NDA recruitment: another Colonel arrested
3 July 2012 7:31 AM ISTAnother serving Army Colonel was arrested in connection with the recruitment scam at the prestigious National Defence Academy, raising the number of...
Highways to nowhere
2 July 2012 7:30 AM ISTWhile Indian railways made a belated start to link Sevoke in north Bengal with Rangpo in Sikkim, to improve rail and road infrastructure close to the...
Services Corp officers allege promotion bias
29 Jun 2012 5:58 AM ISTSome officers of the Army Services Corp (ASC) have petitioned the chief of army staff General Bikram Singh, urging him to look into the Indian Army’s...
Defence acquisition worth Rs 20,000 crore cleared
23 Jun 2012 3:40 PM ISTThe defence ministry on Friday cleared several acquisition projects of the armed forces worth over Rs 20,000 crore including regiments of Quick...
Our acquisition philosophy is flawed
21 Jun 2012 8:50 AM ISTMajor General (retd) I S Chaturvedi served as Technical Manager (Land Systems), Acquisition Wing, Ministry of Defence from 2007-2009, where he was...
BEML chief is first casualty in Tatra case
12 Jun 2012 6:39 AM ISTThe terse defence ministry note said it all. It said: 'The government has put the CMD of BEML VRS Natarajan under suspension following the...
A case of ‘General’ decay
11 Jun 2012 7:06 AM ISTThe nation shall forever remain indebted to the Tis Hazari court judge in New Delhi for having waited for General VK Singh to demit office before...
Court summons former army chief
9 Jun 2012 1:35 PM ISTA Patiala House court has summoned the former army chief Gen (retd) V K Singh and four serving army officers to appear before it in a defamation suit...
Army chief revokes ban on Suhag
8 Jun 2012 6:47 AM ISTFor those steeped in military history, these shenanigans of the Indian Army general corps, is in no way reflective of the Prussian general staff. The...
Taking stock of national security
7 Jun 2012 6:49 AM ISTNow that the dust has started to settle and General Vikram Singh has taken over as the chief of army staff, it’s time to take stock of the national...
Winning hearts and minds
5 Jun 2012 8:56 AM ISTLolab, one of the most beautiful and picturesque of valleys in the Kashmir Valley, is located 15 kms from Kupwara, which has been one of the major...
The baton of stormy times changes hands
1 Jun 2012 9:00 AM ISTThe baton of the chief of army staff (COAS) of the Indian Army changed hands at the gong of mid-day. Gen Vijai Kumar Singh ended his 26-month stint,...
