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
Senior BJP leader Balbir Punj said that the government must convince the people of the country that they have sufficient ammunition. ...
11:37 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: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has begun its investigations into the bribe allegations made by Army Chief General VK Singh. Sources have told CNN-IBN that a team of CBI officers is expected to meet General Singh when he returns from an official tour in Srinagar on Friday. The CBI has begun its investigations into the bribe allegations. A tape of the alleged incident, whose veracity is to...
10:15 AM, Mar 28, 2012
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11:55 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: General VK Singh's allegations that he was offered a bribe on behalf of the makers of the Tatra trucks has opened a can of worms. Referring to Tatra, General Singh in a media interview had claimed that a lobbyist had offered him a bribe of Rs 14 crore to clear a procurement of tranche of 600 'substandard' vehicles. In fact, the Tatra deal was always under scrutiny for...
11:41 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
The Defence Minister said in the Rajya Sabha that the Army Chief told him that he didn't want to pursue the case. ...
10:30 PM, Mar 27, 2012
A few weeks ago, a former secretary in the Defence Ministry told minister A K Antony to expect embarrassment from General V K Singh. The ...
02:58 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to ask for a formal complaint from Army Chief General VK Singh in connection with his allegation that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore to clear to swing a 'sub-standard' defence deal. Agency sources on Tuesday said action would be initiated after getting a formal complaint from General Singh. They said besides the complaint, he would also have to provide other...
02:51 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, who was named by the Defence Minister as the one who offered bribe to the Army chief, on Tuesday said that he never lobbied for any company in the Army and also didn't represent any organisation that makes vehicles. The former Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) chief said he had met General Singh year and a half back in 2010. "It was a personal...
02:07 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has started investigating Army Chief General VK Singh's bribery allegation and registered the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) a day after the officer claimed that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore to clear purchase of sub-standard vehicles. Meanwhile, Defence Minister AK Antony is likely to make a statement at noon in the Rajya Sabha on the Army Chief's allegation of bribery. Antony had on Monday...
11:48 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Parliamentarians demanded action against Team Anna for the derogatory remarks made during Hazare's fast at Janatar Mantar on Sunday. ...
10:33 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh's explosive claim that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore to clear the purchase of sub-standard vehicles for the forces has stirred a hornet's nest. While General Singh said that he informed Defence Minister AK Antony about the incident, he added that he did not take any further action as the bribe offer was an indirect one. "It wasn't like he...
09:47 PM, Mar 26, 2012
In a startling revelation Army Chief General VK Singh claimed that he was offered bribe to clear the purchase of vehicles for the forces. ...
09:39 PM, Mar 26, 2012
In a startling revelation Army Chief General VK Singh claimed that he was offered bribe to clear the purchase of vehicles for the forces. ...
08:07 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: The man who allegedly offered General VK Singh a bribe of Rs 14 crore has denied the charges, saying the Army Chief has not named anyone in his interview. "In today's interview Army chief has not named me, so I should not be talking about it. Allegations against me are baseless. I don't want to get into any controversy by speaking out anything on the issue. I don't...
04:19 PM, Mar 26, 2012
General VK Singh has claimed that he was offered bribe to clear the purchase of vehicles for the forces. ...
03:50 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh has said that he could not take action against the person who offered bribe to him because it was an indirect proposal. In an interview to ETV, he said that he had immediately informed about the incident to the Defence Minister. Here are the excerpts of the interview: Question: In your tenure you have not allowed middlemen. Army Chief: Sometime back, the government...
02:24 PM, Mar 26, 2012
