Lieutenant General Bikram Singh

• Soft-spoken and Friendly: Army Chief's Village on its Famous Son

  Bishan village in Haryana's Jhajjar district looks like any other village in the state. However, behind its silent facade are some last minute preparations to get a celebration started, for this is the native village of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag, who became the 26th Chief of the 1.3 million-strong Indian Army on Thursday.

• General Dalbir Singh Suhag Takes Over As New Army Chief

  Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag, whose appointment as Army Chief had kicked up a political row, will take over today as the next commander of the 1.3 million strong force. He succeeds General Bikram Singh, who is retiring.

• Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag Takes Over as New Army Chief Today

  Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag, whose appointment as army chief had kicked up a row, will take over today as the next head of the 1.3 million strong force succeeding Gen. Bikram Singh who is retiring.

• Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag is India's new Army Chief

  The outgoing UPA government today appointed Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag as India's next Army Chief to succeed General Bikram Singh who retires on July 31.

• BJP warns government against appointing army chief before May 16

  There should be no hurry in making any appointments at this point of time, warned BJP leader and former Army chief General V K Singh

• India to get new Director General Military Operations

  General Bikram Singh, Indian Army, DGMO, , DG Infantry, Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia

• New army chief General Bikram Singh lifts ban on Lt Gen Suhag's promotion

  Within days of taking over as the Army Chief, General Bikram Singh has lifted the ban on Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag's promotion, which was imposed by the outgoing chief General VK Singh.

• Bikram Singh vows to address concerns on Army's modernisation

  Lieutenant General Bikram Singh will take over as the new Army Chief on Thursday with a resolve to strengthen the work culture of the force and address the "hollowness" of the modernisation process.

• Supreme Court dismisses petition against Lt Gen Bikram Singh's appointment as next Army Chief

  The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking to quash the appointment of Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief.

• Lieutenant General Bikram Singh to be the next Army chief: Govt

  Ending the suspense, Government today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief from May 31 to succeed General V K Singh.

• Full text: Lieutenant General Bikram Singh to be the next Army chief, says govt

  The government has announced that General Bikram Singh, the Eastern Army Commander, will be the next Army chief.

• Army chief race gets darker with new allegations against front-runner

  Even as the Army struggles to deal with the issue of when its chief V K Singh should retire, a new complication has arisen over who should succeed him. Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, the top contender for the post of the next Army chief, is facing a new challenge in his journey to the top.