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  Any misadventure by Pakistan Army will be repelled with punitive response: Army chief Bipin Rawat

  India | July 13, 2019 15:00 IST

  The rise of non-state actors and the readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting have become a new norm, he said. Addition of cyber and space domain has changed the battlefield scenario, the Army chief noted.  

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  Army chief visits Jammu-based White Knight Corps, reviews security situation

  India | March 02, 2019 21:22 IST

  This is the first visit of the army chief to the region after India's air strike at a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror facility in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday in response to the February 14 strike in Pulwama, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.  

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  Army Chief bats for 'artificial intelligence' to deal with 'adversary' on northern borders

  India | January 20, 2019 23:53 IST

  He added that India should ensure that it empires in military systems in weapons, equipment and ammunition.

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  'Over 300 terrorists waiting to infiltrate, talks with separatists possible only if guns are shunned': Army Chief

  India | January 11, 2019 8:24 IST

  Addressing the annual press conference ahead of the Army Day, Gen Rawat said that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir needs to be brought under better control.  

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  Won't allow gay sex in Indian Army, says chief Bipin Rawat

  India | January 10, 2019 17:12 IST

  In what was hailed as a historic move, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court last September unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consensual unnatural sex, saying it violated the rights to equality.

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  Social media playing huge role in radicalising youth, says General Bipin Rawat

  India | January 09, 2019 11:05 IST

  Addressing the audience at Riasina Dialogue in New Delhi, General Rawat said Kashmiri youth is getting radicalised due to misinformation and falsehood about religion being fed to them. 

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  Army to increase intake of women in more non-combat roles: General Bipin Rawat

  India | December 16, 2018 0:03 IST

  Besides, it also was mulling recruiting women for the military police, he told reporters here on the sidelines of the combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal on the city outskirts.

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  'Army not a job provider org, show toughness if you want to join': Gen Rawat

  India | December 14, 2018 14:15 IST

  "Aksar dekha gaya hai ki log Bharatiya Sena ko ek employment ka jariya manate hai, naukari hasil karane ka jariya (It is often seen that people feel the Army is a means of employment, a means to get a job)," Gen Rawat said.

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  Bulandshahr violence: Will extend all cooperation to police over army personnel's arrest, says General Bipin Rawat

  India | December 08, 2018 14:30 IST

  Earlier in the day, Jeetu Fauji who allegedly shot at Police Inspector Subodh Singh was arrested.

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  'Acceptance good, but we already knew who did it': General Rawat on Pak PM Imran Khan's 26/11 remark

  India | December 08, 2018 14:09 IST

  The Army Chief's response came following Pak PM Imran Khan's statement acknowledging that the Mumbai terror attack was perpetrated by LeT.

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  No threat but need to be alert in Punjab: Army chief Bipin Rawat

  India | November 12, 2018 15:38 IST

  While maintaining that there was no immediate threat of militancy in Punjab, the Indian Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat, said on Monday that there was a need to be alert about it.  

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  Pakistan trying to vitiate atmosphere, they don't like India progressing: Army Chief Bipin Rawat

  India | November 04, 2018 21:45 IST

  "See we have a neighbouring country which always tries to vitiate atmosphere here. Our country is progressing which is not liked by them," Rawat told reporters.  

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  Attempts to revive insurgency in Punjab, will be too late if action not taken now: Army Chief Rawat

  India | November 03, 2018 21:56 IST

  Rawat also said that attempts were being made again through 'external linkages' and 'external abetment' to revive insurgency in Assam.

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  India has no extra-territorial ambitions: Army Chief Bipin Rawat

  India | November 01, 2018 15:32 IST

  He said within the Indo-Pacific, the Indian Ocean Region remains India's primary area of interest. India, he said, is committed to uphold and strengthen the rules-based order in Indo-Pacific.

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  Army looking into reports of snipers entering Valley: Bipin Rawat

  India | October 29, 2018 14:35 IST

  Responding to the pattern of attacks, the Army chief said the security force was studying whether the attacks were carried out by snipers. 

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  There is need for another surgical strike on terror launch pads: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat

  India | September 25, 2018 14:13 IST

  Surgical strikes were conducted by the Indian Army on terror launch pads across the Line of Control on September 29 two years ago.

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  Army forces cannot be frayed from using smartphones, says Army Chief General Bipin Rawat

  India | September 04, 2018 20:22 IST

  Rawat said social media can be leveraged for psychological warfare and deception not just in conventional warfare, but also in combating proxy war insurgency and terrorism. 

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  Army conducts terror ops under strict rules, reports about 'brutality' against civilians false: General Rawat

  India | June 29, 2018 12:29 IST

  General Rawat stressed that the Army operates under strict guidelines that clearly point out that civilians should not be inconvenienced in any military action.

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  Guv rule in J&K: Our ops will go on like they used to, we don't face political interference, says Army Chief

  India | June 20, 2018 17:15 IST

  Talking to media today Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat rebuffed claims of any political interferance in the security force's actions in the Valley. "The imposing of Governor's rule will not affect our operations. Our operations will go on like they used to. We don't face any political interference."

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  Army Chief warns Kashmiri youth against fighting security forces, says 'Azadi not possible'

  India | May 10, 2018 12:11 IST

  In an interview to The Indian Express, General Rawat said, "I want to tell Kashmiri youth that Azadi isn't possible. It won't happen. Don't get carried away unneccessarily. Why are you picking up weapons? We will always fight those who seek Azadi, those who want to secede. Azadi is not going to happen, never."