There was drama at former Army Chief General VK Singh's residence in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon when a Signals Regiment unit reportedly went to remove the army exchange and lines at his house in Mandir Marg at Delhi Cantonment. The General's lawyer Vishwajeet Singh claimed that the residence could have been bugged. Interestingly, General Singh has himself been in the midst of a controversy following allegations that during his...
05:59 PM, Jan 07, 2013
New Delhi: Three months after General V K Singh's retirement, the Army has decided to wind up a controversial unit set up by him against the backdrop of snooping allegations and is set to move out a top officer considered close to the former Army Chief from here. The process to disband the Technical Security Division (TSD) raised by Gen Singh under the Military Intelligence wing has been initiated as...
08:28 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: After sharing dais with Anna Hazare, former Army chief General VK Singh on Sunday joined yoga guru Ramdev's protest in New Delhi, dubbing the government as a "property dealer" which takes over farmers' land in the name of development. Singh participation in the protests came two months after he retired from service during which he had taken on the government on his age issue. Earlier this month, Singh...
06:24 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday deferred by a day a "big" announcement on the next course of his agitation on blackmoney and Lokpal Bill as former Army chief General VK Singh will join him in the protest on Sunday. Ramdev was to come up with his plans for the next phase of his agitation this evening on the third day of his fast. He did not specify whether...
08:21 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-graft activist and self-styled spiritual leader Ramdev is on a mission to build support for his campaign to bring back billions of rupees stashed in overseas tax havens by wealthy Indians. Ramdev has met political leaders cutting across party lines and many of them have shown interest, including BJP president Nitin Gadkari who even bent down to touch the feet of the yoga teacher when he called on...
04:46 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Chandigarh: On May 31, history was written for the Indian Army. The last of the Generals who participated in the last of the three wars that Independent India fought retired from service. Gen VK Singh, former Chief of Army Staff and Lt Gen SR Ghosh, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, were the last of the serving officers of the Indian Army who fought the 1971 India-Pakistan war. All officers...
08:21 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday adjourned till Monday its decision on whether Army Chief General VK Singh should be summoned or not in a defamation case filed by Lt General (retd) Tejinder Singh against him. The court will decide on Monday if more documents are needed to decide on summoning the Chief of Army Staff. The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to direct the Centre to take...
02:06 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony's dinner for outgoing Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Wednesday night was marked by bonhomie but there were no farewell speeches. No speeches were made at the farewell dinner for Gen Singh and his wife Bharati Singh hosted by Antony and his wife Elizabeth, sources said on Thursday, adding it was unusual as generally officials present say a few lines about the outgoing Service...
11:39 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony will host a farewell dinner on Wednesday for Army Chief Gen VK Singh who retires on May 31. The Army Chief will be hosted by the Defence Minister at the Army Battle Honours Mess at Delhi Cantt on May 23 followed by a banquet by the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces President Pratibha Patil the next day. His last major function would be the...
02:10 PM, May 23, 2012
Srinagar: The alleged fake encounter case involving Army-Chief designate Lt General Bikram Singh was adjourned for two weeks by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday. Justice Hasnain Masoodi adjourned the hearing of the case as Advocate General Mohammad Ishaq Qadri was not available to argue the case. The judge directed that the case be listed after two weeks for hearing, subject to availability of the bench, when the...
12:34 PM, May 17, 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 Tatra truck deal is at the heart of army chief General VK Singh's allegations that he was offered a bribe. The all terrain Tatra trucks, the army's lifeline, have been in use for over a decade, but the General is understood to have been opposed to the continuation of the deal. In addition to alleging they were substandard, the army chief has said he was offered a...
10:24 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh is expected to send a written reply to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with his bribery allegation. The General has claimed that he was offered Rs 14 crore to clear the purchase of sub-standard military vehicles. He has already told the CBI that he has solid evidence to back his claim. Sources say that once the central probe agency receives...
07:39 AM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Thursday extended full support to Army Chief General VK Singh, alleging that he was targeted for not "toeing" the Government line on issues. Activist Arvind Kejriwal alleged government has killed almost every institution by "planting its loyals". "Those who refuse to toe Government line, like Army Chief and CAG, are targeted. We fully support army chief's struggle. We are proud of him," Kejriwal wrote on...
06:26 PM, 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
