Army Chief Retires

• Army Chief General VK Singh retires, lays wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti

  General VK Singh retires as army chief today. His term began in May 2010. General Bikram Singh will replace him as the Chief of the Army Staff today.

• Army Chief General V K Singh retires today

  General V K Singh, who took over the reins of the army 26 months ago with an image of an anti-corruption crusader, will retire as Army Chief today bringing to an end a controversial tenure that was marred by rows over his age and fissures among the military brass.

• Army chief targets Lt General, crucial posts in Army remain undecided

  With exactly a week to go before current Army Chief General VK Singh retires, there is still no clarity on who would be the officers heading two of the Army's crucial commands - the Eastern Command headquarterd at Kolkata and the Chandimandir (Chandigarh)-based Western Command.

• Age issue not affecting my decisions, says Army Chief General VK Singh

  Army Chief General VK Singh has told NDTV that there are perceptional differences between him and the Ministry of Defence on the age issue but there is no rift. Speaking to NDTV's Nitin Gokhale in his first television interview after the unseemly controversy erupted, General VK Singh has made it clear that the age issue has in no way affected any d...

• Govt hunts for truce in dispute with army chief over his age

  The unseemly prospect of the army chief taking the Government to court has opened the door to backroom negotiations. A possible compromise involves the Government declaring that General VK Singh did not misrepresent his age. In return, the General will agree to retire this year.