During the visit to the LoC to review the security situation after the killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch on Tuesday, the Army Chief pulled up the formation commanders there, sources said in New Delhi.
Lt Gen Zubair Hayat appointed as Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Committee.
On his first day in office, Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Friday warned Pakistan that India's response to any beheading-like incident in future would be "more than adequate, intense and immediate".
Against the backdrop of ceasefire violations along the Line of Control, Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh on Monday briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the situation there and the retaliatory operations being carried out by the Indian troops.
In this conversation with Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, former Army Chief V K Singh refutes the allegations made in the Indian Army's Secret Board of Officers Inquiry report, which accuses him of misusing of his position
The government on Wednesday asserted that the appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army Chief is final as the Congress raked up a controversy involving minister and former Army chief Gen V K Singh and demanded his resignation.
Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh on Tuesday assured Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that incidents of June 24 and June 30 would not happen in future.
The Election Commission on Saturday said it will consider the issue of the appointment of the next army chief at a meeting of its top brass next week.
Where did outgoing army chief V K Singh go wrong, analyses Ajai Shukla.
The public interest litigation filed in the Supreme Court against the selection of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next chief of the Indian Army has been dumped by the court.
Former Army Chief General K V Krishna Rao was on Sunday cremated with full military honours in New Delhi.
Pakistan on Thursday described Indian Army chief Gen Bikram Singh's remarks about retaliating against any possible ceasefire violations on the LoC as "provocative and unfortunate".
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to give an early hearing on a plea challenging the appointment of Army vice chief Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army chief and directed listing of the case in the second week of July.
In a warning to Pakistan, Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh on Monday said India would respond in equal measure if Pakistan breaks any rules as he revealed that 10 Pakistani soldiers had been killed in a recent military action.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh will visit the home of Lance Naik Hemraj who was beheaded by Pakistan army last week amid demands that the head of the soldier be brought back.
Suhag has filed an affidavit in Supreme Court, accusing the minister of trying to scuttle his promotion to the appointment of army commander.
Notwithstanding stiff opposition from the Air Force, government has decided to give the control of attack helicopters to the Army. "We have received a letter from the defence ministry and we have been given the attack helicopters by the government," Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Friday briefed by Army Chief General Bikram Singh on the prevailing security situation and operational readiness of troops in a meeting which lasted for close to three hours.
Sachin Pilot on Thursday became the first Union minister to be commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army, fulfilling his desire to follow his father's footsteps to be in the armed forces.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, an expert in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir affairs, on Tuesday took over as Pakistan's new army chief succeeding General Raheel Sharif and promised to improve the tense situation at the Line of Control soon.
The Union defence ministry has rejected former Army Chief Gen VK Singh's plea to get a copy of an army report on the activities of the controversial Technical Support Division, set up during his tenure.
The army on Friday made it clear to Pakistan that it cannot keep the tap of exporting terrorism to India open and hope for confidence-building measures with it.
The terror infrastructure across the Line of Control has the potential to vitiate the security environment in Jammu and Kashmir and Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act should not be withdrawn as it is a "strategic imperative" until the US' pullout from Afghanistan in 2014, Army Chief, Gen Bikram Singh, has said.
China dismissed as "entirely groundless" Indian Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh's assertion that PLA soldiers were present in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
There was no connection between the suicide of an army soldier and the stand-off between officers and jawans in an armoured unit in Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh said on Thursday.
Pakistan on Tuesday said it did not want to vitiate the 'already tense situation' along the Line of Control by making 'irresponsible statements' in the wake of a string of violations of a nine-year-old ceasefire.
Notwithstanding Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh's tough talk on Pakistan on the recent ceasefire violations on the LoC, the government on Monday said it will try its best to ensure that the peace process was not derailed.
Into the sixth day of their fast, the family of Hemraj on Monday declared that they will not end their protest till Army Chief General Bikram Singh visits their house and assures them that the martyred soldier's severed head will be brought back. Hemraj's wife Dharamvati, mother Meena and cousin Narendra have been put on intravenous fluid after their condition deteriorated. Doctors are keeping a close watch on them and examining them at regular intervals.
Army chief General Bikram Singh on Friday dismissed the suggestion that a Kargil-like situation has developed in the Keran sector in Jammu and Kashmir where around 40 terrorists backed by the Pakistan Army are fighting with soldiers and asserted that they would be flushed out soon
Senior military officials of India and Pakistan will meet on Friday in Pooch sector in Jammu and Kashmir to discuss ways to strengthen the ceasefire along the Line of Control against the backdrop of violations in the recent past.
Celebrations broke out at Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag's native village Bishan in Haryana after he took over as the new Army chief on Thursday.
On the eve of Army Day, Army Chief General Bikram Singh says he will raise this issue with the Rajya Raksha Mantri, Jitendra Singh, who oversees the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, reports Ajai Shukla.
Officers at Army headquarters say the chief has personally initiated this reshuffle, reports Ajai Shukla
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may soon visit Indian army's forward posts in the Siachen glacier, the highest battlefield in the world, during his tour of Ladakh.
The Army has rubbished Pakistan's demand for withdrawal of troops from the Siachen Glacier saying it would not move out from the strategically important icy heights.
No attack on the Indian Army is possible without the help of the Pakistani Army, said Antony, adding that the ties with Islamabad will also be reviewed.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday took stock of the preparedness of the country's nuclear arsenal with the top security brass, including chiefs of the three services.
Defence sources had said possible 'action plan' was also discussed about how the Army can respond to the attack.
However, flow of funds, would naturally rest on economic growth, reports Ajai Shukla.
