Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday adjourned till May 16 the final hearing in the alleged fake encounter case involving Lt General Bikram Singh, the Army Chief designate. Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir adjourned the case for final disposal of the petition. A woman from Macchil area of Kupwara district last year filed a writ petition before the High Court, alleging that her son Abdullah Bhat was killed...
04:24 PM, May 10, 2012
The relay race over who would play the lead role in the Tamil-Telugu remake of 'The Dirty Picture' continues, with the latest being Richa Gangopadhyay. The 'Mayakkam Enna' actress said that she will not be doing the project and she would not do it even if she gets the offer. After names of some top actresses, including Anushka Shetty, did the rounds over doing the role beautifully enacted by Vidya...
02:29 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief but made it clear that its order would not affect any pending proceedings against him in cases including an alleged encounter in Jammu and Kashmir. The court also refused to reopen the age controversy relating to incumbent Army Chief Gen VK Singh when the petitioners raked up...
04:38 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: In a major relief for Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, who is slated to succeed General V K Singh as the next army chief, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) against him. The PIL opposed the appointment of Lt General Bikram Singh as the next chief. The apex court said that all relevant facts were placed before the Cabinet Committee of Appointment (CCA) before...
03:01 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directs the Central Government to place before it the file pertaining to the appointment of Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as Army Chief-designate. The apex court also asked for the service record of Lt Gen Bikram Singh, who has been accused of being involved in a fake encounter in the Kashmir Valley during a counter-insurgency operation. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in...
12:59 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: There is trouble for General V K Singh's successor Lt General Bikram Singh. The petitioners behind the public interest litigation (PIL) against his appointment as the next General have demanded that the hearings in the Supreme Court be done in-camera. The PIL claims a communal conspiracy behind the refusal to revise General V K Singh's date of birth. The petition further accuses former army chief General J J...
10:31 AM, Apr 23, 2012
A former Naval Chief and former Chief Election Commissioner have moved a petition in the SC challenging the appointment of Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief. ...
10:03 PM, Apr 05, 2012
The Indian Express carried a report on Wednesday saying that two Army columns marched towards the capital in January without notifying the government. ...
10:49 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the recommendation to appoint Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as the next chief of the Indian Army. Incidentally, the petition was filed by several prominent citizens including former chief election commissioner N Gopalswami and former Navy chief admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas. The petitioners claim that General Singh cannot be elevated as there is a pending case against him in...
07:09 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: The suspense over the next Army Chief came to an end with the Government announcing Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as the successor to General VK Singh, who recently lost his battle over the age issue. 59-year-old Lieutenant General Singh, the Eastern Army Commander, will head the 13-lakh strong force and have a tenure of just over two years till August 2014 from May 31. Bikram Singh, the second...
08:44 PM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Army Chief General VK Singh on Thursday hit out at his detractors over the age row, alleging that a lot of spins had been attributed. He further refuted that the issue was affecting the image of the army, claiming that it was being handled in organisational interest. "If you look at the facts, the age controversy is not affecting the image of the army. It has not...
04:40 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: The succession war for the Army Chief's post is getting murky with allegations of a fake encounter re-surfacing against Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, tipped to succeed General VK Singh. The J&K High Court has served a notice to the Defence Ministry and the Omar Abdullah government after an NGO, Anhaad, filed a petition seeking details of the encounter that took place in 2001. The petitioner...
10:37 AM, Jan 11, 2012
The book is simply titled
Maqbool Fida Husain. ...
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