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Manekshaw to the rescue!

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03 Apr/12
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is inarguably Independent India’s most influential military leader. Today on his 98th birth anniversary, Sam Bahadur, as Manekshaw was known, the Field Marshal’s charishma brought defence minister AK Antony and Army Chief Gen VK Singh together for the first time on a public platform after last…
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Under pressure Antony favours more financial powers to Service Chiefs

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02 Apr/12
pib.nic.in mod.nic.in PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU (DEFENCE WING) GOVERNMENTOF INDIA ******** ​ANTONY REVIEWS ARMY ACQUISITION PROPOSALS New Delhi: Chaitra 13, 1934 April 02, 2012 ​The Defence Minister Shri A.K. Antony today reviewed various issues and proposals relating to acquisition for the Indian Army on Capital and Revenue Accounts. Today’s meeting was in continuation of…
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The story behind the bribe offer to COAS

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28 Mar/12
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  The video of the programme    http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/ndtv-special-ndtv-24×7/army-was-scammed-of-crores-with-over-priced-trucks/227561   The Article http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rs-14-crore-bribe-offer-to-army-chief-exposes-scam-worth-crores-in-tatra-trucks-190634?pfrom=home-otherstories#comment_post   The revelation by the army chief of an offer of a 14-crore bribe has sharply brought into focus what was really at stake.  The bribe was allegedly offered by a lobbyist for  a truck supplier who  flooded the army…
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Army Chief goes ballistic

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26 Mar/12
  I was offered a bribe of Rs 14 Crore, says India’s Army Chief Gen VK Singh http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3223758.ece?homepage=true    The COAS seems to have decided to take the bull by the horns.   More than a fortnight ago, the Army HQ had issued a press note drawing attention to the…
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