Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh sits in a K9 VAJRA-T Gun during its flag off ceremony at L&T Armoured System Complex in Hazira, Gujarat.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other dignitaries attend the Army Day reception, in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shakes hands with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Tomas Petricek during a meeting in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flanked by Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari and Retired Army Chief VK Singh during 'Road Safety Stakeholders' meeting as part of the 3...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh campaigns in support of Citizenship Amendment Act as part of 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' in Lucknow.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches the Application for Grant of Permission for Aerial Photography/Remote Sensing Survey, in New Delhi. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Ra...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at a programme in support of CAA in his constituency in Lucknow.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays his last respects to the mortal remains of NCP leader DP Tripathi, who passed away today after a prolonged illness.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh waves as he sits inside the cockpit of a light combat aircraft Tejas before a sortie at HAL airport in Bengaluru.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the launch of internal dashboard for Department of Defence, in New Delhi. Also seen is Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh releases a booklet at Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence 2019 function in New Delhi. Also seen are Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin R...
Sculptor Raj Kumar presents his creation as memento to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the unveiling of the statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Lok Bhawan, ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as Governor Anandiben Patel, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and others look on, dur...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others after unveiling a bronze s...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after unveiling a bronze statue of...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Jalshakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat during the launch of the Atal Bhujal Yojana, a mission to hel...
President Ram Nath Kovind (C), Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla attend prayer meeting at Sadaiv Atal, the memor...
Union Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and others pay tributes to former prime minister AB Vajpayee on his 95th birth anniversary, in New Delhi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Army chief General Bipin Rawat and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar during the Integrated Financial Advisor (IFA) workshop in New Delhi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Army chief General Bipin Rawat during the Integrated Financial Advisor (IFA) workshop in New Delhi.
Apropos the spat between Arun Jaitley and the tentwallah, frankly, I as usual don't have a clue. Gossip, buzz and conspiracy theories are par for the course in the Byzantine world of Delhi, but today's Hindustan Times editorial has got the grapevine going a bit more than the usual:
So, in a way, Rajnath Singh as well as Mr Advani may well represent the stage in this projected trajectory that needs to be jettisoned before the BJP reaches for the proverbial stars again. And what better catalyst for this cleansing process than an electoral rout goaded by infighting? That Narendra Modi has long-term prime ministerial aspirations is no secret. It isn’t that he and his supporters within the party — Mr Jaitley being one of them — find leapfrogging over the current crop of top BJP leaders repugnant. It’s just that doing that now would be contaminating themselves with a losing touch. For this faction of the BJP, not being associated with Mr Singh et al is a canny decision.
Full editorial: How to detoxify your party
