B. C. Joshi

In the memory of Late Gen B C Joshi, who was a major force behind the establishment of the city-based Army Institute of Technology (AIT) in August 1994, the institute will mark February 24 as AIT Day from this year onwards.

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral D K Joshi will address the annual 'Gen B C Joshi memorial lecture' at the University of Pune's (UoP) department of management studies auditorium on Monday.

Every year, the Officers Training Academy at Chennai and the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun jointly turn out more than 1,200 officers.

The Northern Army Commander (NAC) Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi, GOC-in-C, Northern Command interacted with students from Jammu and Kashmir studying at General B C Joshi Army Public School, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. He congratulated all those students who were performing well in their respective streams and motivated students to be the bedrock of the nation.

The ongoing row over the one rank, one pension (OROP) issue appeared to have had an impact on the Savitribai Phule Pune University's annual showpiece event, the General B C Joshi memorial lecture on Saturday, as the media was kept away from covering the lecture by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha.

Navy Chief Admiral Suresh Mehta said India is deeply concerned with Pakistan deploying arms in Maritimes domains as it directly affected the security of the country.

PUNE: The chief of the Indian Naval Staff and chairman of the Staff Committee, Admiral Sushil Kumar, has advocated a multi-pronged approach to fight global terrorism.

The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) satellite to gather navigational information will be launched in July 2009.

"The IAF chief must have flown fighters himself to successfully direct combat operations during war. There is no other option," says a fighter pilot.

More than 120 houses in a colony in sector 8, Indiranagar are marooned for the past three days because of waterlogging following light to moderate rainfall since Sunday and heaviest shower of the season on Tuesday.

Chief of Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor said that a direct involvement of the army in countering the increasingly disruptive activities of the Naxalites is not mandated.

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral D K Joshi said here on Monday that India's fortunes are overwhelmingly linked to the seas.

PUNE: Army chief Gen. N C Vij on Tuesday hinted that Pakistan's infamous Inter-Services Intelligence agency may have been behind the recent strikes against the US-led forces in Iraq.

Tripura, facing its worst floods and landslides in over three decades, has been declared a 'Natural Calamity Affected Area.' The Central Team is assessing the damages, estimated at Rs 15,000 crores. Officials are focusing on relief and restoration as waters recede. Thirty-one fatalities have been reported, with significant property damage.

For the past four years, Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), near Pune, and Ooty Radio Telescope have been conducting experiments in pulsar timing and keeping a database of the same.

PUNE: Emphasising a positive change in Indo-US relations, Defence Minister George Fernandes on Monday said the relationship between the two countries has moved from "estrangement" to "engagement".

NEW DELHI: The military leadership had advised the government in October this year, as operation Enduring Freedom was under in Afghanistan, to go militarily pro-active and hit terrorist bases and camps inside Pakistan occupied Kashmir, claims a just published book.

Blaming China for the ongoing standoff at Doklam, near the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Saturday that it was a consequence of Beijing’s attempt to change the “status quo.”

Mathura police has busted a gang involved in pilfering lakhs of litres of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from the consignment marked for Indian Air Force’s Hindon airbase.

Singh delivered a lecture on the perspective of war in the 21st century and how conventional warfare will remain an integral part despite sophistication of wars post the 9/11 attacks in the US.

The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Karambir Singh, said on Monday that the Navy had received intelligence that an “underwater wing” of the terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) was training people to carry out attacks from the sea.

Eastern Command chief Lt-Gen Praveen Bakshi met defence minister Manohar Parrikar and Army chief Gen Dalbir Suhag on Wednesday, amid indications he is likely to resign after the government’s decision that Lt-Gen Bipin Rawat would supersede him to become the next Army chief.

The sprawling campuses of government, academic and research establishments in the city have become soft targets of sandalwood tree thieves, with the authorities struggling to take apt measures to check such thefts.