General Officer Commanding-in-chief Eastern Command

Amid India-China border tension, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Eastern Command RP Kalita on Friday said that the situation in both Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is stable now but unpredictable because of the boundary issue.

The top military officer was speaking at a wreath laying on the occasion of Raising Day of HQ Eastern Command on November 1 at Vijay Smarak, Fort William in Kolkata.

Days after a brief stand-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Army Command, visited the region on Monday and interacted with the troops.

Insurgency is likely to increase in the Northeast after the Doklam stand-off with China and there are already signs of it in the region, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command Lt General JR Mukherjee said.

The Army is totally geared up to face any situation in the Doklam sector and any mischief will be dealt with "properly", General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Abhay Krishna said on Saturday.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today visited forward army posts in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China. The minister, in her first visit to the state, was accompanied by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command Lt. Gen. Abhay Krishna and other senior army officers

Amid India-China border tension, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Eastern Command RP Kalita on Friday said that the situation in both Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh is stable now but unpredictable because of the boundary issue.

The top military officer was speaking at a wreath laying on the occasion of Raising Day of HQ Eastern Command on November 1 at Vijay Smarak, Fort William in Kolkata.

Days after a brief stand-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Army Command, visited the region on Monday and interacted with the troops.

Insurgency is likely to increase in the Northeast after the Doklam stand-off with China and there are already signs of it in the region, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command Lt General JR Mukherjee said.

The Army is totally geared up to face any situation in the Doklam sector and any mischief will be dealt with "properly", General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Abhay Krishna said on Saturday.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today visited forward army posts in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China. The minister, in her first visit to the state, was accompanied by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command Lt. Gen. Abhay Krishna and other senior army officers