Withdrawal of AFSPA would hit counter-terrorist ops in J&K: Army chief

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 00:16

Terror infrastructure across LoC has the potential to vitiate the security environment in Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief, Gen Bikram Singh, has said.

Former army chief to testify in Mubarak`s retrial

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 19:26

Egypt`s former army chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi is set to testify in a criminal court here in the retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

US award for Army Chief: Defence Ministry not happy

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 20:44

The acceptance of a US military award by Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh has not gone down well with the Defence Ministry which has sent a poser to him asking why he received it without government clearance.

New Pakistan Army chief visits troops on LoC

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:26

Pakistan`s new army chief Gen Raheel Sharif today visited troops deployed at forward locations along the Line of Control (LoC), which has witnessed tensions and fierce exchanges of fire in the recent past.

New Pakistan Army chief visits LoC

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 13:59

This was his first visit to the area since taking over late last month and is part of his series of trips to Army bases across the country.

VK Singh defamation: Court sets 4-month deadline for sanction

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:20

A Delhi court on Monday set a deadline of four months for the Centre to grant sanction to prosecute four army officials, who are accused in a criminal defamation case along with VK Singh.

VK Singh defamation: Court sets 4-month deadline for sanction

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:20

A Delhi court on Monday set a deadline of four months for the Centre to grant sanction to prosecute four army officials, who are accused in a criminal defamation case along with VK Singh.

New Pakistan Army Chief Raheel Sharif takes command

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 13:13

General Raheel Sharif on Friday formally took over as the head of Pakistan`s army, the most powerful position in the troubled military-dominated nation which is battling a homegrown Taliban insurgency.

With a midnight meeting, delicate new balance emerges in Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 09:35

Just after midnight in early October, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a coterie of his closest advisers met at his palatial Lahore home and made his toughest decision since coming to power - picking the new army chief.

Pakistan Lt Gen Haroon Aslam resigns after he fails to become Army Chief

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 18:15

Lt Gen Haroon Aslam of the Pakistan Army today resigned a day after he was superseded by his two juniors who were made the new Army chief and the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJSCS).