
Male: Two days after being forced to step down as President, Mohammad Nasheed is now facing an arrest. A criminal court has issued a warrant against him though the charges against him are still unclear. While Nasheed is still in Male, his family has fled to Sri Lanka. Reacting to the atrocities by the police, Nasheed said, "Police must be independent and professional, otherwise we won't get any development." Meanwhile,...

07:46 AM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: Army chief General VK Singh is trying to play down his disagreement with the Defence Ministry over a prolonged and messy age row that threatened to impact his tenure. When asked whether he had any disagreement with the government, Army Chief General VK Singh said, "There is no difference of opinion with the Defence Ministry regarding the age issue." The Army chief remained non-committal on whether or not...

03:43 PM, Jan 10, 2012

New Delhi: In an overnight change of stance, India on Saturday decided to go ahead with sending the military delegation to China as scheduled next week but scaled it down from 30 to 15 after visa was denied to a senior IAF officer hailing from Arunachal Pradesh. Sources said the Staff Officers' delegation will travel to China from January 10 as scheduled as part of defence exchanges programme. However, instead...

02:35 PM, Jan 07, 2012

New Delhi: General VK Singh on Thursday played down the entire age row episode saying he had no axe to grind with the government. The Defence Ministry has already begun the search for the next Army chief in a bid to avoid any confusion in case General Singh quits or if a court rejects his plea before his official tenure comes to an end. In normal circumstances the name of...

10:26 AM, Jan 05, 2012

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has begun the search for the next Army chief in a bid to avoid any confusion in case General VK Singh quits or if a court rejects his plea before his official tenure comes to an end. The government says he will retire in April this year, but General Singh is fighting a legal case to have his birthdate moved back one year, thereby giving...

07:34 AM, Jan 05, 2012

New Delhi: In a major setback for Indian Army chief General VK Singh, the defence ministry on Friday rejected his statutory complaint seeking a change in his year of birth from 1950 to 1951 in the official records. The decision by Defence Minister AK Antony on the complaint has made it clear that the Army chief will retire from service on May 31, 2012, sources said. Singh had earlier claimed...

08:43 PM, Dec 30, 2011

New Delhi: Defence ministry rejected Army chief General VK Singh's claims on his date of birth and decided his year of birth will be taken as 1950. Singh will now retire next year. Singh had earlier claimed his year of birth is 1951. There were two different dates of birth for Army Chief General VK Singh in official records, one with the Adjutant General's branch in Army Headquarters that lists...

05:59 PM, Jul 21, 2011

New Delhi: Two different Dates of Birth for General VK Singh in official records, one with the Adjutant General's branch that lists May 10, 1951 and the other at the Military Secretary's branch that shows date of birth as May 10, 1950. The Attorney General's Branch has told the Ministry of Defence that 1950 and not 1951 should be considered his year of birth. Two sets of documents within South...

06:52 AM, May 20, 2011

New Delhi: Two different Dates of Birth for General VK Singh in official records, one with the Adjutant General's branch that lists May 10, 1951 and the other at the Military Secretary's branch that shows date of birth as May 10, 1950. The Attorney General's Branch has told the Ministry of Defence that 1950 and not 1951 should be considered his year of birth. Two sets of documents within South...

06:52 AM, May 20, 2011

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06:57 PM, Mar 09, 2007

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