General Rawat: Simple Man With No Ego

'He was a sentimental man, but his commitment to the Olive Green always came before anything else, including his family.'A fascinating excerpt from Rachna Bisht Rawat's Bipin: The Man Behind The......

How The Pakistanis Surrendered In 1971

'We are ready to surrender,' Lieutenant General A A K Niazi said over the phone from Dhaka. IMAGE: Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retd). Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com Major General......

Military Needs Soldiers, Not Contract Labour

While we seem to want soldiers on short-term engagement, warfare itself is getting more technical and needs skilled manpower.The world has seen the dismal performance of armies that rely on short......

Why Are The Generals At LoC?

Army commanders visited the Kashmir Valley to review the security situation at the Line of Control on Monday.Please click on the images for glimpses of the generals at the LOC. IMAGE: Northern......

Mukesh Ambani likely to exit Navi Mumbai SEZ

Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani is planning to exit the Navi Mumbai special economic zone, as the project has failed to take off in the past 11 years, despite extensions by the Maharashtra......

Part of Mukesh Ambani-led project, 55 other SEZs cancelled

The plan is to de-notify the entire SEZ so that promoters can use the land for other commercial purposes. A part of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s Navi Mumbai Special Economic......

Sensex loses 200 points; Nifty ends at 1-month low

Indices closed the trading session near 1-month low amid volatile session as investors turned cautious ahead of key economic data due for release today. Meanwhile, selling among metal, auto, and......

Markets end at 2-yr closing high

Markets extended gains to end at their two-year closing highs on Thursday led by software majors on hopes of better-than-expected third quarter earnings starting next week.The 30-share Sensex of......