New Delhi: While the focus has been on the power struggle between Army Chief General VK Singh and the Defence Ministry, lost in the process is the real crisis facing the armed forces. General Singh had listed some of the critical deficiencies in ammunition and equipment in a leaked letter to the Prime Minister. Now, a CNN-IBN investigation shows that the problem could be much worse than imagined. In some...
09:28 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Army officials, Government and some editors have raised doubts on the story in The Indian Express that claimed 'suspicious' movement of Army units towards New Delhi. However, The Indian Express stood by its story. The newspaper's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta clarified his stand while speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai on Wednesday and claimed that the report brought the facts out in public interest. Following is an excerpt...
07:43 AM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: A panel of experts, reacting on the story of the army units movement reported by the Indian Express, on Wednesday said that there was indeed a widening fissure between the Indian Army and the UPA government. During a discussion on CNN-IBN with IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, former diplomat KC Singh said that the lack of trust was visible on both sides, be it over naming the successor to...
12:12 AM, Apr 05, 2012
The Prime Minister and the Defence Ministry have rubbished the report in The Indian Express on 'suspicious' movement of Army troops calling it 'alarmist' and 'totally baseless'. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 04, 2012
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11:57 PM, Apr 04, 2012
The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta said that the government's denial on the newspapers' report is outdated. ...
11:48 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: The movement of two army units towards Delhi and the leaked letter of General V K Singh in which he highlighted "deficiencies" in the force on Wednesday came under close scrutiny of a Parliamentary Committee as top officials of the Defence Ministry and the Army appeared before it. Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence questioned Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt...
09:21 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: 'The Indian Express', which reported a "curious" movement of two units of Army towards Delhi in mid-January that created a storm, on Wednesday said it stands by the report that came after investigation over six weeks. In a statement, the newspaper said the report "The January night Raisina Hills was spooked: Two key Army units moved towards Delhi without notifying government" has, as expected, prompted widespread reaction. "The...
07:40 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Prime Minister and the Defence Ministry have rubbished the report in The Indian Express on 'suspicious' movement of Army troops calling it 'alarmist' and 'totally baseless'. In a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday just a few hours after The Indian Express story was published, Manmohan Singh said that the media report should not be taken on face value. "The Army Chief's office is...
12:42 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday confirmed the post-mortem report of Ministry of Defence official Kumar Yashkar Sinha, saying that he died due to burning, while his wife, Archana was strangulated to death. Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said, "The post-mortem report reveals that Archana was strangulated to death. She received other injuries while she was being strangulated. "Kumar Yashkar Sinha died due to burning..." The spokesman added, "It...
06:40 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: The autopsy report of Defence Ministry official Kumar Yashkar Sinha says Kumar Yashkar died of suffocation due to burns. The Delhi Police have received the report. Preliminary medical investigations had suggested that no external or internal injuries other than burn injuries were found on the victim. The police are now probing if Yashkar was under any sort of financial burden other than the work pressure. The police are...
04:02 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: The post-mortem report of Defence Ministry official Kumar Yashkar Sinha is expected on Tuesday. Yashkar and his wife were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their house on Friday. The post-mortem report of his wife confirmed that she was strangled to death. Yashkar's body was found charred. Earlier on Tuesday, the brother of Kumar Yashkar alleged foul play and ruled out that marital differences could have brought this...
09:25 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Delhi: There has been another twist in the mysterious death of Defence Ministry official Kumar Yashkar Sinha and his wife Archana Sharma in South Delhi last week. The brother of Kumar Yashkar has alleged foul play and ruled out that marital differences could have brought this about as the couple was happily married. The police are awaiting the post mortem report. Kumar Yashkar's wife Archana had sustained head injury as...
01:22 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police have recovered a diary of the senior Defence Ministry official, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances along with his wife two days ago, in which he is believed to have mentioned work stress and some Army officers having pressured him on job front. The diary was recovered from the flat in Hudco Place in south Delhi where Kumar Yashkar Sinha and his wife Archana Sharma...
07:58 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to question Vectra group Chief Ravi Rishi once again on Monday over the bribery allegations made by Army chief General VK Singh. The CBI has issued a lookout notice against the British citizen to bar him from leaving the country. Rishi's passport has also been impounded. The Tatra truck deal came under scrutiny after General VK Singh claimed that he...
06:26 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: It's been two days since the mysterious deaths of Kumar Yashkar Sinha, 42 and his wife, Archana Sharma, 34, and Delhi Police is still clueless. Delhi Police have questioned officials in the Defence Ministry in connection with the mysterious death of Sinha and his wife. Officials have confirm that a note has been recovered from the couple's residence but there's no clarity on whether it's a suicide note....
07:50 PM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has restrained Vectra group chief Ravi Rishi from leaving the country and has issued a lookout notice to restrict any such movement. The CBI has impounded Ravi Rishi's passport and is likely to question him again. The agency has alerted all airports and exit points to ensure that he does not leave the country, official sources said. Rishi was not available for his comments and his...
10:58 AM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Tatra BEML deal - red flagged by Army Chief General VK Singh and his bribery allegations are now firmly under the scanner. Even as Vectra, the company supplying parts of the truck, maintained innocence, the CBI filed an FIR on Friday summoning Vectra chief Ravi Rishi, asking for all the papers of the tainted deal. However, despite the heat, the man at the centre of the controversy...
07:35 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday said that expenditure on defence is bound to increase as the armed forces need to have access to the latest technologies and equipment to counter any threat. "With the projected growth of the Indian economy expected at a trajectory of 8-10 per cent for the next two decades, expenditure on defence in absolute terms is bound to increase," Antony said inaugurating the...
12:32 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday said it has registered 18 cases related to Defence deals since 2004 out of which chargesheets have been filed in 13 while only two cases have been closed. "Since 2004, CBI has registered 18 cases related to Defence deals, against various public servants including some senior defence personnel. Out of these, charge sheets have been filed by the Bureau in 13 cases. Two cases...
08:57 PM, Mar 28, 2012
