Manmohan Singh Army Chief

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  On 2012 Coup Allegations, General VK Singh Writes To PM; Seeks Probe

  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.

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  Apologise For Dinner "Misadventure", Arun Jaitley Tells Congress: 10 Points

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley took on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday evening over his piercing rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has accused Pakistan of trying to meddle in the Gujarat assembly elections, linking it to a dinner hosted for a visiting Pakistani leader by Mani Shankar Aiyar, now suspended by the Congress. M...

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  'A Brazen Lie': General VK Singh Takes On Manish Tewari About Troop Movement

  Union Minister VK Singh, who retired as the Army Chief, has pilloried Congressman Manish Tewari for suggesting that there is some truth to a report that army troops were moved secretly towards Delhi in 2012, when Dr Manmohan Singh headed the coalition UPA government.

• Omar Abdullah meets Prime Minister, raises Army decision in Pathribal encounter

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Jammu and raised the issue of the Army's controversial decision to close the Pathribal fake encounter case.

• Unwell Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not attend Army reception

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today could not attend the 'At-Home' reception hosted by Army Chief General Bikram Singh as he was indisposed.

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  J&K attacks: They shot Lieutenant Colonel twice in the stomach at point-blank range

  In what points to a serious security lapse, terrorists managed to make their way from Jandi village on the border with Pakistan to Hiranagar in Kathua district of Jammu, where they attacked a police station and killed cops, before hijacking a truck and driving to the Samba district to attack an armoured corp unit. All in a span of about two hours.

• Air chief's trip to China called off, India against 'diplomatic overdrive'

  India has rejected Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne's proposed visit to China, a move seen as New Delhi's bid to avoid a diplomatic overdrive at a time it is worried about increased Chinese aggression at the Line of Actual Control.

• Manmohan Singh shouldn't be keen on talking to Nawaz Sharif: LK Advani

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani today said that after Defence Minister AK Antony and the army chief have clearly specified that Pakistan army was involved in the killing of five jawans at the Line of Control (LoC), the Prime Minister should not be keen on talking to his Pakistan counterpart.

• Indian Army Chief to review security situation in Poonch after Pakistani troops kill five jawans

  Army Chief General Bikram Singh will visit Poonch tomorrow to review the security situation along the Line of control where five soldiers were killed by the Pakistani troops today.

• Defence forces ready to meet any challenge: PM in Independence Day speech

  Months after former Army Chief, General VK Singh, raised questions over the Army's preparedness, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the defence forces are ready to meet any challenge and their modernisation will continue.

• Sometimes silence is a golden rule: Manmohan Singh on Army Chief General VK Singh

  In a cryptic, but telling comment on Army Chief General V K Singh's recent controversial comments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight said, "Sometimes silence is a golden rule."

• Govt denies report on leakage of Army Chief's letter to PM

  The government has denied a report that a senior officer in the Cabinet Secretariat leaked Army Chief General VK Singh's confidential letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on shortage of equipment and ammunition in March this year. But the BJP is all set to launch an attack on the issue in Parliament; it is likely to seek a clarification.

• MPs question govt, army over report on movement of troops

  Concerned over media reports of the Indian Army moving two key battalions to the national capital and Army Chief Gen. VK Singh's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on gaps in battle readiness, a parliamentary committee on Wednesday raised serious questions on the functioning of the Defence Ministry and the Armed forces. At its pre-scheduled m...

• Months of acrimony for army chief and the government

  The furore over Army chief General VK Singh's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that has been leaked, is just one among a series of incidents that have severely strained ties between the General and the government this year.

• AFSPA row: Omar meets Prime Minister, Sonia but gets no assurances

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is locked in a battle with the Army over the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of his state, met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the capital in a bid to "narrow down differences" over the issue.