New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday said that the three defence chiefs enjoyed the government's confidence while refusing to outline the Centre's position on Army Chief General VK Singh. Antony called the leak of the Army Chief's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the state of preparedness of the Army to wage a war an anti-national act while addressing a press conference at the Defence Expo in...
01:20 PM, Mar 29, 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: Army Chief General VK Singh's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presenting a grim picture of the force's state of preparedness has invited criticism from many political parties, while some are blaming the government's inability to handle the situation. The leak of the letter led to ruckus in Parliament on Wednesday with the Defence Minister AK Antony assuring the MPs that appropriate action would be taken. Political parties'...
12:10 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The government may ask Army Chief General VK Singh to go on leave till May 31, the day he retires as it triple to tide over the crisis precipitated by the General levelling bribery allegations against serving as well as retired Army officers and writing a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mentioning that the Army was ill-equipped to fight a war and defeat the enemy. Sources say...
11:30 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former defence minister Jaswant Singh slammed Defence Minister AK Antony over the Army Chief row and said he was opposed to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing Army officers. "I am in principle opposed to the idea of the CBI investigating officers of the armed forces," he said speaking to CNN-IBN. Slamming the Defence Minister for lack of action, he said, "The...
10:39 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Congress MP Harshvardhan Singh has written to Defence Minister AK Antony demanding the sacking of Army Chief General VK Singh. This comes amidst various claims and revelations brought to light by General VK Singh in the past few days. "General Singh is doing all this after Supreme Court snubbed him on age row. It seems he is planning to join politics," Harshvardhan Singh said. Harshvardhan was amongst the...
09:51 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Defence minister AK Antony and Army Chief General VK Singh who are at loggerheads, will come face to face at the Defence Expo on Thursday. A letter written by the General to the Prime Minister's Office claiming shortcomings in defence preparedness was leaked to the media evoking sharp reactions from the government as well as former Army officers. Pressure is now building on the Prime Minister to intervene....
07:40 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi Court will on Thursday hear the criminal defamation case filed by Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh against Army Chief VK Singh and others. In the petition Tejinder Singh accused General VK Singh and four others of misusing their official position to level false charges against him. The petition was filed after the Army Chief had alleged that a lobbyist, who had 'just' retired, offered him a...
06:04 AM, Mar 29, 2012
The letter by Army Chief General VK Singh is being seen as a major security breach by the government. ...
10:16 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh has told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that he has hard evidence to back his bribery allegations related to the Tatra truck deal. Sources said that General Singh has promised the investigative agency of giving a written complaint by March 30. A named FIR can be registered if General Singh names the accused in his complaint, added the sources. General Singh had...
05:35 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh is set to retire with all guns blazing and leaving behind a trail of controversies. General Singh, who fought a bitter war with the Central Government over his real date of birth and even moved the Supreme Court on the issue and then alleged that he was offered bribe by a former Army officer to clear the purchase of sub-standard Tatra trucks for...
04:54 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the state of affairs in the service on Wednesday rocked the Rajya Sabha with opposition members forcing two adjournments during the Question Hour. Soon after the House met for the day, the Opposition led by BJP wanted to know the contents of the letter and the government's response to it. "What action has the government taken?"...
12:46 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Attacking Army chief General VK Singh for reportedly writing to the Prime Minister about state of affairs in the force, Union Minister Vayalar Ravi on Wednesday said this reflects frustrations of an individual, who had to withdraw his petition on the age row in the Supreme Court. Ravi also felt that the Army Chief should have written to Defence Minister AK Antony instead as per the 'maryada' (decorum)....
12:30 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh has come under heavy fire over his letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning of ammunition shortages and obsolete weaponry in the forces. While Defence Minister AK Antony told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that publishing the contents of secret letters was not in the interest of the security of the country, there is a strong opinion in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance...
12:22 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh had raised the sorry state of infrastructure in the armed forces in the country in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dated March 12. General Singh had written that the Army's tank regiments lack ammunition to defeat the enemy, the air defence is almost obsolete and the infantry is falling short of critical weapons. He underlined that the country's security might be...
11:40 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju called the bribery scandal a shocking disclosure. ...
11:30 AM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: CBI officials met Army Chief VK Singh to collect information on the bribery offer charge made by him soon after the Defence Ministry asked the agency to probe the matter. Official sources said CBI officials met Gen Singh on Monday at his Rajaji Marg residence to get details about his claim in a media interview that an equipment lobbyist offered him a bribe of Rs 14 crore. The...
11:53 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh said that he has already filed defamation case against Amry Chief General VK Singh. ...
11:14 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Defence Minister AK Antony confirmed the Army Chief's claim of the alleged bribe offer by retired Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh. ...
10:57 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Facing a storm over Army Chief VK Singh's allegation about a bribe offer, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday backed the General but also blamed him, saying he did not want to pursue the matter. The low profile Defence Minister gave an emotive and elaborate statement on the Army Chief's bribery allegations. Antony did admit in the House that Gen VK Singh had indeed accused Lt Gen Tejinder...
09:19 PM, Mar 27, 2012
