Tag: Indian Army Chief

Indian army chief supports talks with Afghan Taliban

Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat has welcomed peace talks with the Afghan Taliban as long as they did not have any "preconditions" attached...

Former Indian judge slams Gen Rawat for killing Kashmiri civilians

--An army can fight another army, it cannot fight the masses, retired judge tells Indian army chief India’s retired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju has...

Pakistan will remain an Islamic state, Qureshi responds to Gen Rawat’s...

--FM says Indian Army chief's statement calling for secularisation of Pakistan is 'meaningless' won't change country's ideology    Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said...

Shehryar Afridi rejects Indian army chief’s statement

ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Shehryar Afridi Sunday said that the statement of Indian army chief was unacceptable, irresponsible and unethical for chances of...

Indian army chief again threatens Pakistan with ‘other actions’

Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat has again threatened Pakistan that India will take action if “Islamabad continues to back cross-border aggression.” Gen Rawat said this...

Indian army chief calls for ‘another surgical strike’

--Gen Rawat says situation at border won't improve 'unless Pakistani govt control its military, ISI'   Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat has said India needs...

Shehbaz slams Indian army chief over ‘bellicose’ statement

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reacted to the Indian army chief’s “bellicose and irresponsible statement”, saying it only...

India whips up war hysteria, Pakistan shows restraint

--Pakistan Army says 'ready for war but wants to walk path of peace' after Indian army chief threatens 'painful retaliation' --ISPR DG rejects India's claim...

Srinagar hotel case: Indian military orders action against Maj Gogoi

The Indian Army has ordered disciplinary action against Major Leetul Gogoi after a court of inquiry found him guilty of fraternising with a local...

Indian army chief accuses UN of publishing ‘motivated’ reports

Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said the recent report on human rights violations in Kashmir, released by the United Nations, was...

Increase in Bengali immigration to India part of Pakistan’s ‘proxy war’,...

NEW DELHI: Indian Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat has claimed that a planned influx of people from Bangladesh into India’s north-eastern region...

Indian army chief reaches IoK as attack on army camp enters...

SRINAGAR: A fierce gun battle at an army base in Jammu city of Indian-occupied Kashmir has entered the second day leaving at least six people, including five...

Indian army chief calls for ‘ramping up the heat’ on Pakistan

Says political initiative must go 'hand-in-hand' with military operations in IoK to bring peace NEW DELHI: In a yet another provocative statement, Indian Army chief...

India is an ‘irresponsible’ nuclear state: Ahsan Iqbal

LAHORE: Responding to the Indian army chief’s ‘nuclear bluff’ assertion, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that the statement proves that "India is an...

Ready to call Pakistan’s ‘nuclear bluff’, says Indian army chief

Says India, China to have a hotline 'very soon' In a provocative statement, India’s Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said the force was...