Rajnath Singh

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has assured that appropriate action will be taken and that a special investigation team has been constituted to probe the matter.

The defence minister said this "top-down approach" towards solving problems has never been sustainable in the long run. "Often, it leads to debt trap, reaction from the local population, conflict and so on," he said.

Tripura Election 2023: BJP leader Rajnath Singh will address two ruling rallies in Unakoti district's Kailashahar and West Tripura's Badarghat. UP CM Yogi Adityanath will also hold rallies in Bagabassa, North Tripura, and Kalyanpur, Khowai.

Two Indian Air Force fighter jets - a Sukhoi-30 and Mirage 2000 - crashed in Madhya Pradesh's Morena on Saturday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in touch with the IAF chief VR Chaudhari and is continuously monitoring the situation.

Under the Agnipath scheme, which was announced on June 14, 2022, the three services are recruiting youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years and 21 years for four years with a provision to retain 25 percent of them for 15 more years.

For the first time, the Army Day parade, which used to be held in Delhi every year, held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Sunday. Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year. It was on this day in 1949 that General K M Cariappa took over as the First Indian Commander in Chief of the Army.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, "India is a country that never promotes war and wants to maintain friendly relations with its neighbours... We inherited this philosophy from Lord Ram and Lord Buddha's teachings. If provoked, the country can deal with any situation."

Rajnath Singh's visit comes a month after Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tawang sector of Arunachal. He did not visit any forward areas but the 100-metre bridge over the river Siyom is a key link for the military.

Tributes have been flowing in for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben who passed away early Friday morning. Leaders cutting across party lines mourned the centenarian's demise and offered their condolences to Prime Minister Modi.

Other prominent BJP leaders including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and V Muraleedharan were present in the meeting.