Army Probes Generals

Union minister and former Army chief VK Singh on Thursday said he has written to the prime minister asking for a high-level probe into the alleged planting of false stories about an attempted coup during the UPA-II government in 2012.

Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent" and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law, UN investigators said on Monday.

The US Army will do something this weekend it has done only four other times since the Truman administration: drag a general into a military courtroom to face criminal charges. James Grazioplene, 68, a retired major general from Gainesville, Virginia, is being court-martialed on charges that he raped a child over a six-year period while he was on a...

Two former army chiefs -- General N C Vij and General Deepak Kapoor -- and several other retired military officials have been named by a high-level inquiry committee appointed by the defence ministry for their alleged complicity in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai.

Now that Major Gogoi has been awarded COAS Commendation Card by Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat for "his sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operations", the Jammu and Kashmir Police have made it clear that the "investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident would continue".

For more than two hours after the news broke, Trump had no official spokesperson, as his army of communications aides scrambled to craft a plan. By nightfall, Trump had ordered his talkers to talk; one adviser said the president wanted "his people" on the airwaves.

Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif flew to Karachi on Sunday for security meetings following high-profile attacks that have raised fears of a slide back into chaos in the busy metropolis once known as the world's most violent megacity.

Terming the Handwara incident as "highly regrettable", Northern Army Commander Lt General DS Hooda, who visited the area today, favoured early completion of probe into the killing of four persons after security personnel opened fired during a violent protest yesterday.

A general investigating the disappearance of a U.S. Army sergeant in Afghanistan is getting several more weeks to complete his probe.

Freed U.S. prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl on Wednesday answered all questions put to him by the U.S. Army general investigating the circumstances leading to his capture by the Taliban, Bergdahl's attorney said.

The Pakistan Army's legal branch has concluded that there is no scope for the military to try former army chief General Mirza Aslam Beg and former ISI chief Lieutenant General Mohammad Asad Durrani for paying millions of rupees to politicians to rig the 1990 general election, a media report said on Monday.

Former Army Chief Deepak Kapoor has reportedly contradicted the Defence Ministry's stand on the Adarsh Housing Society scam scam. While deposing today before the two-member judicial commission which is probing the scam, retired General Deepak Kapoor said that the Adarsh building is not a security threat for the nearby defence installation as compar...

In what could a setback for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Adarsh Society case, Retired Lt General GS Sihota has told the commission probing the scam that the land in question does not belong to the MoD. Former Defence personnel are deposing before the judicial panel probing the Adarsh Society scam. Retired Lieutenant General GS Sihota is th...

Fading away into the sunset, like many of his predecessors, isn't an option available to General VK Singh, who arguably is the most controversial Chief of Army Staff in contemporary Indian history.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to record soon, the statement of Army Chief General VK Singh, on his allegation that a retired officer, Former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, tried to bribe him in 2010. CBI sources have told NDTV that only if sufficient evidence is revealed will a First Information Report be filed in this matter. Th...

Union minister and former Army chief VK Singh on Thursday said he has written to the prime minister asking for a high-level probe into the alleged planting of false stories about an attempted coup during the UPA-II government in 2012.

Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent" and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law, UN investigators said on Monday.

The US Army will do something this weekend it has done only four other times since the Truman administration: drag a general into a military courtroom to face criminal charges. James Grazioplene, 68, a retired major general from Gainesville, Virginia, is being court-martialed on charges that he raped a child over a six-year period while he was on a...

Two former army chiefs -- General N C Vij and General Deepak Kapoor -- and several other retired military officials have been named by a high-level inquiry committee appointed by the defence ministry for their alleged complicity in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai.

Now that Major Gogoi has been awarded COAS Commendation Card by Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat for "his sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operations", the Jammu and Kashmir Police have made it clear that the "investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident would continue".

For more than two hours after the news broke, Trump had no official spokesperson, as his army of communications aides scrambled to craft a plan. By nightfall, Trump had ordered his talkers to talk; one adviser said the president wanted "his people" on the airwaves.

Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif flew to Karachi on Sunday for security meetings following high-profile attacks that have raised fears of a slide back into chaos in the busy metropolis once known as the world's most violent megacity.

Terming the Handwara incident as "highly regrettable", Northern Army Commander Lt General DS Hooda, who visited the area today, favoured early completion of probe into the killing of four persons after security personnel opened fired during a violent protest yesterday.

A general investigating the disappearance of a U.S. Army sergeant in Afghanistan is getting several more weeks to complete his probe.

Freed U.S. prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl on Wednesday answered all questions put to him by the U.S. Army general investigating the circumstances leading to his capture by the Taliban, Bergdahl's attorney said.

The Pakistan Army's legal branch has concluded that there is no scope for the military to try former army chief General Mirza Aslam Beg and former ISI chief Lieutenant General Mohammad Asad Durrani for paying millions of rupees to politicians to rig the 1990 general election, a media report said on Monday.

Former Army Chief Deepak Kapoor has reportedly contradicted the Defence Ministry's stand on the Adarsh Housing Society scam scam. While deposing today before the two-member judicial commission which is probing the scam, retired General Deepak Kapoor said that the Adarsh building is not a security threat for the nearby defence installation as compar...

In what could a setback for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Adarsh Society case, Retired Lt General GS Sihota has told the commission probing the scam that the land in question does not belong to the MoD. Former Defence personnel are deposing before the judicial panel probing the Adarsh Society scam. Retired Lieutenant General GS Sihota is th...

Fading away into the sunset, like many of his predecessors, isn't an option available to General VK Singh, who arguably is the most controversial Chief of Army Staff in contemporary Indian history.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to record soon, the statement of Army Chief General VK Singh, on his allegation that a retired officer, Former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, tried to bribe him in 2010. CBI sources have told NDTV that only if sufficient evidence is revealed will a First Information Report be filed in this matter. Th...