Assam Rifles without chief for 5 months

Assam Rifles, the major counter-insurgency force in the northeast, remains headless since the last five months as the defence ministry has failed to spare a Lieutenant General-rank army officer to......

Govt follows seniority, appoints Lt Gen Dwivedi as Army chief

Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi will be the next chief of the Army staff succeeding incumbent Gen Manoj Pande, the government announced on Tuesday night, ending speculations on the key appointment. IMAGE:......

Dalai Lama meets jawan who escorted him to India 58 yrs ago

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday had an emotional reunion with one of the five Assam Rifles guards who escorted him to India during his escape from Tibet in March 1959. The Dalai......

AIDS has killed more jawans than bullets

Assam Rifles has revealed that more than 180 personnel of the force have been found to be HIV-positive, of which 32 have died of AIDS in the past decade.Speaking to rediff.com on the sidelines of a......