New Delhi: Denying that he was behind the leak of his letter to the Prime Minister, Army Chief General VK Singh on Thursday came out strongly against the allegations, saying that "cynical approach to tarnish his reputation should stop". "I have nothing to do with it. The leak of the letter should be treated as high treason. This cynical approach to tarnish my reputation has to be stopped. The source...
11:32 AM, 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: Praising Army Chief General VK Singh for his honesty, Trinamool Congress MP Ambika Banerjee on Thursday said that he has written several letters to the Prime Minister and Defence Minister on corruption in the Army. "I wrote several letters to the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister on corruption in Army. Unfortunately no action was taken. I wrote letters a year back. I Kept quite as I did...
09:47 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Yet another corruption allegation has been brought to light by Army Chief General VK Singh. National daily 'The Indian Express' has reported that General VK Singh has now sent a letter written by Trinamool MP Ambika Banerjee, which calls for a probe against Lt General Dalbir Singh Suhag, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The letter was written in May 2011, where the MP alleged 'procurement scams'...
08:14 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Vectra group, the largest shareholder of the consortium Tatra Holding that owns Tatra, which is facing controversy following Army chief General VK Singh's bribery charges, has said it is deeply concerned and anguished by the "unfounded allegations". General Singh had alleged that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore by a lobbyist to clear the sale of a tranche of 600 'substandard' Tatra trucks for...
08:13 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
The Centre stays execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana after the Akali government appealed for clemency. ...
11:15 PM, Mar 28, 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
Centre stays hanging of Beant Singh's co-assassin, Balwant Singh Rajoana, until the Supreme Court decides on his petition. ...
09:47 PM, Mar 28, 2012
The leak of Army Chief VK Singh's letter to the Prime Minister on defence preparedness raises serious questions. ...
09:27 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Asking Army Chief General VK Singh to go on forced leave is one of the options before the Government, which is more than upset over the leakage of his letter to the Prime Minister projecting the country's defence preparedness in poor light. A minister who declined to be identifed said as of now there are only two options before the Government "tolerate the Army Chief till his retirement...
07:27 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Expressing concern over Army chief General VK Singh's letter to the Prime Minister, the BJP on Wednesday said "it shows the equilibrium between the Defence Ministry and the Army has been disturbed" and pitched for modernisation of the forces which appear to have suffered. "The contents of the army chief's letter are scary. When the common man reads that the defence forces have no ammunition and cannot defend...
06:07 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 wrote a letter to the Prime Minister talking about the shocking state of preparedness of the armed forces. The concerns raised by the Army Chief are serious, but are almost an open secret. CNN-IBN in its series 'Battle Ready' has focused on the critical state of affairs. CNN-IBN had reported about the World War II 'vintage' air defence guns in 2009. Sadly, nothing...
02:44 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Sitaram Yechury said Army Chief's letter leak issue needs to be investigated and action should be taken against those responsible. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 28, 2012
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday criticised Army Chief General VK Singh for creating unnecessary controversy. ...
01:39 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
