Here’s a look at the pattern of the defense budget in the past two years and the changes in priorities for expenditure in the year 2013-14.
Graphic: Defense Budget 2013
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Tag: Rashtriya Rifles
May Day is Armor Day
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The Scinde Horse became the first regiment on May 1, 1938 to dismount from their horses and move to tanks, the Vickers light tanks and Chevrolet Armored Cars.
‘Indian Army has not probed Kashmir shootout involving likely chief’
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“What happened at that time, we have a report of that. It has been made available to authorities. I don’t think there was an inquiry carried out at that time. Because in all such encounters, it is left to the civil police to investigate,” Singh said when asked about the controversy involving Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, present Eastern Army Commander.
Indian military team heads to China
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Rashtriya Rifles’ Delta Force commander Major General Gurmeet Singh, responsible for anti-insurgency operations in Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban areas of Jammu and Kashmir, will head the eight-member delegation that will tour Beijing and Urumqi in Xinjiang province in western China.
Rashtriya Rifles against Naxals: Army wary
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The idea of deploying the Rashtriya Rifles in anti-Naxal operations has the army feeling uncomfortable. While so far, the army has been training paramilitary forces in defusing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), tactics and field medical aid and also preparing to set up a sub-area in the region, it has been wary of deploying its own troops for combating Naxals.
Two LeT terrorists killed in Doda
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The army has reported the killing of two terrorists belonging to the Lashkar e Toiba in Bhadarwa in Doda in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
