Poonch: An honorary rank-holder for the time being, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday said he would "definitely" want to serve the Army actively once he bids adieu to the game. Dhoni, who was inducted as an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the elite Parachute Regiment in 2011, is in Jammu and Kashmir to visit the forward area of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region and also...
11:47 PM, Jun 02, 2012
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
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
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: Army Chief General VK Singh would attend his last major function in official capacity on Wednesday. He will be the chief guest at the National Defence Academy's passing out parade at Khadakvasla near Pune. Gen Singh retires from office on Thursday. Earlier, Gen Singh said that the Indian Army is in a much better state now than when he took over as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) 21...
08:56 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: In a new twist in the bribery row, Lt General Tejinder Singh on Tuesday filed a complaint against Army Chief General V K Singh and four other officers with Union Defence Minister A K Antony. The complaint has been filed over the publication of a press release dated March 5, which stated that Tejinder Singh had offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore to the Army Chief. Lt...
05:45 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday refused to accept the plea of Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh seeking an end to an inquiry and pronouncement of its order on issuing summons to Army chief General V K Singh in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja said that summons had already been issued to the Defence Ministry to submit a file regarding a press release quoting the army chief...
07:27 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Just before his retirement, Army Chief Gen VK Singh has ratified a court martial decision to dismiss former military secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash from service after he was found guilty by an Army court in the Sukna land scam case. The dismissal means that he will not get any benefits like pension and will not be entitled to use Army rank or any privilege attached with military...
08:19 PM, May 27, 2012
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