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Army Chief’s significant visit to Northern Command
Defenceinfo Bureau Report Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, visited headquarter Northern Command and the Srinagar based 15 Corps recently. The fact that the new Army Chief chose Northern Command as his first place of visit after assuming office points towards the importance that he will be according to the sensitive Jammu and Kashmir sector. The visit gains significance …
by Defence Info Bureau on June 24th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Siachen: A look beyond the hype
Jaibans Singh Siachen will come up in the secretary level talks between India and Pakistan scheduled on 11-12, June, 2012. The last parley was held almost a year back on May, 30, 2011; at that stage, the two countries failed to agree on the modalities for demilitarisation while agreeing “in-principle” to the need to demilitarise. The talks in May 2011 …
by Jaibans Singh on June 6th, 2012 1 Comments »
Revitalising the repressed defence industry
Major General (Retired) JS Kataria A confidential letter written by the previous Army Chief, General VK Singh, on March 12 to the Prime Minister, highlighting the glaring weaknesses in India’s defence preparedness on account of obsolescence of 97 per cent of air defence equipment and a void in critical tank ammunition, came into the public domain, sixteen days later. The …
by Guest Writer on June 1st, 2012 Leave a comment »
Leadership change in the Indian Army: New deeds for the new
Jaibans Singh General VK Singh, attained superannuation from the post of Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army on May, 31. The exit, unfortunately, took place in the midst of a number of controversies which cast a shadow over an otherwise illustrious career. His has been a much talked of tenure, wherein, he has been looked upon as a …
by Jaibans Singh on May 31st, 2012 5 Comments »
India should not become its own worst enemy in Myanmar
Prabhakar Gupta In a first by an Indian Prime Minister in 25 years, Manmohan Singh will be visiting Myanmar, starting May, 27. He will hold talks with President Thein Sein on May, 28, followed by a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss Myanmar’s ongoing transformation into a full-fledged democracy. Considering the geostrategic significance of the resource rich Myanmar, …
by Prabhakar Gupta on May 20th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Chinese Occupied J&K is a strategic dimension in Siachen
Prabhakar Gupta Siachen is once again in the news, thanks to General Kayani’s peace overtures in the backdrop of the avalanche mishap at the Pakistani post, Gayari, on the glacier. This overture, supported by the lusterless meeting in New Delhi between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, has impelled Pakistan to put the demilitarisation agenda …
by Jaibans Singh on May 11th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Indian Armed forces are being taken for granted
Jaibans Singh On 21 May 2009, the Government of India issued orders for non-functional financial upgradation for all Organised Group-A (OGA) civil services. With this, when one OGA officer gets empanelled at a particular post, all other officers of the same seniority shall also be moved up to the same pay level after a period of two years from the …
by Jaibans Singh on May 7th, 2012 2 Comments »
Demilitarisation of Siachen: Kayani’s personal crusade
Defenceinfo Bureau Report Pakistani Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, seems to have made demilitarisation of the Siachen glacier by India and Pakistan a personal crusade. The elusive General who allows his government stooges, his Prime Minister and his President to do all the dirty talking has, recently, come out in the open with a demand for progress on demilitarisation …
by Defence Info Bureau on May 5th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Dimilitarisation of Siachen: Let’s not get swayed by oratory
Jaibans Singh The Indo-Pakistan impasse on Siachen has been described by Dr Stephen Cohen, a Washington based South Asia analyst as “a fight between two bald men over a comb”. The problem with US thinkers and opinion makers is that they oversimplify important strategic issues as has been done by the good doctor with his bland comment. One would expect …
by Jaibans Singh on May 3rd, 2012 Leave a comment »
Wanted: A national crusade against naxalism
Jaibans Singh The counter naxal operations have recently received a severe setback due to a spate of high profile abductions. The saga of Jhina Hikaka, the Odisha MLA and the two Italian nationals Claudio Colangelo and Paolo Bosusco, captured by two different organisation of the maoists has just about finished and we have at hand the audacious kidnapping of Alex …
by Jaibans Singh on April 28th, 2012 Leave a comment »
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