Gen N C Vij takes over as Chief of Army Staff
Field Marshal S H F J 'Sam' Manekshaw, independent India's greatest military commander, would have turned 100 on April 3, 2014. To mark the occasion and to celebrate a brilliant mind and one of India's best-loved soldiers, we reproduce, with kind courtesy of the Indian Defence Review, the Field Marshal's lecture at the Defence Services College, Wellington, on Leadership and Discipline.
Holding that the Adarsh Housing scam was a classic case of fence eating the crops and 'consistent failure' of Centre and Maharashtra government, the Comptroller and Auditor General on Tuesday said rules were bent to benefit relatives of politicians, public servants and senior service officers including former Army chiefs Gen Deepak Kapoor and N C Vij.
Gen Vij succeeds Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy, who retires on Friday.
Its exact shape would emerge after it is circulated within the service and incorporates suggestions from defence think tanks.
Gen Singh, who is right now the general officer commanding-in-chief, Western Command, will become the first Sikh officer to head the army.
First batch of five indigenously built battle tanks rolls out of factory near Chennai
This may perhaps be the first instance of the service chiefs jointly reviewing the security scenario in the Northeast.
Christened Samyukta, it helps identify and jam the enemy's radar and communication frequency bands.
"Nobody desires peace more than the army," Chief of Army Staff General N C Vij said.
General N C Vij who is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart and the defence minister of the Communist giant, said he was hopeful the talks would help in giving further boost to bilateral ties.
Chief of Army Staff General N C Vij said his troops were ready to face any eventuality.
The army is looking forward to the total indigenisation of the tank, now being built with Russian collaboration.
General Joginder Jaswant Singh, a hero of anti-terrorist operations, on Monday became the first Sikh officer to don the mantle of the chief of the army staff.
This is significant in the context of recent intelligence reports that Pakistan is imparting winter fighting training to some terrorists.
He said India will continue to adopt a 'wait and watch' strategy on Pakistan's commitment on ending cross-border terrorism.
Troops will have to be alert over the next two months as snow melts
Lt Gen N C Vij sad men from the special forces, specialised units of the army and air force were to be involved in the attack, which was called off at the last moment.
Vij will become the first ever Indian army chief to hold parleys with the top commanders of the US Central Command and also visit the US Special Operations Forces Command Centre at Tampa.
A Delhi student has accused four soldiers of the Presidential Guards of gang-raping her.
The armymen were part of the Indo-Nepal expedition team, which also included six Nepalese armymen and five sherpas.
General Shinseki was briefed about cross-border infiltration into J&K and an overview of the security situation in the region.
Former Army Chief General K V Krishna Rao was on Sunday cremated with full military honours in New Delhi.
Operationalisation of a new border defence agreement to deal with recurring troop incursions along the LAC besides improving defence ties, is expected to top the agenda of General Bikram Singh as he starts a rare visit by an Indian army chief to China from Wednesday.
A group of former senior military and civil services officers has asked the government to cancel the proposed talks between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan in New York next month in view of unabated Pakistan-inspired terrorism against this country.
Stepping in to pacify agitating ex-servicemen over the 'One Rank One Pension' issue, Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday held talks with representatives of the protesters who have agreed not to escalate their agitation for next 10 days.
Stepping up the agitation on 'One Rank One Pension', a fast-unto-death was launched by two of the protesting ex-servicemen at Jantar Mantar
Officers at Army headquarters say the chief has personally initiated this reshuffle, reports Ajai Shukla
'It is a very hard won situation that the army has brought about in J&K in 25 years, we don't want to fritter it away...' 'By 2010-2012 the terrorist strength had come down to 300, 400. From a high of 3,000 to 4,000 to 300 to 400 was no mean achievement for the army,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
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