Rajnath Singh

The third SSBN is slightly bigger than the first two, INS Arihant & INS Arighaat, and capable of carrying more long range nuclear-tipped missiles.

The latest order follows Singh’s recent visit to the US and continues from a 2019 contract for 72,400 rifles acquired under a fast-track procurement route.

Singh is in the US on a four-day official visit to further boost the comprehensive global strategic partnership between the US and India

At the interaction with US defence and technology companies, Rajnath Singh pitched India's investment climate and welcomed greater collaboration with American manufacturers.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met US NSA Jake Sullivan, discussing strategic issues of mutual interest while also encouraging US defense firms to collaborate on India's Make in India initiative.

The agreements signed on Thursday pertain to the Security of Supplies Arrangement (SOSA) and a Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Assignment of Liaison Officers.

The pact will enable both countries to acquire the industrial resources they need from one another to resolve unanticipated supply chain disruptions

A roundtable with US defence industry on ongoing and future collaborations is being seen as a crucial meeting to drum up support for more companies to tie up with Indian players.

India on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the second phase of its ballistic missile defence system.The flight test fully met all the trial objectives validating complete network centric warfare weapon system, the defence ministry said

The chief of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) said 10 per cent of jobs will be reserved for ex-Agniveers in all future appointments of constables.

The interim Union Budget allocated Rs 6.21 trillion to the MoD, a 4.72 percent increase over FY24, yet still below 2 percent of GDP, with capital allocation at Rs 1.72 trillion, or 27.67 percent of the total defence budget.

Rajnath Singh is stable and under observation, AIIMS media cell in-charge Dr Rima Dada said, adding he is undergoing tests.The 73-year-old was admitted early in the morning and is in the Old Private Ward, she said.

"India has registered the highest ever growth in the value of defence production in 2023-24. The value of production has reached to Rs. 1,26,887 crore in 2023-24 which is 16.8 per cent higher than the value of production of previous financial year," he wrote on X.

Critics of the policy say that the tenure of jawans hired under this scheme is rather short, and they don't have some of the benefits regular soldiers get (like pension), thus creating a division in the armed forces.

The union minister said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are of the opinion that Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections should be held simultaneously.

"Though Congress leaders beginning from Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru to Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh all have promised to end poverty, all of them have failed. However, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started the process to end poverty," he said.

Taking a dig at the Congress, he said the grand old party will disappear from the political landscape of the country, like dinosaurs disappeared off the face of the earth.

"The BJP is the only party which did what it promised to the people," Singh said, while addressing an election rally here in support of party candidates (Union minister) Ajay Kumar Mishra from Kheri and Rekha Verma from Dhaurahra constituencies.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Rajnath Singh pointed out that during previous Congress-led administrations, several commissions had been established. These panels recommended that out of the 27% quota allocated for OBCs, 6% should be set aside for Muslims and 2% for other minority communities.

From Leh, the defence minister had spoken with the soldiers posted in Siachen over the phone and told them that he would soon visit the world’s highest battlefield and interact with them.