surgical strikes across the India-Myanmar border +the Indo-Pak border +a successful surgical strike +PANAJI: Former Union defence minister and Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said here on Friday that the defence ministry was in shambles when he took over its reins in November 2014. "When I was the defence minister, and I can tell you this, when I took over, the defence ministry was in pure shambles, total.... There was total chaos," Parrikar said.He also recalled the planning that led to the execution of twoand. "We started preparations for the September 29 (2016) surgical strike on June 9, exactly 15 months prior to the event. We started planning for any eventuality at least 15 months in advance," Parrikar said.

Source: Times of India July 01, 2017 07:21 UTC