Error on adding platform in ionic framework on windows

I get the following error while adding android platform... I had checked my ant -version and it outputted it correctly. Also i noticed when it created myApp folder node_modules weren't fetched with it. beneath is output from my console

Adding platform android
Creating android project...

C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:126
                    throw e;
                          ^
Error: An error occurred while listing Android targets
    at C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\lib\check_reqs.js
:87:29
    at _rejected (C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\node_m
odules\q\q.js:808:24)
    at C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\node_modules\q\q.
js:834:30
    at Promise.when (C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\nod
e_modules\q\q.js:1079:31)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\Riliwan\.cordova\lib\android\co
rdova\3.5.0\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:752:41)
    at C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\node_modules\q\q.
js:574:44
    at flush (C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\node_modul
es\q\q.js:108:17)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:419:13)
Error: C:\Users\user\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.5.0\bin\create.bat: Comma
nd failed with exit code 8
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (C:\Users\Riliwan\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\
cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\cordova\superspawn.js:131:23)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:753:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:820:5)
Unable to add platform android. Please see console for more info.