Army Chief Row

In the backdrop of the nearly four-year border row with China in eastern Ladakh, Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said the Indian Army's preparedness levels are of a "very high order" and the force is keeping a "very close watch" on develo

Ensure their proper deployment or send them home, underscored Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as he visited the family of 19-year-old Agniveer who died in Jammu and Kashmir last week, amid a row over the Army not according a military funeral to him.

The latest diplomatic row between India and Canada is not going to impact the ongoing bilateral military engagement and the matter has to be resolved at the political level, Canada's Deputy Army Chief Major General Peter Scott said on Tuesday.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has asked district authorities to provide full support for 'Agnipath' recruitment rallies after the Army flagged "vacillating" support from local administration.

The chiefs of three services - Army, Navy and the Air Force - will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to brief him on the 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme.

After Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao stirred a row by asking for proof from centre of the surgical strike carried out by Army in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in September 2019, the BJP launched a scathing attack on him

In a reference to the eastern Ladakh row, Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane on Thursday said the situation along the northern frontier highlighted the nature of threats facing India in preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty, noting that the "legacy challenges" have only grown in scale and intensity.

The Indian Army will stand firm against any attempt to "unilaterally" change the "status quo" at the borders and its desire for peace and tranquillity should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said on Thursday, remarks that came against the backdrop of the Ladakh standoff with China.

Amid border tension with China, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday said that there has been no decrease in the strength of troops either on the Chinese side or Indian side as far as the friction points are concerned and asserted that issues will be addressed on the basis of mutual and equal security.

Army Chief General MM Naravane's three-day visit to Nepal beginning November 4 is expected to have a significant diplomatic overtone with India looking at resetting relations with the Himalayan nation after the ties came under severe strain following a bitter border row, officials said today.

Army Chief General MM Naravane will travel to Nepal in the first week of November, the maiden high-level visit from India since ties between the two neighbours came under strain after the Himalayan nation came up with a new political map in May claiming several areas in Uttarakhand to be part of its territory.

Army chief General MM Naravane on Wednesday said that the forces under his command have always been apolitical and will remain so in the future in keeping with a hallowed oath taken by every soldier to hold the Constitution above everything else.

Pakistan's powerful army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was given a six-month extension by the country's Supreme Court on Thursday, just hours before his three-year tenure was due to expire at midnight. The court also directed the parliament to legislate on the matter within these six months.

BJP leader Manoj Tiwari, pummeled by opposition parties for wearing military fatigues to a political rally on Saturday - seen as an unsubtle move to cash in on the recent confrontation with Pakistan after the Pulwama attack - said today that he often wears military clothes and it is something he does with pride.

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today defended Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's hug to Pakistan's army chief, saying both Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi had hugged their Pakistani counterparts during their visits to that country.

In the backdrop of the nearly four-year border row with China in eastern Ladakh, Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said the Indian Army's preparedness levels are of a "very high order" and the force is keeping a "very close watch" on develo

Ensure their proper deployment or send them home, underscored Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as he visited the family of 19-year-old Agniveer who died in Jammu and Kashmir last week, amid a row over the Army not according a military funeral to him.

The latest diplomatic row between India and Canada is not going to impact the ongoing bilateral military engagement and the matter has to be resolved at the political level, Canada's Deputy Army Chief Major General Peter Scott said on Tuesday.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has asked district authorities to provide full support for 'Agnipath' recruitment rallies after the Army flagged "vacillating" support from local administration.

The chiefs of three services - Army, Navy and the Air Force - will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to brief him on the 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme.

After Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao stirred a row by asking for proof from centre of the surgical strike carried out by Army in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in September 2019, the BJP launched a scathing attack on him

In a reference to the eastern Ladakh row, Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane on Thursday said the situation along the northern frontier highlighted the nature of threats facing India in preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty, noting that the "legacy challenges" have only grown in scale and intensity.

The Indian Army will stand firm against any attempt to "unilaterally" change the "status quo" at the borders and its desire for peace and tranquillity should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said on Thursday, remarks that came against the backdrop of the Ladakh standoff with China.

Amid border tension with China, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday said that there has been no decrease in the strength of troops either on the Chinese side or Indian side as far as the friction points are concerned and asserted that issues will be addressed on the basis of mutual and equal security.

Army Chief General MM Naravane's three-day visit to Nepal beginning November 4 is expected to have a significant diplomatic overtone with India looking at resetting relations with the Himalayan nation after the ties came under severe strain following a bitter border row, officials said today.

Army Chief General MM Naravane will travel to Nepal in the first week of November, the maiden high-level visit from India since ties between the two neighbours came under strain after the Himalayan nation came up with a new political map in May claiming several areas in Uttarakhand to be part of its territory.

Army chief General MM Naravane on Wednesday said that the forces under his command have always been apolitical and will remain so in the future in keeping with a hallowed oath taken by every soldier to hold the Constitution above everything else.

Pakistan's powerful army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was given a six-month extension by the country's Supreme Court on Thursday, just hours before his three-year tenure was due to expire at midnight. The court also directed the parliament to legislate on the matter within these six months.

BJP leader Manoj Tiwari, pummeled by opposition parties for wearing military fatigues to a political rally on Saturday - seen as an unsubtle move to cash in on the recent confrontation with Pakistan after the Pulwama attack - said today that he often wears military clothes and it is something he does with pride.

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today defended Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's hug to Pakistan's army chief, saying both Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi had hugged their Pakistani counterparts during their visits to that country.