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Permission of 10, Janpath not required to appoint Army Chief: Govt.
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday lambasted the Congress for demanding an explanation on the appointment of Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat as the next Army Chief, saying the government followed standards norms and doe
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CPI slams govt., demands transparency in Army Chief's appointment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): Expressing disappointment over the controversy surrounding all high-level appointments during the NDA regime, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday said that transparency should go along with integrity in the appointment of new Army Chief, adding the
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BJP lambasts Congress for politicising Army Chief's appointment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit back at the Congress for politicising Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat's appointment as the Army Chief and drew the opposition's attention to the decision taken during the regime of late prime minister I
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Army veterans defend Centre, says seniority not only aspect for COAS appoi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Nagpur [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): The Army veterans on Sunday came to the rescue of the government, which has been drawing flak post the decision to appoint Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat as the next Army Chief, and said that seniority was not the only aspect taken into consideration
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Govt. can't brush aside considerations like seniority, competence: N
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday said the appointment of Army Chief is the prerogative of the government, but added that the ruling dispensation cannot brush aside considerations like seniority, competence and integrity.
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Govt names Lt Gen. Bipin Rawat as new Army Chief, Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): The government on Saturday announced the name of Lt Gen. Bipin Rawat as the new Chief of the Army Staff and Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa as the new Chief of Air Staff.
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New Pak Army chief has close links with the JuD, reveals report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec.17 (ANI): Pakistan's 16th Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, is said to be not only a very proud Muslim and a follower of the Sharia, but unknown to most, seems to have close links with the fundamentalist Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), which is led by 26/11 m
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Pak army chief attends 2nd anniversary of Peshawar school attack, promises
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Qamar Jawed Bajwa laid a wreath and offered Fateha on Friday as he attended the second anniversary of the Taliban claimed Peshawar Army Public School attack that took 144 lives, including 132 children.
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Announcement of next army chief will be very soon: Parrikar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said the announcement of the next army chief would be very soon.
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Testing times for new Pak army chief as forces working to undermine him
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 15 (ANI): Having superseded six senior officers to be appointed Pakistan's 16th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, many would have thought that General Qamar Javed Bajwa would ease into the all powerful position, but contrary to expecta
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Chinese commander meets Pakistan Army Chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Dec. 6 (ANI): The commander of China's People's Liberation Army, Western Theatre, General Zhao Zongqi Commaon met Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
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Sharif holds security discussion with new Army Chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 5 (ANI): Newly-elected Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday held separate discussions with President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on issues pertaining to national security.
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