Army Canteens

A former Army man was arrested in Rajasthan's Jodhpur on Sunday for allegedly buying expensive liquor from canteens for Defence service personnel and selling it at a huge profit in the open market.

The government has ordered 4,000 army shops in the country to stop buying imported goods, according to a document reviewed by news agency Reuters, a move that could send an unwelcome signal to foreign liquor firms such as Diageo and Pernod Ricard.

After lockdown in 80 districts across the country, the Indian Army today has closed its canteen stores and decided to provide home delivery of grocery and essential items.

The Canteen Stores Department, the retailing entity selling consumer goods to armed forces, has suspended sale of a batch of Patanjali Ayurveda's amla juice after it "failed" to clear a laboratory test.

Some Afghan nationals working in the canteen of the army-run school where 150 people, mostly school children, were massacred, have been arrested by Pakistan security agencies for allegedly facilitating the Taliban militants in carrying out the bloodbath.

Huddled around a table at a university canteen, six Thai students draft a newsletter celebrating democracy -- a meeting that would have barely attracted a glance two months ago, but could now land them in jail.

Over-ruling the objections of India's defence forces, the government has said that 4500 canteens in the Navy, Air Force and Army will be reviewed by the national auditor CAG.

It was really a rare sight as the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force appeared in Parliament today, for the first time in 50 years. MPs wanted to know why soldiers were getting sub-standard rations and some time getting them late. Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had summoned them today to explain alleged discrepancies in ration...

A former Army man was arrested in Rajasthan's Jodhpur on Sunday for allegedly buying expensive liquor from canteens for Defence service personnel and selling it at a huge profit in the open market.

The government has ordered 4,000 army shops in the country to stop buying imported goods, according to a document reviewed by news agency Reuters, a move that could send an unwelcome signal to foreign liquor firms such as Diageo and Pernod Ricard.

After lockdown in 80 districts across the country, the Indian Army today has closed its canteen stores and decided to provide home delivery of grocery and essential items.

The Canteen Stores Department, the retailing entity selling consumer goods to armed forces, has suspended sale of a batch of Patanjali Ayurveda's amla juice after it "failed" to clear a laboratory test.

Some Afghan nationals working in the canteen of the army-run school where 150 people, mostly school children, were massacred, have been arrested by Pakistan security agencies for allegedly facilitating the Taliban militants in carrying out the bloodbath.

Huddled around a table at a university canteen, six Thai students draft a newsletter celebrating democracy -- a meeting that would have barely attracted a glance two months ago, but could now land them in jail.

Over-ruling the objections of India's defence forces, the government has said that 4500 canteens in the Navy, Air Force and Army will be reviewed by the national auditor CAG.

It was really a rare sight as the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force appeared in Parliament today, for the first time in 50 years. MPs wanted to know why soldiers were getting sub-standard rations and some time getting them late. Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had summoned them today to explain alleged discrepancies in ration...