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News Reports

Republic Day 2020: Beating Retreat ceremony to include Vande Mataram, Christian hymn ‘Abide With Me’ likely to be dropped

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2020

Earlier, the ceremony used to end with the Christian hymn 'Abide With Me', said to be a favourite of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and written by a Scottish Anglican preacher named Henry Francis Lyte.

Politics

Any philosophy which describes Godse as a ‘patriot’ is condemnable, Gandhi is our ‘margdarshak’: Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff - 28 November, 2019

Union Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh also said that the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi was, is and will remain relevant and described him as a guide (margdarshak) for the nation.

Government and Policy

We will fight future wars with ‘Made In India’ weapons and will win: COAS Bipin Rawat

OpIndia Staff - 16 October, 2019

COAS Bipin Rawat, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and NSA Ajit Doval were speaking at the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) 41st directors’ conference yesterday.

News Reports

Rafale will be a game changer, will give India an edge over Pakistan and China: New Air Force Chief RKS Bhadauria

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2019

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria has succeeded Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa to become the 26th chief of the Indian Air Force.

News Reports

Bengaluru: Probe initiated against Church of South India for allegedly selling defence land to metro rail

OpIndia Staff - 2 September, 2019

An FIR was registered against the Church of South India (CSI) on the 20th of August by the Cubbon Park Police Station.

News Reports

Breaking: Attempted break-in carried out at IAF Rafale project management team in Paris suburb

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2019

The incident happened on Sunday night

Opinions

Modi ministers in five years – Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Keshav - 22 April, 2019

Few achievements of defence ministry during the past few years.

Government and Policy

Petitioners using ‘stolen’ documents with an intention to present selective and incomplete picture of Rafale Deal: Defence Ministry

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2019

In March, the controversial left-wing lawyer Prashant Bhushan wanted to file an eight-page note, which was allegedly "stolen" from the defence ministry and later published by N Ram of the Hindu.

When Manohar Parrikar found $3 billion of our money lying forgotten in a US account

Abhishek Banerjee - 18 March, 2019

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had revealed that he had found $3 billion (or Rs 20,000 crore) of Govt of India money lying forgotten in a US account.

Government and Policy

PM Modi’s intervention leads to 94-year-old army widow’s family pension being restored after 30 years

OpIndia Staff - 25 January, 2019

According to the India Today report, Hebe Benjamin's husband was an officer in the Indian Army and served in the Corps of Engineers. He had retired in 1966 and had relocated with his family to Israel.

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