Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Thursday held discussions on issues of bilateral and regional interest, as well as avenues to further build upon the historic defence ties between the armed forces of two countries.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed by Army Chief General Manoj Pande on the death of five soldiers in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, defence sources said on Thursday.
"It is a very sad incident. There should be a high-level inquiry into the incident," Senior SAD leader Prem Singh Chandumajra said in a press conference in Chandigarh.
Army Chief Manoj Pande in his address at the culmination of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX- 2023) also mentioned that India's defence industry has displayed its potential.
The Afghan Taliban-supported group, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is posing a severe challenge to Pakistan and newly appointed army Chief General Asim Munir as he failed to tackle the militant group since the banned outfit called off the ceasefire, Sergio Restelli writes in The Times of
The Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Monday said that arranging peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran and putting forth the Chinese 12-point peace plan for conflict between Ukraine and Russia is reflective of Chinese urgency to replace the US as a global net security provider.
Union Minister of State Minister of State for Civil Aviation and former Army Chief General VK Singh has said that Technical Support Division (TSD), a military intelligence unit that was later disbanded, could have bettered a lot of things and he considers it a shame that it was taken off<
He said that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict provides valuable pointers and stressed hard power, duration of the war, precision fires, information operations and grey-zone aggression.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan earlier had said that he is ready to talk to Army Chief General in the broader interest of the country but no one is willing to talk.
"It was a timely decision and the excellent interagency coordination between all the stakeholders due to which they (60 Para field hospital team) were amongst the first few medical teams that reached Turkey," General Pande said.
Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Wednesday reviewed innovative projects undertaken by Indian Army personnel including Lt Colonel S Chauhan and Sub Sapre PS at the India pavilion of Aero India in Karnataka's Bengaluru. He was briefed on different products and their operational usage.