Mumbai: The CBI has questioned Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh, named by Army Chief Gen VK Singh as the person who had allegedly offered him a bribe of Rs 14 crore, in connection with the Adarsh Society scam in Mumbai. CBI sources said he was quizzed on Wednesday about how he got a flat in the controversial society, the source of his funds and to check the veracity of documents....
07:07 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday asked the government to disclose how a sensitive letter on defence preparedness written by Army chief VK Singh to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was leaked. Raising the issue in Rajya Sabha during zero hour, BJP MP Balbir Punj asked the government to disclose who was behind the leak. "Forty-seven days have passed and we do not know who was responsible for the...
08:43 PM, May 15, 2012
Army Chief General VK Singh is keeping everyone guessing as to what he will do when he retires at the end of this month. ...
03:36 PM, May 15, 2012
Despite PMO denial, controversy simmers over who leaked Army Chief General V K Singh's letter exposing the state of defence preparedness. ...
11:28 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Controversy simmers over who leaked Army Chief General V K Singh's letter exposing the state of defence preparedness. Despite PMO denial, CNN-IBN has learned that a 1987 batch woman officer in the Cabinet secretariat is under suspicion and has been transferred. The government had denied reports that a joint secretary level officer from the Economic Service leaked the Army Chief's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on deficiencies...
09:58 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court has reserved its order in the defamation case, filed by Lt General Tejinder Singh against Army Chief General VK Singh till May 18. Lt General Tejinder Singh had requested the court to summon and initiate proceedings against General VK Singh and others for allegedly making defamatory statements against him in the media and accusing him of bribery. Alleging that the officers misused their official position,...
04:13 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court will on Monday hear the defamation case filed by retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh against the Army Chief. General Tejinder singh has requested the court to summon and initiate proceedings against General VK Singh and others for allegedly making defamatory statements against him in the media and accusing him of bribery. Alleging that the officers misused their official position, power and authority to level false...
10:51 AM, May 14, 2012
Defence Analyst Brigadier Mahalingam says politicians owe the Army Chief an apology in the letter leak row. ...
10:35 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: The controversy surrounding the alleged leak of Army Chief General VK Singh's letter on lack of ammunition and war preparedness to the Prime Minister is set to rock Parliament on Monday. The BJP has given a notice to raise the matter in the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour. Sources say the government may issue a clarification in Parliament on the issue. This after the person who leaked the...
10:16 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Government has denied a report that a senior officer in the Cabinet Secretariat was responsible for the leakage of Army Chief General VK Singh's confidential letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on shortage of equipment and ammunition. While the Army Chief has been vindicated, it is the government now which is under the scanner. Sources to CNN-IBN say the Army Chief's letter to the Prime Minister over India's...
07:32 AM, May 14, 2012
Government sources said that a lady officer has been found guilty and is likely to be charged for leaking the sensitive details out. ...
11:22 PM, May 13, 2012
Army Chief VK Singh had written to Manmohan Singh on lack of defence preparedness. ...
11:17 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Sources on Sunday said that the Army did not leak Army Chief General VK Singh's letter to the Prime Minister. The Army Chief had written to Manmohan Singh on lack of defence preparedness. Sources added that an Intelligence Bureau (IB) probe into the matter disclosed that an officer in the Cabinet secretariat was guilty of the leak. An officer of joint secretary level has been blamed for the...
08:59 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare has extended an invitation to Army Chief General VK Singh to join anti-corruption movement after retirement. This is the first time that Team Anna has directly invited the Army Chief to join them. The General who has been in the news over his age row with the government and his bribery claims is due to retire at the end of the month. Team Anna...
09:58 AM, May 13, 2012
Narsinghpur: Army Chief General VK Singh on Saturday said that he had decided to celebrate this year as the year of former military personnel. General Singh was speaking after inaugurating a blood bank and a sick newborn care unit, built in the memory of former minister, the late Colonel Ajay Narayan Mushran, at the District Hospital. Expressing solidarity with the former defence personnel, Army Chief said the aim of marking...
10:49 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Retired Lt General Tejinder Singh on Thursday withdrew his petition seeking CBI inquiry against Army Chief General VK Singh for levelling bribery allegation against him from the Supreme Court. Lt General (Retired) Tejinder Singh told the court that he had top-secret documents related to the case and if he pursued the case, the documents would come out in public domain, which he did not want. In his petition,...
11:13 AM, May 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Tuesday said the force was operationally prepared to meet any contingency, days after he highlighted major "shortcomings" in the country's defence preparedness. On corruption in defence deals, he said it was important to ensure probity and transparency. Speaking about defence preparedness of the country, the Army Chief said, "With great confidence, I can say that operationally we are prepared to take on any...
01:58 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The defamation case against Army Chief General V K Singh was on Monday transferred to a different court after the one, hearing it earlier, refused to proceed with it due to the loss of confidence of petitioner and former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh's counsel in it. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Amit Bansal transferred the case to a new court of Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja for further proceedings...
07:59 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh, seeking withdrawal of an alleged defamatory press release accusing him of offering bribe to the Army chief to clear a defence deal, to prove that the right to reputation is a fundamental right. "You show and satisfy me that right to reputation is a fundamental right. Do not argue in the air and come prepared with...
02:04 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: A temporary relief for the Army Chief Gen VK Singh. A Delhi court on Saturday refused to pass orders on a criminal defamation case against VK Singh and four others citing loss of confidence and 'apparent attempt' to 'pressurise' by petitioner Lt Gen Tejinder Singh's counsel. Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar transferred the case to Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Amit Bansal saying counsel Anil Kumar Aggarwal, who is...
08:11 PM, May 05, 2012
