General Vijay Kumar Singh, who took over the reins of the Indian Army 24 months ago, will hang up his boots on May 31 after completing a tenure which saw the military-civil conflict spiral to a new high when the Army Chief dragged the government to the Supreme Court over the controversy over his date of birth. General Singh, who took over as the Chief of Army Staff on March...
07:20 AM, May 31, 2012
Toronto: Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years. RIM said that Karima Bawa had been in discussions about her retirement for some time and plans to stay on to help with the transition once a replacement has been hired. The once-iconic BlackBerry company is facing its most difficult period...
10:06 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Financially stressed Air India has proposed a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for its executive cadre employees to bring down manpower costs. The Air India Board will deliberate on the scheme at a meeting on Monday. "This is the first time that VRS is being proposed for AI employees. It is a big step for cutting manpower in the best possible way," a senior civil aviation ministry official told...
04:38 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Prime minister Manmohan Singh today hosted a farewell dinner for Army Chief General VK Singh who retires on May 31. The dinner was attended by several senior ministers including Defence Minister AK Antony. Earlier, Antony too had hosted a dinner for General VK Singh and his wife Bharati Singh on May 23. Gen Singh's last major function would be the National Defence Academy passing out parade on May...
09:59 PM, May 26, 2012
Malaga: Ruud van Nistelrooy has announced his decision to hang up his boots this summer after opting not to renew his contract with Malaga. The former Netherlands international had an expiring deal with the Andalusian side, and will not ink a new contract as he feels the time has come to end his active career. "Yesterday I played the last match of my professional career. The time has come to...
05:23 PM, May 14, 2012
Chennai: A retired Army officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting dead 13-year-old Dilson in Chennai in July, 2011. Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Kandasamy Ramraj, who was pronounced guilty by a Chennai court on Friday, has also been convicted under the Arms Act for possessing a gun whose licence had expired. He has been sentenced to three years of jail under the Arms Act and also one year of...
12:07 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: Post-retirement will President Pratibha Patil, the constitutional head of the military forces, live on land that virtually homeless jawans asked to be accommodated on? Activists argue that this controversial piece of land in Khadki, Pune where the President's post-retirement bungalow is being built, could have gone to jawans, who now live in slum like conditions. The President is the last resort for justice in this country. But with the...
09:20 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought an appointment with Army Chief General VK Singh on his letter detailing the Rs 14 crore bribery offer to him by a former Army officer to clear the purchase of sub-standard all-terrain vehicles for the forces. CBI officers are likely to meet General Singh on Friday as the Army Chief is not in New Delhi. Lieutenant General (retired) Tejinder Singh,...
03:25 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court recorded Lt General (Retired) Tejinder Singh's statement in the defamation case filed against Army Chief General VK Singh and four others on Tuesday. Denying allegations against him Lt Gen (Retd) Singh said, "The allegation that I offered bribe on behalf of Tatra and Vetra Ltd is absolutely false and ill-founded. I was absolutely devastated with this sudden attack on me by the Army headquarters. The...
01:15 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: The CNN-IBN report on Indian Army's critical ammunition has shocked the Parliamentary defence panel. The members of the panel now want to summon Army Chief General VK Singh next week to explain. General Singh had listed some of the critical deficiencies in ammunition and equipment in a letter to the Prime Minister that was later leaked. A CNN-IBN investigation shows that the problem could be much worse than...
07:57 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: Days after his explosive media interviews, Army chief General VK Singh has named Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh in his complaint to the CBI as the person who offered him a Rs 14 crore bribe to clear a tranche of nearly 600 "sub-standard" trucks. He has assured the agency of providing more material about the alleged bribe offer very soon, CBI sources said. Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh,...
08:54 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court requesting it to issue directions to the Government of India and the Indian Army to withdraw the March 6 press release in which he has says serious allegations were levelled against him. The petition calls for action against the five serving Army officers including Army Chief General VK Singh, who Lieutenant General (Retired)...
11:09 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Motihari: A man in Bihar, Ram Kishore Singh, fought for 31 years to get a job as a teacher at a government school. He finally got it only to retire 20 days later. What is worse is that he cannot even draw a pension as he has not completed a one-year service for his job to have been confirmed. "I got this job after 31 years and got a chance...
10:29 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
Sachin Tendulkar takes a dig at his critics, saying he doesn't want to be advised on his retirement. ...
03:19 PM, Mar 25, 2012
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