New Delhi: A military intelligence unit of the Army is under the scanner after a soldier was caught in April allegedly trying to sell top secret operational information to Pakistan's spy agency ISI. The Army headquarters is awaiting the completion of inquiry and full report which names a clerk level official. The data recovered likely contains detailed operational plans, information on troop deployments and even conversations between top officers at...
09:33 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday increased the defence allocation in its fiscal 2012-13 budget to Rs 545 billion (about $5.82 billion), marking an increase of 10 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal. The allocation for the defence services amounted to 18.4 per cent of the federal budget of Rs 2,960 billion for fiscal 2012-13. Further details, including allocations for the three services and weapons acquisition programmes, were not...
12:05 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: On the first day in his office, the new Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh on Friday sent out a strong message regarding difficulties facing the force, including sexual misconduct, allegations during deployment in the UN Congo mission, and said nothing would be brushed under the carpet. General Bikram Singh, who took over as the 27th Indian Army chief and the 25th Indian to hold the coveted position,...
11:53 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Bangalore: BEML CMD VRS Natarajan while addressing a press conference on Friday alleged that retired Army chief General VK Singh's remarks against Tatra trucks were damaging and defamatory. Natarajan says that no letter has been received that alleged that the trucks are sub-standard. Natarajan has issued a defamatory notice against Singh. Natarajan said that the statements made by Retd General Singh are demeaning of his stature. "I am puzzled about...
11:16 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Taking charge as the new Army Chief General Bikram Singh received the guard of honour at South Block in Delhi on Friday. General Bikram Singh is the 25th chief of the Indian Army. General Singh has earlier served as commander of the Kolkata-based Eastern Army Command and will have a tenure of two years and three months. As he took command as the Army Chief, General Singh said...
10:31 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Chandigarh: On May 31, history was written for the Indian Army. The last of the Generals who participated in the last of the three wars that Independent India fought retired from service. Gen VK Singh, former Chief of Army Staff and Lt Gen SR Ghosh, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, were the last of the serving officers of the Indian Army who fought the 1971 India-Pakistan war. All officers...
08:21 PM, May 31, 2012
General Bikram Singh, Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM), Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM), Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM), Sena Medal (SM), Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM), ADC, is India's 25th Chief of Army Staff. A highly decorated infantry officer, General Bikram Singh takes charge of the 1.13-million strong Army at a time when the civil-military relations are passing through a very turbulent phase. The 59-year-old General will lead the Army for...
05:55 PM, May 31, 2012
General VK Singh retired as the Army Chief on Thursday with General Bikram Singh succeeding him as the new Chief. ...
03:51 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: General Bikram Singh, a veteran infantry officer, on Thursday took over as the 25th Chief of the Indian Army succeeding General VK Singh whose 26-month tenure was mired in controversies. 59-year-old General Bikram Singh will have a tenure of two years and three months in the top post. Prior to his appointment as Army Chief, General Bikram was commanding the Kolkata-based Eastern Army Command. He has held several...
12:28 PM, May 31, 2012
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: General VK Singh, who took over the reins of the Indian Army 24 months ago, will retire on Thursday as the Army Chief, bringing an end to what has been a controversial tenure marred by rows over his age and fissures among the military top brass. Singh who hangs up his uniform after 41 years in the service will be succeeded by General Bikram Singh, who will have...
06:53 AM, May 31, 2012
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law on a Public Interest Litigation. The PIL filed by Army Reserve Officer Maj Navdeep Singh who is also the first president of the Armed Forces Tribunal Bar Association states that excessive control of Ministry of Defence over appointments, infrastructure, rule-making and functioning of the Armed Forces Tribunal, being the...
08:55 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: General VK Singh, who took over the reins of the army 26 months ago with an image of an anti-corruption crusader, will retire as Army Chief on May 31 bringing to an end a controversial tenure that was marred by rows over his age and fissures among the military brass. 62-year-old Singh, who will hang up his boots after 42 years of service, will be succeeded by Eastern...
01:57 PM, May 30, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani cricketer Umar Gul's house in Peshawar was raided by the Pakistan Army commandos on Tuesday. Reports say his brother Meraj was arrested for allegedly providing shelter to his uncle Haji Daly, who is believed to be an active member of the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Islam. Two others were also arrested, said a report in The Express Tribune. Reports say Daly was injured in an operation in Bara and had...
12:23 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh on Wednesday declined to comment on Lt Gen Tejinder Singh's complaint to the Defence Minister in the defamation row, saying that raising voice against corruption is everybody's movement and controversies did not concern him ever in his service to the nation as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). He also said that there was no misunderstanding between the Army and Ministry of Defence (MoD)....
10:03 AM, May 30, 2012
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