General Vijay Kumar Singh, who took over the reins of the Indian Army 24 months ago, will hang up his boots on May 31 after completing a tenure which saw the military-civil conflict spiral to a new high when the Army Chief dragged the government to the Supreme Court over the controversy over his date of birth. General Singh, who took over as the Chief of Army Staff on March...
07:20 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen VK Singh, who lost his battle with the Defence Ministry on the age row, feels the Supreme Court has "not, not effectively" closed the issue but ruled out his resignation. "It would be dishonest to say that that I was not, not under pressure to resign. Even my closest advisors were affected by the media interpretation and, yes, I was extremely disappointed that the Supreme...
06:02 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Former deputy Army chief Lieutenant General (Retired) Raj Kadyan said General VK Singh's position was untenable and he should quit. ...
11:42 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh lost the battle over his age as the Supreme Court on Friday said that 1950 will be treated as the Army Chief's year of birth. Following this, General VK Singh withdrew his plea from the Supreme Court after the court decided that 1950 will be treated as his year of birth for all service matters. The court said that the Union Public Service...
09:20 PM, Feb 10, 2012
General VK Singh withdrew his plea from the Supreme Court after the court decided that 1950 will be treated as his year of birth for all service matters. ...
09:10 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Has the controversy over the Army Chief's date of birth ended in the government's favour or is it an outcome that suits both the sides equally? ...
08:49 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Puneet Bali, the counsel for General VK Singh in the age row, said on Friday that the matter had been resolved very gracefully. "It is a victory for everybody. This matter has been resolved very gracefully." He said that it was very hurting to see "certain sections" reporting that the General perhaps wanted to cling on to the post. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 10, 2012
The three Karnataka ministers caught watching porn inside the state Assembly were forced to resign. ...
10:01 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Army Chief General Vijay Kumar Singh has filed the Army list in the Supreme Court to support his claim that his date of birth is May 10, 1951. The Supreme Court will hear General Singh's plea on his date of birth on Friday. Last week, General Singh's petition was adjourned by the Supreme Court till February 10, giving the General and the Central Government more time to...
04:30 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday admitted Army Chief General V K Singh's petition on the age row and questioned the manner in which his complaint was rejected by the Defence Ministry. The apex court, while questioning the governments decision, called the manner in which the Chief's statutory complaint was rejected as "vitiated". There were strong words that certainly embarrassed the government. Essentially, the apex court has not questioned...
08:42 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Former Army Chief General Shankar Roy Chowdhury said that the system forcing General Singh to go to the SC wasn't right. ...
01:38 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Army Chief General VK Singh's counsel Puneet Bali said that the court's observation was neither an advantage nor a disadvantage for them. ...
12:55 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General Vijay Kumar Singh's petition on his date of birth has been adjourned by the Supreme Court till February 10, giving the General and the Central Government more time to resolve the controversy. With the Supreme Court admitting General Singh's petition, the Army Chief has won round one of the battle. The apex court also criticised the government's handling of the controversy while directing the Attorney...
11:51 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: General Vijay Kumar Singh (Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Yudh Seva Meda, Aide-de-camp) is the 26th Chief of the Army Staff. A veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, General Singh, an alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA), was commissioned in 2 Rajput in 1970. He also saw action during Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka in 1987 where he was awarded Yudh Seva Medal....
10:35 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: On the eve of the Supreme Court hearing of his petition on age, Army Chief General V K Singh on Thursday met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who has been informally acting as a trouble-shooter in the controversy. General Singh, dressed in civil clothes, drove to the North Block office of Mukherjee in the evening in a private car, devoid of his security paraphernelia like the escort vehicles. It...
09:26 PM, Feb 02, 2012
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