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Lt Gen Rath Approaches HC Against Court-Martial

Lt Gen P K Rath, who has been indicted along with former Military Secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash in the Sukna land scam in Darjeeling, today approached the Delhi High Court

Land scam | Tribunal Issues Notice to Army

The Armed Forces Tribunal today issued notice to the army to produce the findings of the Court of Inquiry (COI) in the Sukna land scam and raised a number of questions over the role

Will Not Tolerate Corruption in Armed Forces | Antony

The government today said the army has already taken strong action in the Sukhna land scam case, insisting that it will not tolerate even a single instance of corruption in the

Lt-Gen V K Singh, Will Be Next Army chief

Lt-Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, who at present is the chief of Eastern Army Command at Kolkata, has been announced as the next army chief by the government on Friday. Lt-Gen Vijay Kumar Singh will

‘Will take action against Generals’

Army chief Deepak Kapoor will take “some disciplinary and administrative action” against the four Generals involved in a land scam in Darjeeling, Defence Minister A K Antony said

Land scam | Tainted general to retire

In a highly controversial decision, the army has decided to let a tainted general retire without any punishment despite his indictment in a corruption case.  Military Secretary Lt Gen

Man linked to UK hostages ‘freed’

Iraqi officials have released a Shia militant leader from the group which kidnapped five Britons in Baghdad in 2007, the Iraqi interior ministry says. Qais al-Khazaali is believed to be the leader

Man arrested after explosives planted on him in security test

Irish broadcaster RTE has reported that a man has been arrested after explosives were brought into Ireland in a security exercise by another country. A 49-year-old man was detained following the

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Fire guts parts of Ghana market

Fire has destroyed parts of one of Africa’s biggest markets, at Ghana’s second city of Kumasi. The fire is reported to have lasted for several hours, but so far no casualties have been