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The Grecian pain of austerity
18 Jun 2012 3:19 PM ISTMore and more, people across the world are refusing to pay for the blunders and chicanery of the ruling classes. Be it the USA and the Occupy movement...
Stalemate on Siachen
13 Jun 2012 1:41 PM ISTThe India-Pakistan defence dialogue on resolving the Siachen issue ended expectedly in a stalemate. But significantly, it was not a dialogue of the...
BEML chief is first casualty in Tatra case
12 Jun 2012 6:39 AM ISTThe terse defence ministry note said it all. It said: 'The government has put the CMD of BEML VRS Natarajan under suspension following the...
Army chief revokes ban on Suhag
8 Jun 2012 6:47 AM ISTFor those steeped in military history, these shenanigans of the Indian Army general corps, is in no way reflective of the Prussian general staff. The...
Gujarat government keeps Navy waiting
6 Jun 2012 7:10 AM ISTGujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s privatisation panacea for all ills of the state has put the Indian Navy in a spot of bother. The navy had...
The baton of stormy times changes hands
1 Jun 2012 9:00 AM ISTThe baton of the chief of army staff (COAS) of the Indian Army changed hands at the gong of mid-day. Gen Vijai Kumar Singh ended his 26-month stint,...
Tejinder approaches Antony against Singh
30 May 2012 7:03 AM ISTEven though the defence minister A K Antony was away from Delhi, retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, the former director of a largely ineffectual body,...
Singh’s parting shot: Sukna accused cashiered
28 May 2012 9:50 AM ISTThe outgoing army chief Gen V K Singh cashiered Avadesh Prakash, who served as the military secretary to the former army chief Deepak Kapoor, on the...
Congress survival in a changing milieu
26 May 2012 8:38 AM ISTOnce upon a time, the Congress party used to be considered a 'party of governance.' In the immediate aftermath of the independence, the party...
Uneasy MoD wants details of Singh’s notice
26 May 2012 7:25 AM ISTTwo days after the army chief Gen Vijai Kumar Singh issued a show-cause notice to Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, the Ministry of Defence has sought to...
After Chief's salvo, Army does damage control
25 May 2012 12:54 PM ISTA day after the army chief issued a show cause notice to 3 Corps commander, Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, about an intelligence-based raid on a private...
General’s new offensive, serves notice on Suhag
24 May 2012 3:22 PM ISTThe effort to influence the chain of succession to the helm of the Indian Army continues unabated.Ahead of his retirement 31 May, the army chief...