In his maiden communication with the three defence forces, new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has asked the Army, Navy and Air Force to make a move ahead towards the creation of integrated theatre commands.
October 2, 2022Gen Chauhan is India's second CDS. He succeeds Gen Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a helicopter crash in December 2021.
September 30, 2022As CDS, Lt Gen Chauhan becomes the military head and permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian armed forces.
September 28, 2022"I am shocked to learn of the accident suffered by the chopper carrying Army generals, including the Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat, at Coonoor".
December 9, 2021Gen Rawat was on his way from Sulur IAF base in Coimbatore to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course when the chopper crashed.
December 8, 2021He was delivering the All India Radio’s prestigious Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture last evening as part of the Prasar Bharati’s celebrations marking the birth anniversary of the ''Iron Man of India''.
November 1, 2021Modi was also informed that all medical officers on staff appointments at medical facilities of the three services would be employed at hospitals.
April 27, 2021The CDS added that the Indian Army and the Indian Navy too will join in.
May 1, 2020The Army chief will visit the US Military Academy at West Point and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, of which he is an alumnus
April 1, 2019It is true that soldiers do not enjoy the same freedoms as folk in civvy street, yet can a four-star general treat judicial pronouncement in such cavalier fashion?
January 13, 2019A day after Army Chief Bipin Rawat said that Assam-based All India United Democratic Front was growing faster than the BJP, party chief Badruddin Ajmal took strong exception to what he described as “shocking” remarks. The Army, however, defended General Rawat’s comments about the growth of the AIUDF, saying there was nothing political or religious …
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February 22, 2018Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat met students from two northeast states on Tuesday and encouraged them to join the armed forces and serve the cause of the nation. Talking to the National Integration Tour for 27 students from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Rawat brought out the importance of national integration and shared his experiences from …
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January 3, 2018Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat will on Thursday visit Jammu and Kashmir in his first official trip after taking over as India's 27th Chief Of Army Staff. According to top army sources, he will be visiting army formation in Jammu. This will be his median tour to J&K after taking over as new army chief. …
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January 5, 2017Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat will on Thursday visit Jammu and Kashmir in his first official trip after taking over as India's 27th Chief Of Army Staff. According to top army sources, he will be visiting army formation in Jammu. This will be his median tour to J&K after taking over as new army chief. …
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