General Bikram Singh
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Face-offs take place between Indian, Chinese troops: Army
India | Jul 31, 2014, 09:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Army today admitted that face-offs take place between troops of India and China while patrolling the “disputed” areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) but ruled out that a skirmish can take
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India gave befitting reply to Pak after beheading incident, says Gen Bikram Singh
India | Jul 31, 2014, 02:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Outgoing Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh today said that India has given a befitting reply to Pakistan after the beheading of an Indian soldier by Pakistani troops in 2013 along the Line of
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Outgoing army chief commends Modi govt's approach to defence forces
India | Jul 30, 2014, 09:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: In his last address as the seniormost military officer, outgoing Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh today praised the “positive and pragmatic” approach of Narendra Modi government towards the requirements and issues related to
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Modi hosts farewell dinner for outgoing army chief
India | Jul 26, 2014, 09:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hosted a farewell dinner for outgoing Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh.Gen Singh's wife Bubble Singh, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of State for Defence
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Army chief meets J&K CM, Governor; discusses security situation
India | Jul 12, 2014, 08:11 PM ISTSrinagar: On a farewell visit to the Northern command, outgoing Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh today met Jammu and Kashmir governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here separately and discussed the prevailing
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Indian states, Chinese provinces should interact more: Jairam Ramesh
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:49 PM ISTKolkata: Terming Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh's ongoing and Vice President Hamid Ansari's just-concluded China visit as "significant", former union minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday India needs to "deepen the political dialogue" and that
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Indian Army chief to visit Nepal next week
World | Mar 06, 2014, 04:35 PM ISTKathmandu: Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh would visit Nepal next week to attend a ceremony during the joint military exercise Surya Kiran-VI being organised in in the country's western region.Though the date of Singh's
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Antony asks Services chiefs not to deploy Military Police to restrict traffic
India | Jan 20, 2014, 08:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony has advised the three Services chiefs against imposition of traffic restrictions by Military Police during their movement after his Cabinet colleague Jairam Ramesh complained to him on the
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Army Chief meets Antony, discusses Keran operations
India | Oct 09, 2013, 10:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Army Chief General Bikram Singh called on Defence Minister AK Antony today to brief him about the 15 day long Keran operations in Jammu and Kashmir. The minister is recovering from prostate surgery
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Army chief briefs CCS on Chinese incursion
India | May 01, 2013, 10:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 1: The Indian Army chief, General Bikram Singh, Wednesday briefed the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on the Chinese incursion in Ladakh."The CCS met today and the army chief briefed us on
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Ladakh Incursion: Army Chief General Bikram Singh to visit Jammu and Kashmir
India | Apr 23, 2013, 01:09 PM ISTJammu, Apr 23: In the backdrop of the Chinese incursion in Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief General Bikram Singh will arrive on a two-day visit of the state, starting Tuesday.The Army chief
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Army chief talks tough, reserves 'right to retaliate'
India | Jan 14, 2013, 03:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 14: The killing of two Indian soldiers - one of whom was beheaded - by Pakistan troops was a "gruesome and an unpardonable act", army chief General Bikram Singh said Monday while