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Gen Singh's controversial tenure comes to an end

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 a tenure of 2 years and 3 months.

When he took over in April 2010, General VK Singh had identified his foremost goal as restoring the Army's "internal health".

On January 16, the Army Chief took the unprecedented step of dragging the government to Supreme Court seeking a change in his date of birth in official records; this would have given him an additional ten months of service....more    

Court order on plea against Army Chief on April 26

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday reserved for April 26 its order on a defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh against army chief Gen VK Singh, who has accused him of bribery. Metropolitan Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur listed the matter for order on the summoning of Army Chief and others after Tejinder Singh's counsel said that his client had already recorded his statement and pre-summoning evidence in...  

News 360: CBI registers FIR against BEML and Vectra

An FIR has been filed against Vectra, the company providing parts to BEML. Its Chief Ravi Rishi has been called for questioning. ...

'Govt can't have luxury of not taking decisions'

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday hit out at the Government for being "indecisive" on various crucial issues like Telangana formation and lack of defence preparedness, as recently pointed out by the Army chief, and said it cannot have the luxury of not taking decisions. "Indecision has become the hallmark of this government. Due to this, its own allies have now started creating disturbance in Parliament. This government is not...