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India's first CDS, longest serving four-star officer Gen Bipin Rawat is no
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): India's first Chief of Defence Staff and longest-serving four-star officer General Bipin Rawat, known as the transformer in the Indian military's higher defence organisation, passed away on Wednesday after a helicopter carrying him crashed in Tamil Nadu.
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Is the PLA ground force facing comparative neglect?
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 23 (ANI): The ground force of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) contains approximately 975,000 active-duty soldiers, but in some regards, its modernization is being left behind by China's heavy investment in the navy, air force and missile force. The ground force make
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Redrawing Army's command boundaries along China border step towards creati
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): The redrawing of the boundaries of the Indian Army's commands looking after the China border is a step towards the creation of theatre commands and this will help in better management of the resources.
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In a fresh push, Defence Ministry asks defence forces to submit theatre co
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), November 2 (ANI): In a fresh push towards the creation of theatre commands to fight the next wars in an integrated manner, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) under the Defence Ministry has asked the three services to conduct studies on the structures of the new forma
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Xi Jinping makes changes in Western Theatre Command with India in view
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 23 (ANI): There have been numerous changes in the Western Theatre Command (WTC) lately by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Chinese General, who commanded Western Theatre along Indian border, dies d
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 8 (ANI): Senior Chinese General Zhang Xudong who stepped down as head of Western Theatre Command (bordered with India) in June died aged 58.
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Xi promotes Wang Haijiang to rank of General for PLA's Western Theatre Com
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 8 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday promoted Wang Haijiang to rank of General for People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Western Theatre Command, which oversees the borders with India.
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CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, 3 services chiefs discuss creation of theatre command
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and the three services chiefs on Thursday discussed issues related to the creation of integrated theatre commands.
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DMA to first seek govt nod for initiating process for creation of theatre
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Amid the ongoing process for the creation of new integrated theatre commands, the Defence Ministry would be first seeking approval from the government to initiate the process for the creation of new formations.
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Military's internal spat out in open; CDS terms Air Force as support arm,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The spat over the creation of integrated theatre commands has now come out in open with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat stating that the air arm of the military was supposed to play a supporting role for the other armed forces.
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Air force veterans critical of IAF being 'supporting arm' remark by CDS
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Tensions escalated between armed forces over the creation of four new integrated theatre commands on Friday, with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat saying that the Indian Air Force is like "a supporting arm" akin to artillery or engineers in the Army
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Won't discuss theatre commands issue in media as deliberations still on: I
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 21 (ANI): Amid the ongoing discussions on the creation of Theatre Commands, the Indian Air Force on Monday said official deliberations on the issue are still on and denied to comment on media reports suggesting that the IAF was opposing the move while the Army and
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