Defence Ministry sources also asserted that selection of Army chief is the sole prerogative of the govt and it is based purely on merit, ir...

Lt General Rawat belongs to the 5th Battalion of 11th Gorkha Rifles. He is the currently the vice Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army.

A section of military experts feel that Lt Gen Bakshi may seek premature retirement. However, the process may take a month or two, sources ...

Lt General Bipin Rawat (infantry), who took over as the Army vice-chief in September 2016, bypassed Eastern Command chief Lt Gen Prave en B...

Lt Gen Bipin Rawat and Anil Dhasmana, appointed as the next Army chief and the next RAW boss respectively, have joined the long list of men...

This, in effect, scotches speculation that Eastern Command chief Lt-General Praveen Bakshi may be accommodated as the CDS after being super...

BJP said the new army chief was picked up from a pool of five senior-most officers, who are all competent, and Rawat's appointment should n...

Nagaland Governor P B Acharya has urged security forces to take extra care in handling law and order after the peace agreement between the ...

The GoC made a courtesy call on the Governor and briefed him on the security situation in the state, a Raj Bhavan official said today.

Lt Gen Rawat is an alumnus of St Edward's School, Shimla and was awarded Sword of Honour from Indian Military Academy in December 1978.