OROP: 13 lakh veterans have got new pensions; rest by Holi: Parrikar

Upbeat at over 13 lakh military veterans getting their new monetary entitlements under 'One Rank-One Pension' scheme, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said most of the rest will get......

Veteran who committed suicide received OROP: MoD

Ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal, who allegedly committed suicide over One Rank One Pension, was one of the recipients of benefits under the revised pension scheme, defence ministry sources said on......

Why India Must Salute The Soldier's Wife

'These ladies have sacrificed their husbands so that you can celebrate your birthday parties and anniversaries.''It is your moral duty to treat them right and with respect.''When they visit a bank......

'This Modi government is more talk than substance'

  'We all expected Modi with the majority to tame the bureaucracy, but it is the bureaucracy that tamed him.' In his earlier interview to Rediff.com, retired India Navy Captain H Balakrishnan......

Jaitley hikes defence budget by over 6.2%

The overall defence budget on Wednesday saw an increase of a marginal 6.2 per cent for the next fiscal at Rs 2.74 lakh crore from the current Rs 2.58 lakh crore, with the capital outlay to cover......