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October 6, 2026 12:52 PM

Rajnath Singh highlights Indian Navy’s growing strength, calls for harnessing maritime potential for prosperity

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday highlighted the Indian Navy’s growing combat capabilities and indigenous platforms, calling for India to harness its maritime potential to advance economic growth, national prosperity and strategic strength. Addressing a Barakhana organised by the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, Singh commended naval personnel for safeguarding India’s maritime interests and acknowledged the support and sacrifices of their families. He said the Navy had emerg...

October 5, 2026 5:51 PM

Rajnath Singh to mark HAL Koraput’s 2,000th aero-engine delivery tomorrow

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate an event marking the delivery of the 2,000th aero-engine by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Koraput Division, Odisha, on Tuesday, along with the establishment of a second production line for Shakti engines with an investment of ₹218 crore. The additional production capacity will support the growing requirements of indigenous helicopter platforms, including the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter and Prachand Light Combat Helicopter, a press release by...

October 5, 2026 4:40 PM

Rajnath Singh to launch Navy’s first Fleet Support Ship in Visakhapatnam on October 6

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the Indian Navy’s first Fleet Support Ship, FSS-1, at Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam on October 6, marking a milestone in India’s indigenous shipbuilding programme. He will also lay the keel of the fifth Fleet Support Ship, FSS-5, and inaugurate the shipyard’s upgraded Slipway-4 and a 300-tonne Goliath Crane. The upgraded slipway, with its extended length and enhanced load-bearing capacity, supported by the crane, will enable the sh...

October 1, 2026 3:52 PM

Rajnath Singh launches digital and financial management initiatives at DAD’s 279th Annual Day

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday launched a series of digital and financial management initiatives aimed at strengthening the integration of financial systems across the armed forces, improving defence expenditure monitoring and enhancing transparency in defence financial management. Singh launched the initiatives while addressing the 279th Annual Day celebrations of the Defence Accounts Department (DAD) at DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi. Congratulating the DAD on nearly three centuries of...

October 1, 2026 2:33 PM

‘India is proud’: BJP leaders hail pilot Smit Machchhar, wish him speedy recovery

Several BJP leaders, including Union minister Rajnath Singh and party chief Nitin Nabin, on Thursday lauded Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for his courage in averting disaster by fighting off his co-pilot's alleged attempt to crash the flydubai aircraft carrying 174 passengers. flydubai flight FZ1073, travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, transmitted emergency signals on Wednesday and made a sharp descent of more than 17,000 feet from 34,000 feet before diverting to Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz Airpo...

September 30, 2026 3:54 PM

Defence Accounts Department to Celebrate 279th Annual Day on October 1

The Defence Accounts Department (DAD) will celebrate its 279th Annual Day on October 1, in New Delhi, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh scheduled to attend the event at Dr D.S. Kothari Auditorium, DRDO Bhawan. On the occasion, the Defence Minister will launch several Information Technology initiatives of the Defence Accounts Department aimed at strengthening financial management and digital systems within the Ministry of Defence. These include the integration of the Indian Army Finan...

September 29, 2026 5:11 PM

India first responder, preferred security partner in Indian Ocean Region: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday described India as a “First Responder” and “Preferred Security Partner” in the Indian Ocean Region, asserting that the country’s growing maritime presence and responsibilities require stronger surveillance and response mechanisms. Addressing the second edition of the Indian Navy’s biannual Commanders’ Conference 2026 at Nausena Bhawan in New Delhi, Singh said India’s strategic position and responsibilities in the region were growing amid...

September 27, 2026 2:47 PM

India will safeguard security and strategic autonomy when threatened: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India does not seek to occupy the territory of any country but will firmly safeguard its security and strategic autonomy when threatened, while asserting that national unity is essential to the country’s security. Addressing a Defence Conclave in New Delhi, Singh said India believes in peace and seeks global stability, but peace should not be mistaken for weakness. “India believes in peace and does not seek to occupy the territory of any countr...

September 25, 2026 9:38 PM

Union Ministers Recall Deendayal Upadhyaya’s Vision of Antyodaya, Integral Humanism on His Jayanti

Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari on Friday paid tributes to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his birth anniversary, recalling his contributions to national service and highlighting his vision of serving the last person in society and advancing the welfare of the poor. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah posted on X: “On the birth anniversary of revered Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Ji, the great nation-builder and proponent of ‘Antyodaya’ and I...

September 25, 2026 4:11 PM

Rajnath Singh felicitates team after 20 unclimbed Ladakh peaks summited in 23 days

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday flagged in a mountaineering expedition after a team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS), Dirang, made the first recorded ascents of 20 previously unclimbed peaks in Ladakh in just 23 days. The peaks, all above 6,000 metres, are located in the Chamser-Lungser, Gyama Nala and Chokula areas of the Ladakh Range, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The team of 20 highly skilled climbers from NIMAS was led by Co...