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
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh has had to back down in his confrontation with the government on the controversy over his date of birth. The two-judge bench of Justice RM Lodha and Justice HL Gokhale on Friday upheld the government decision on his age while hearing General Singh's petition and directed him to accept May 10, 1950, entered in his Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for admission to...
02:44 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: In a major setback to Army Chief General VK Singh, the Supreme Court, while hearing his petition on the controversy surrounding his age, on Friday directed him to accept May 10, 1950 as his date of birth and asked him to withdraw his plea or else the court would pass an order on it. While observing that the court respected the "pain in your heart", the two-judge bench...
01:42 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: In a temporary relief for Army Chief General VK Singh in the case over his date of birth, the government withdrew its December 30, 2011 order, rejecting his statutory complaint on his age row. The December 30, 2011 order rejected General Singh complaint against fixing his date of birth as May 10, 1950. Attorney General of India Goolam E Vahanvati informed the Supreme Court the government's decision to...
11:42 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Beijing: India's concern over the presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was raised by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Wednesday in his talks with leaders. Krishna who met four Chinese leaders including Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi said India's concerns in this regard were conveyed during the talks. "On the issue of Chinese presence of POK, Pakistan is in illegal occupation of certain areas of Jammu and...
07:21 AM, Feb 09, 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
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11:47 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry may have to go back to the drawing board and take a fresh look at how it handled the case after the Supreme Court questioned the manner in which General VK Singh's complaint about his age was rejected by the Ministry in December last year. The apex court has given the Ministry the option of withdrawing its December order before the matter is heard by...
01:49 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
Retired Air Marshal PS Ahluwalia said Army Chief General VK Singh should settle the matter amicably. ...
12:03 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: The CBI will on Thursday open lockers of two retired officers, Lt General Thamburaj and former Defence Estate Officer SR Nayyar, in the Pune land scam case. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CBI is examining documents seized from their homes. They are also pouring over documents seized from Kalpataru builders, the firm the army officers allegedly favoured. An official army statement said that there will be zero...
08:47 AM, Feb 02, 2012
Washington: Noting that India is increasingly getting concerned about China's posture on its border, a top US intelligence official on Wednesday said that the Indian Army is strengthening itself for a "limited conflict" with China. "Despite public statements intended to downplay tensions between India and China, we judge that India is increasingly concerned about China's posture along their disputed border and Beijing's perceived aggressive posture in the Indian Ocean and...
12:34 PM, Feb 01, 2012
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