OROP: Parrikar 'pressurised' in cabinet to obstruct pension plan, claims Jethmalani

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was in favour of granting One Rank, One Pension to ex-servicemen but pressure was exerted on him by his cabinet colleagues on the issue, legal luminary Ram......

Ex-servicemen hold OROP rally in Mumbai

Ex-servicemen on Saturday protested against the delay in issue of official notification by the government to 'one rank one pension' scheme as announced by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in......

'We are deeply hurt by this stepchild treatment'

'It seems to us that bureaucracy is again at its best machination to delay, dilute and finally destroy our most legitimate, already sanctioned scheme of OROP.' The letter the Veterans sent the......

Third veteran on fast-unto-death over delay in OROP

Notwithstanding "advice" from Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to put off their stir, a third veteran on Tuesday joined the fast-unto-death by ex-servicemen as part of the agitation to press for......