Ceremony to hand over baton of Chairman of CoSC cancelledThe Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) comprises chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force and the senior-most member is appointed its c...
27 Dec, 2019, 07.18 PM IST
Disability pension for military will be exempt from tax only upto a limitThe COSC comprising the chiefs of the army, air force and navy sent recommendations to the defence ministry on disability pension. One of t...
31 Oct, 2019, 06.40 PM IST
General Rawat to take charge of chairman of chiefs of staff committee on FridayThe Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) comprises chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force and the senior most member is appointed its c...
26 Sep, 2019, 05.58 PM IST
In his I-Day address to nation, Modi announces creation of Chief of Defence StaffThe prime minister said the CDS will ensure synergy among the three services and provide effective leadership to them.
15 Aug, 2019, 11.21 AM IST
Security strategy, tri-Service chief high on NDA 2.0 agendaSources said the two "long-pending and long-deliberated measures" figure high on the government's radar screen in the national security are...
21 Jun, 2019, 10.42 AM IST
India may soon get a tri-service chiefThere was no official word on the military deliberations in the backdrop of the Election Commission warning to the government that the conf...
13 Jul, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba heads to Israel ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit"The visit by Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chairman CoSC & CNS will further consolidate the armed forces cooperation between the two countries," th...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.44 PM IST
Four-star General likely to handle Army, IAF & Navy issuesIndia seems to be moving towards getting another four-star general to handle all tri-Service issues in what will primarily be a staff appoi...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.12 PM IST
Defence Minister to brief PM on creation of post of permanent chairman, Chief of Staff CommitteeThe permanent chairman, CoSC will be a four-star officer, who will be equivalent to chiefs of army, airforce and navy. He would look into j...
11 Jul, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
Centre will not appoint another four-star general, Lt Gen Bakshi might not even get CDSThis, in effect, scotches speculation that Eastern Command chief Lt-General Praveen Bakshi may be accommodated as the CDS after being super...
11 Jul, 2018, 03.09 PM IST
ANC Commander-in-chief to take up cases of personnel from all three servicesThe ANC is India's first tri-services command which was set up around 16 years ago to effectively deal with various external security chall...
19 Mar, 2018, 05.13 PM IST
India may soon get a General No. 1 to boost tri-service integrationSome chiefs also become the CoSC chairman for just a few months. "I was the chairman for only six months.
14 Mar, 2015, 12.36 PM IST
IAF chief Arup Raha takes over as new Chiefs of Staffs CommitteeRaha, 59, will hold the office for a period of 29 months and would probably be the longest-serving officer in the chair.
30 Jul, 2014, 03.00 PM IST
Gen Bikram Singh takes over as new CoSCArmy Chief Gen Bikram Singh took over as the new Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) to succeed IAF Chief NAK Browne, who is superan...
30 Dec, 2013, 08.19 PM IST
Gen Bikram Singh to be the new Chairman, COSCBikram Singh has been appointed as the new Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee to succeed IAF Chief NAK Browne, who is superannuating on De...
18 Dec, 2013, 08.10 PM IST
Government develops cold feet over General No 1The MoD refused to "comment" on the "classified" matter. "We are not entertaining questions on the issue," MoD spokesperson Sitanshu Kar sa...
18 Jun, 2013, 10.07 AM IST
- Panel favours unified command for special forces
Experts say the govt must not dither in creating the SOC, one of the key recommendations of the 14-member Naresh Chandra taskforce report s...
27 May, 2012, 05.18 AM IST