Lt Gen Bipin Rawat

Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat is due to retire on December 31 after a three-year stint. He is expected to be appointed as the country's first Chief of Defence Staff.

On the question of appointing of General Bipin Rawat as the new army chief, superseding other officers who have been in the service longer, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday quipped that if seniority was the only criteria, even computers could have picked a service chief.

Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Bipin Rawat's selection as the next army chief, superceding two senior officers, has triggered a political storm. After former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi overlooked General SK Sinha to make General AS Vaidya the army chief in 1983, this is the second time in 33 years when the government hasn't followed ...

The appointment of vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief has triggered political controversy, with both Congress and the Left Front questioning the government's decision to supercede two officers senior to him.

The government today appointed vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief superseding his two senior officers, while vice chief of air staff Air Marshal BS Dhanoa has been made the new chief of the Indian Air Force.

Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat is due to retire on December 31 after a three-year stint. He is expected to be appointed as the country's first Chief of Defence Staff.

On the question of appointing of General Bipin Rawat as the new army chief, superseding other officers who have been in the service longer, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday quipped that if seniority was the only criteria, even computers could have picked a service chief.

Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Bipin Rawat's selection as the next army chief, superceding two senior officers, has triggered a political storm. After former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi overlooked General SK Sinha to make General AS Vaidya the army chief in 1983, this is the second time in 33 years when the government hasn't followed ...

The appointment of vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief has triggered political controversy, with both Congress and the Left Front questioning the government's decision to supercede two officers senior to him.

The government today appointed vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief superseding his two senior officers, while vice chief of air staff Air Marshal BS Dhanoa has been made the new chief of the Indian Air Force.