Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid floral tribute to the late General Bipin Rawat, the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), at his statue on his death anniversary at the military base in Dehradun on Friday.
In a major boost to its firepower, the Defence Ministry has approved the procurement of a regiment of 'Pralay' ballistic missiles for the Indian Army for deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and Line of Control (LoC), that is, borders with China and Pakistan respectively.
In a giant leap towards creating a rocket force to tackle the threat from the northern borders, Indian defence forces are set to place orders for two more units of the Pralay ballistic missiles at the cost of over Rs 7,500 crore.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the statue and memorial site of the country's first Chief of Defence Staff General Padma Vibhushan Bipin Rawat at Kanak Chowk, Dehradun on Friday.
Remembering late Gen Bipin Rawat on his 65th birth anniversary, Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said Rawat's biggest contribution was to change the narrative of counter-insurgency and counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
The troops visited the Agra-based Shatrujeet Brigade as part of General Rawat Australia-India Young Defence Officers' Exchange Programme instituted in honour of India's first Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat.
First Lady of the State, Neelam Mishra in presence of Minister Industries, Textile & Handicraft Tumke Bagra on Wednesday officially launched the State 'Eri Silk Logo and branding of Kaushya Eri Silk of Arunachal Pradesh at a function organised by the Department of Sericulture at General
Army Chief General Manoj Pandey on Saturday remembered India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) late Gen Bipin Rawat and said that he had had boundless energy.
Union Minister Ajay Bhatt paid homage to India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) late Gen Bipin Rawat at the United Service Institution of India (USI) in Delhi.
Geetika Lidder, wife of Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder who died in a chopper crash in December last year, laid a wreath at a ceremony on behalf of all personnel in commemoration of the first death anniversary of the Late General Bipin Rawat, his wife and Brigadier LS Lidder.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday said that the first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was "resolute" and clear India would not step back during the 2017 Doklam crisis.