bribery into a Rs 10,000 crore deal for supply of aircraft engines to state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) by Rolls
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Antony orders CBI probe in bribe charges in aircraft eng deal
India | Mar 02, 2014, 04:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony has ordered a CBI probe into allegations that a global engine manufacturing firm had paid bribes to Indian defence officials to bag military contracts from 2007 to 2011 in
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No possibility of armed coup in India ever, says Defence Minister Antony
India | Feb 24, 2014, 09:01 AM ISTKochi(Kerala): Seeking to put a lid on fresh controversy over movement of two army units near Delhi in 2012, Defence Minister A K Antony Sunday said Indian military is a responsible force which obeys the
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24x7 vigil needed in maritime domain: Antony
India | Feb 23, 2014, 05:19 PM ISTKochi: Pointing out that maritime security was central to the overall global presence of the country, Defence Minister A K Antony today stressed the need for a 24x7 vigil, coordination and pro-active approach from all
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Army units movement in 2012 was routine training: Antony
India | Feb 21, 2014, 04:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday said that the movement of two army units near Delhi in January 2012 was "a routine training programme".He denied there was any trust deficit between the government and
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AgustaWestland deal: Jaitley seeks clarification from Antony
National | Feb 09, 2014, 10:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday sought clarifications from Defence Minister A.K. Antony on his statement on the now-cancelled VVIP chopper deal, raising doubts over the meaning being given to word "FAM" in documents
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Strict action necessary to check malpractices in acquisition says Antony
India | Feb 06, 2014, 04:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: After scrapping the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, Defence Minister AK Antony today said the cancellation of contracts leads to delays in modernisation of armed forces but the Government will continue to
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Peace can't come at cost of India's security concerns: Antony
India | Feb 06, 2014, 01:44 PM ISTNew Delhi : Defence Minister A K Antony today said peace cannot come at the cost of India's security concerns and emphasised that all steps are being taken to modernise armed forces so that they