Northern Army Commander Ds Hooda

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.

From Lieutenant General DS Hooda, who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army, comes a key clarification on AFSPA.

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 2016 surgical strikes were a successful tactical operation which conveyed a clear message to Pakistan to stop any misadventure along the Line of Control (LoC), Army's Northern Command Chief Lt. General Ranbir Singh said on Saturday.

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 ...

When Lieutenant General DS Hooda, then Northern Army Commander, saw the live video feed of India's surgical strike across the Line of Control, he knew he wasn't necessarily getting the full picture.

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.

An army jawan who was buried under snow following an avalanche in the Siachen glacier has been found alive, news agency Press Trust of India has reported. For six days, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was buried under 25 feet of snow in temperatures that hovered above minus 40 degrees Celsius.

Terror outfit ISIS does not have "very large footprint" in Jammu and Kashmir but care needs to be taken to ensure it does not make inroads, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda said today and advocated an "Intelligence Operation" to prevent spreading of its ideology.

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.

The army's northern command GOC on Monday confirmed the life sentence awarded to six army personnel, including a colonel-rank officer, by a general court martial in the 2012 Machil fake encounter case, an army official said.

The Indian Army has acknowledged that there is a shortage of ammunition, but said the government is seized of the matter and attempts have been made to address the issue.

Top commanders of the Indian Army led by Lieutenant General DS Hooda, chief of the Northern Command, today paid tributes in Drass to the martyrs of the 1999 Kargil conflict.

With reports of some terrorists having moved from North Waziristan after operations by Pakistan there, the Chief of the Northern Army Command Lieutenant General DS Hooda says that India needs to remain vigilant about infiltration and the possible fallout of the operations in North Waziristan.

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.

From Lieutenant General DS Hooda, who oversaw the cross-border surgical strikes in September 2016 as the former Northern Command chief of the Army, comes a key clarification on AFSPA.

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 2016 surgical strikes were a successful tactical operation which conveyed a clear message to Pakistan to stop any misadventure along the Line of Control (LoC), Army's Northern Command Chief Lt. General Ranbir Singh said on Saturday.

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 ...

When Lieutenant General DS Hooda, then Northern Army Commander, saw the live video feed of India's surgical strike across the Line of Control, he knew he wasn't necessarily getting the full picture.

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.

An army jawan who was buried under snow following an avalanche in the Siachen glacier has been found alive, news agency Press Trust of India has reported. For six days, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was buried under 25 feet of snow in temperatures that hovered above minus 40 degrees Celsius.

Terror outfit ISIS does not have "very large footprint" in Jammu and Kashmir but care needs to be taken to ensure it does not make inroads, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda said today and advocated an "Intelligence Operation" to prevent spreading of its ideology.

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.

The army's northern command GOC on Monday confirmed the life sentence awarded to six army personnel, including a colonel-rank officer, by a general court martial in the 2012 Machil fake encounter case, an army official said.

The Indian Army has acknowledged that there is a shortage of ammunition, but said the government is seized of the matter and attempts have been made to address the issue.

Top commanders of the Indian Army led by Lieutenant General DS Hooda, chief of the Northern Command, today paid tributes in Drass to the martyrs of the 1999 Kargil conflict.

With reports of some terrorists having moved from North Waziristan after operations by Pakistan there, the Chief of the Northern Army Command Lieutenant General DS Hooda says that India needs to remain vigilant about infiltration and the possible fallout of the operations in North Waziristan.