Nirmala Sitharaman named new defence minister

Nirmala Sitharaman named the new defence minister, only the second woman to hold the post since former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

“Somebody who has come from a small town, grown into the party with all the support of the leadership, and if given such responsibility, it just makes you feel sometimes that cosmic grace is there. Otherwise it is impossible,” she told reporters here after taking oath.