Lt General Ds Hooda

China is emerging as a major challenge for India, therefore the country needs to look at the future and frame its diplomatic, political and military strategies accordingly, Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda said on Friday.

Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda, the main architect of the 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads in PoK, Thursday said it is "worrisome" that the military is increasingly being drawn into the political discourse and used to win political arguments.

The Indian army had conducted surgical strikes against terrorists across the Pakistan border during the UPA rule too, news agency ANI quoted Lieutenant General (Retd) DS Hooda as saying on Saturday. His comments came hours after the BJP claimed that the Narendra Modi government was the first to take such an initiative.

Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retired), who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army, today condemned Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Thakur's comments that 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare had died at the hands of terrorists after she "cursed" him.

Lt General DS Hooda - the army general who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army -- on Sunday submitted a "comprehensive report" on national security to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

Lt General DS Hooda, who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army, has been roped in by the Congress to chair a task force on national security and prepare a vision document for the party in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

The initial euphoria over the success of the surgical strike was natural but the constant hype around it is unwarranted, said a former Army officer who was associated with the operation. "I do think there was too much hype over it. The military operation was important and we had to do it. Now how much should it have been politicised, whether it is ...

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.

On a key visit to China after his predecessor was denied visa, the head of Indian Army's Northern Command has held talks with top defence officials in Beijing, focusing on fighting terror and maintaining peace on the Ladakh border, where many PLA incursions have occurred in the past.

China is emerging as a major challenge for India, therefore the country needs to look at the future and frame its diplomatic, political and military strategies accordingly, Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda said on Friday.

Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda, the main architect of the 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads in PoK, Thursday said it is "worrisome" that the military is increasingly being drawn into the political discourse and used to win political arguments.

The Indian army had conducted surgical strikes against terrorists across the Pakistan border during the UPA rule too, news agency ANI quoted Lieutenant General (Retd) DS Hooda as saying on Saturday. His comments came hours after the BJP claimed that the Narendra Modi government was the first to take such an initiative.

Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retired), who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army, today condemned Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Thakur's comments that 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare had died at the hands of terrorists after she "cursed" him.

Lt General DS Hooda - the army general who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army -- on Sunday submitted a "comprehensive report" on national security to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

Lt General DS Hooda, who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army, has been roped in by the Congress to chair a task force on national security and prepare a vision document for the party in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

The initial euphoria over the success of the surgical strike was natural but the constant hype around it is unwarranted, said a former Army officer who was associated with the operation. "I do think there was too much hype over it. The military operation was important and we had to do it. Now how much should it have been politicised, whether it is ...

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.

On a key visit to China after his predecessor was denied visa, the head of Indian Army's Northern Command has held talks with top defence officials in Beijing, focusing on fighting terror and maintaining peace on the Ladakh border, where many PLA incursions have occurred in the past.