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I was offered Rs 14 crore bribe: General VK Singh

Mar. 26 General News, India News Comments Off

Army Chief VK Singh 300x243 I was offered Rs 14 crore bribe: General VK SinghOne side Anna Hazare is fighting against corruption, and on the other hand a surprising statement came from the Indian Army Chief.

General VK Singh has recently said in an interview that he was offered a bribe of around Rs 14 crore by an equipment lobbyist as a move to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a tender made cleared for purchase.

Further, Army Chief told media that 7,000 of such vehicles are already being used by the Indian Army and had been sold in past many years at exorbitant prices.

Army Chief V K Singh was talking to a daily newspaper, ‘The Hindu’. Read more

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General VK Singh Age Issue: SC to hear plea today

Feb. 03 General News, India News Comments Off

V K Singh Army cheif 272x300 General VK Singh Age Issue: SC to hear plea todayThe army chief General VK Singh’s age row petition will hear by the Supreme Court today and the court will hear the over all matter from both sides.

The major steps has been taken to solve the age row issue and the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also met with General in a day before hearing for reaching on any stage of ending the issue, but in his half an hour meeting at Mukherjee’s South Block office late in the evening, Pranab was not asked for compromising, only asked for updates of issue and know the date of hearing on apex’s court.

General’s major step to come the govt. into the Supreme Court is came out after the defence ministry in December rejected his statutory complaint, requesting a change of his year of birth in official records to 1951 from 1950. Read more

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Govt. asks to change DOB of Army Chief General VK Singh

Jan. 29 General News Comments Off

vk singh 300x233 Govt. asks to change DOB of Army Chief General VK SinghOn 3 Feb, the Supreme Court will hear the petition that was filed by General VK Singh as issue of his age that created by govt. to treat his date of birth as May 10,1950 instead of May 10, 1951.

But today, 5 days before the hearing , the ministry of Defence has written a letter to Adjutant’s General’s branch of Army asking for make a change in the Army Chief’s date of birth as 1950.

Chief’s age row is a big issue that forced to pointed out the security and disciplinary of Military forces. This issue is hit out by lack of majority from both sides, one is government and another is army civilian. Read more

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Army Chief Age Issue: SC to hear today on VK Singh’s DOB

Jan. 20 India News Comments Off

army chief vk singh 300x258 Army Chief Age Issue: SC to hear today on VK Singh’s DOBThe Army chief general V K Singh who has brought the government in Supreme Court by filling a plea against it for claiming his DOB 1950 instead of 1951 is able to set down the UPA govt. under his strong defensive content as the proof of Legal document of Matriculation certificate.

As per source report, defence secretary Sashikant Sharma advised General to closed the case and offered him acceptance of his date of birth as 10 May,1951 by the govt. if he ready to quit on 31 May,2012 .

Such strange condition has brought because if he does not quit from the post then instead of posting of Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next army chief, General will be stay in his position as per this his retirement period will be bring forward from 2012. Read more

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