Oct 18 2016 : The Economic Times (Delhi) Manohar Parrikar had to intervene to sort out a transfer case of a DRDO technician, after 2 BJP leaders took differing sides in the marital row, reports Manu Pubby. Caught in Tussle Between BJP Leaders, Parrikar Walks Tightrope on Transfer Manu Pubby, New Delhi: SORTING OUT A TRANSFER […]
Landour cantonment case: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar acts, notices soon
By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | Jul 29, 2016, NEW DELHI: The defence ministry is taking stock of the situation at Landour cantonment, Mussoorie, after a complaint by a serving officer alleged wrongdoing related to several prime properties at the hill station that he said may prove to be “bigger than the Adarsh Housing scam“. […]
business ally’s resort in Mussoorie: Officials
ET Bureau | Jul 19, 2016 DELHI: Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar had sought Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s help to rescue a plush holiday retreat he frequents in Landour, Mussoorie, from a security dispute with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Such was the urgency of the matter that Tendulkar, a Rajya Sabha member, even […]
Sachin Tendulkar sought Defence Minister’s help to rescue business ally’s resort in Mussoorie: Officials
By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | Jul 19, 2016 NEW DELHI: Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar had sought Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s help to rescue a plush holiday retreat he frequents in Landour, Mussoorie, from a security dispute with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Such was the urgency of the matter that Tendulkar, a […]
50% of Rafale deal value will be invested in India: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
By MEERA MOHANTY & Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | 11 May, 2015, 07.04AM IST NEW DELHI: Terrorists, irrespective of wherever they may be operating from, should be neutralised using all types of methods, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told ET in an exclusive interview. He elaborated that “neutralisation” doesn’t necessarily mean killing terrorists but making them […]
If the army has to operate in Jammu & Kashmir, it needs AFSPA: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
By Manu Pubby & MEERA MOHANTY, ET Bureau | 11 May, 2015, 03.20AM IST Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar opened up to ET on a range of issues — from modernisation of the armed forces to reforms and policy changes. In an interview with ET, Parrikar spoke on alleged Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, changes […]
Prime Minister’s Office Marked Rao’s Mail as `Grievance’
Mar 13 2015 : The Economic Times (Delhi) Lands in hot water with DAE bosses for writing to PM He wrote to the prime minister, tried to do good for a critical national project, and now he’s in trouble. One of India’s senior nuclear scientists, Pashupati Rao, who works at Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), run […]
Nuclear scientist lands in trouble with DAE for sending suggestions to PM Narendra Modi
By ET Bureau | 13 Mar, 2015, 04.00AM IST By Manu Pubby NEW DELHI: He wrote to the prime minister, tried to do good for a critical national project, and now he’s in trouble. One of India’s senior nuclear scientists, Pashupati Rao, who works at Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), run by the Department of Atomic […]
No extensions sans ACC okay: Government to DRDO
By Aman Sharma, ET Bureau | 27 Sep, 2014, NEW DELHI: In a message to the Defence Research Development Organisation that has over a dozen scientists working on tenures beyond 60, the government has frowned at the tendency of giving extensions to scientists without consulting the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC). Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
AK Antony seeks probe into allegations against Abhishek Verma in defence deals
Rohini Singh, ET Bureau May 7, 2012, 12.51AM IST NEW DELHI: Defence minister AK Antony has asked investigation agencies to probe into charges levelled against Delhi-based businessman Abhishek Verma, by his former partner, accusing him of acting as a middleman in several defence deals and parking over $205 million in accounts in a bank in […]
