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  Army Chief Meets Def Secy; Govt Says Moving SC Unhealthy

  India | January 18, 2012 21:11 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 18: Amid the face-off over the age issue, Army Chief Gen V K Singh today met Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma even as the government expressed unhappiness over the “unhealthy precedent” set by

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  Army Chief Age Row : Antony Meets PM, Defence Secretary Called Back From Malaysia

  India | January 17, 2012 16:55 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 17: With Army Chief Gen V K Singh dragging the government to Supreme Court over his age issue, Defence Minister A K Antony today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the

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  Defence Secretary Lodhi Sacked In National Interest, Says Pak Govt

  World | January 14, 2012 18:19 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 14: The Pakistan government has rejected former Defence Secretary Lt Gen (retired) Khalid Naeem Lodhi's claim that he was sacked on charges of misconduct without being given a hearing, saying he had been

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  Pak Army, Govt On Head-On Collision; Defence Secretary Sacked

  World | January 11, 2012 21:29 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 11: A confrontation between the army and the government came to a head in Pakistan today with the powerful army chief warning the Prime Minister's critical remarks against him and the ISI chief

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  US holding "outreach" talks with Taliban: Gates

  World | June 19, 2011 22:28 IST

  Washington, Jun 19 :  The US has been engaged in “very preliminary” peace talks with the Taliban to find a “political outcome” to end the decade-long war in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Robert Gates confirmed today.“There's