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[Former Chief of Army Staff, General Shankar Roy chowdhury] “Shootout at the OK Corral?” The Indian Army would undoubtedly frown at such frivolity, but scattered media reports and Internet chatter indicate that during the recent comparative trials pitching a squadron (14 tanks) of Russian T-90 tanks, currently the mainstay of the Army’s armoured forces, and an equivalent number of India’s indigenous Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT), the latter is said to have “performed creditably” and “outshot and outran” its Russian competitor.
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DEHRA DUN: Visiting Sri Lankan army chief Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya today said though China's influence in the Indian Ocean is growing, it is not posing any threat to the Indian sub-continent. "There is no threat to any country in the Indian sub-continent from the growing influence of China in the waters of Indian Ocean. It is a wrong belief", Jayasuriya told reporters after reviewing the Passing Out Parade (POP) at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) here. Regarding India, he said military cooperation between India and Sri Lanka is increasing and armies of the two countries are cooperating with each other in several areas including the field of training. In this regard, he pointed out that 120 Sri Lankan officers have so far received training in the IMA. He said he also plans to meet Chief of Army Staff Gen V K Singh during his current visit. On LTTE, Jayasuriya said LTTE in Sri Lanka has been compeletely decimated but admitted its symphathisers do exist in other countries. NEW DELHI: Just when the controversy over the age of Army chief Gen V K Singh is beginning to die down, a set of allegations have cropped up against his likely successor Lt Gen Bikram Singh, making the issue of who should head the world's second largest standing army a murky affair. According to multiple sources in the government, written complaints and anonymous petitions have suddenly surfaced against Lt Gen Bikram Singh, the Eastern Army Commander who should succeed Gen VK Singh as the next Chief of Army Staff on May 31. With the defence ministry rejecting Gen VK Singh's contention that 1951, and not 1950, be considered his year of birth, he is set to retire on May 31. Lt Gen Bikram Singh is poised to take over because he is the senior-most officer and because government rarely deviates from the seniority principle in deciding the Army chief. Senior government sources said they were suddenly faced with allegations, some of them from Members of Parliament and others, and a few of them anonymous, against Lt Gen Bikram Singh. NEW DELHI: Army chief Gen V K Singh seems to have won the first round in the legal battle on the age row with the Supreme Court on Friday saying the manner in which his statutory complaint was rejected by the government "appears to be vitiated". ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf had plans to topple the elected government since his inception as the army chief in 1998, revealed General Ziauddin Butt who was appointed as army chief by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on October 12, 1999, the fateful day that put an end to Butt's military career and Sharif's civilian rule. "The plan to topple the elected government was not a secret in the days leading up to October 12. We were aware that General Musharraf and his cronies would take over. I personally know that Musharraf had some such plans since October 1998 when he assumed the office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS)," General (retired) Ziauddin Butt disclosed to local newspaper after 11 years. On October 12, 1999, Butt was appointed as army chief by then PM Nawaz Sharif, sparking the series of events that led to the military coup later that night. The same night proved disastrous for Ziauddin Butt as it bought an end to his military career and he was kept in solitary confinement for two years. PUDUCHERRY: Chief of Army Staff V K Singh on Friday said the threat of terrorism should be tackled collectively by all countries of South Asia for a more stable environment for economic growth. Inaugurating a two-day seminar on "India's role in South Asia: Strategic challenges and opportunities in 21st century", he referred to security dynamics country wise in the region, including Sri Lanka, which is looking at rehabilitating and resettling internally displaced persons during the LTTE-Sri Lankan Army conflict. "The security situation will entirely depend on how these efforts succeed. If the majority community there is more magnanimous, takes greater interest in amalgamating the minority, we will find much more stability which ensures that security situation in our country remains all right," he said. He said South Asia should adopt a collective approach for regional security and development, without which it would be very difficult for it to find its place in the world order. |
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