Govt relents, House panel briefed on surgical strikes

Edit Deccan Herald 14 Oct 2016
Army did not share sensitive details ... Vice Chief of Army Staff ... Committee chairman ... “The chairperson of the Standing Committee on Defence, Maj Gen B C Khanduri, AVSM (Retd), never directed the defence secretary to arrange for a visual presentation by the army on the surgical strikes,” said a statement from Gurunam Singh, Joint Director of Press and Public Relations Wing of the Lok Sabha Secretariat ... ....

Nilgiri Library section given much needed facelift

Edit The Times of India 26 Sep 2016
Udhagamandalam. To all who have been familiar with the Nilgiris, the Nilgiri Library in Ooty has always been a journey down the nostalgia lane ... And the inaugural of the revamped heritage book section will be solemnized by Major Gen L K Gupta AVSM (retd), chairman of the INTACH- India. The heritage book section was for long in need of restoration, with leaky roofs and fungus indicating its deplorable state ... RELATED....

Congress to head two key committees

Edit The Hindu 20 Sep 2016
NEW DELHI. The Congress, with a mere 44 members in a house of 545 Lok Sabha MPs, is going to head two more crucial parliamentary standing committees that, among other things, take a close look at the legislative bills introduced by the government. Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, P ... He will be succeeding P ... AVSM (Retd) B.C ... ....

Rousing welcome for Army Green

Edit Deccan Herald 19 Sep 2016
It was no different this year, with two of army outfits, Army Red and Army Green capturing the eyeballs in New Delhi ... It was their first title ... Lt Gen SPS Katewa, AVSM, Commandant of ASC Centre & College and Colonel Commandant of the ASC along with Deputy Commandant Maj Gen NS Rajpurohit and Brig Rajiv Minocha, Commandant No 2 ASC Training Centre congratulated the team for their success ... “It was a crazy game ... ....

Chief of Army Staff Inaugurates the Army Design Bureau (CII - Confederation of Indian Industry)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Sep 2016
(Source. CII - Confederation of Indian Industry). General Dalbir Singh. PVSM. UYSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, the COAS formally announced establishment of the Army Design Bureau today during an Army Seminar on Make Projects organized in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi ... The COAS also launched the 'Make in India Army Website' which was hosted live during the inaugural session of the Seminar ... New Delhi ... (noodl....

Key Army post for Keralite

Edit The Times of India 02 Sep 2016
Kochi. Lieutenant General P M Hariz, AVSM, SM, VSM, took over as General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, on Thursday ... The General was given a guard of honour ... Hariz hails from Kozhikode ... RELATED....

Indian agriculture must diversify itself: Professor Yoginder K Alagh

Edit The Times of India 30 Aug 2016
Chandigarh ... PU vice-chancellor professor Arun Kumar Grover and the former PU VC professor RP Bambah, former (GoC-In-C) Western Command Chandimandir and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Chair Professor at PU, Lt Gen KJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM (BAR) (Retd), Emeritus Professor, Prof HS Shergill, large number of PU teachers, research scholars and students participated in the lecture ... Box. Alagh to deliver first J C Anand Mmeorial lecture ... RELATED....

Indian Navy forum looks to 'Make in India' with MSME participation

Edit The Times of India 27 Aug 2016
CHENNAI ... Our vision is to create the first Indian Aerospace and Defense Park under the new DPP," said Vinod Surana, co-chairman, ASSOCHAM Southern Region ... TN has the capability for undertaking defence production, and MSMEs need to step forward to engage with the Indian Navy," said Vice Admiral AV Subhedar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Materiel, Integrated Headquarters (Navy), New Delhi, while deliver the key note address ... RELATED....

Former GoC-in-C gets PU Maharaja Ranjit Singh Chair

Edit The Times of India 18 Aug 2016
CHANDIGARH. Former (GoC-In-C) Western Command, Chandimandir, Lt Gen K J Singh, PVSM, AVSM (BAR) (Retd) has accepted the Maharaja Ranjit Singh chair professor, which was recently offered to him by the varsity. The chair, which is with the department of defence and National securities, has had no occupants since its inception ... Lt Gen K J Singh (Retd) will also deliver the Panjab University (PU) colloquium at the university on Wednesday....

PRESIDENT APPOINTS GOVERNORS (The President of India)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Aug 2016
(Source. The President of India). PRESIDENT APPOINTS GOVERNORS Rashtrapati Bhavan . 17.08.2016. The President has been pleased to make the following appointments.-. 1 ... 2. Dr. Najma A ... Singh, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM....

Mahar Regiment all set to scale Mount Kamet

Edit The Times of India 02 Aug 2016
LUCKNOW. As many as 3 officers, 2 junior commissioned officers and 12 soldiers drawn from various battalions of Mahar Regiment embarked on a mission on Monday to conquer the 7,756 feet-high Mount Kamet ... Lieutenant General Gyan Bhushan, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (retired), Major General Manoj Oka, VSM, Colonel of the Mahar Regiment and other distinguished guests also attended the flagging off ceremony ... RELATED. From around the web....

Naval dockyard gets new admiral superintendent

Edit The Times of India 29 Jul 2016
Visakhapatnam. Rear Admiral Narayana Prasad took charge as admiral superintendent of Naval Dockyard here on Thursday from Rear Admiral SR Sarma ... Rear Admiral SR Sarma, AVSM, VSM, who was at the helm at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam for 18 months, is now taking over as the chief staff officer (technical) at ENC in Vizag....
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