New Delhi (India), September 19 (ANI): In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to move significant events and festivities out of the national capital, the Indian Army has decided to shift its annual Army Day parade out of Delhi and will hold it next year in the Southern Command area.

Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], December 29 (ANI): A man has been arrested in the Deolali Cantonment area of Nashik for allegedly posing as Major of the Indian Army and duping people on the pretext of getting them recruited in the army.

Jaipur Nov 26 PTI Army chief General M M Naravane on Friday emphasised the need to constantly evolve tactics techniques and procedure to fight future wars as well as capability enhancement in manned and unmanned systemsHe was in Jaisalmer to observe and review military exercise Dakshin ShaktiNaravane also complimented the participants for the high state of readiness and operational preparedness and exhorted them to continue their vigil for the security of the nationThere is a need to constantly evolve tactics techniques and procedure to fight future wars as well as capability enhancement in manned and unmanned systems he said in a statementThe Dakshin Shakti was conducted by the Southern Command of Indian Army with an aim to ensure integrated application of forces in multidomain operations and upholding the nations military aims over the entire spectrum of conflictDuring the past one week units and formations of the Indian Army practiced tactical and operational manoeuvres by its infantry mechanised formations and airborne troops in a fluid battlefield environment operationalising future technologiesThis was effected by exploiting versatile and indigenous airborne platforms such as Advanced Light Helicopter Weapon System Integrated Swarm Drones and enmeshing Artificial Intelligence to provide a cohesive operational and intelligence picture amalgamated within the Intelligence Surveillance and Recce ISR Architecture the statement addedThe Army chief commended the Southern Command for fielding and exploiting the capabilities of indigenous equipment inducted as part of the Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiativePTI AG SRY

Pune Nov 18 PTI The Corps of Engineers or Sappers as they are commonly known celebrated the 241st Corps Day at Southern Command Headquarters in Pune on Thursday Lt Gen J S Nain Army Commander Southern Command conveyed his compliments to the Sapper fraternity and expressed confidence that the Corps of Engineers would rise to meet future challenges in all dimensions thus upholding its motto Sarvatra in the truest sense Indian Sappers have a long history dating back to the mid-18th century The Corps officially recognises its birth as 1780 when the senior-most group the Madras Sappers was raised The Bengal and Bombay Sappers were subsequently formed and these groups were later merged on November 18 1932 to form the Corps of Engineers Sappers have provided succour to the civil population in recent times playing their part in flood relief in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and in Op NAMASTE launched to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic by creating and maintaining essential medical and sustenance facilities a Defence release stated PTI SPK ARU ARU

New Delhi Nov 17 PTI The CBI has arrested two army havildars from Southern Command in Pune over alleged bribery charges in the recruitment of multitasking staff MTS in the force officials said WednesdayIn a joint operation with the army the CBI Tuesday night arrested havildars Sushant Nahak and Naveen who allegedly sought Rs 25 lakh from a selected candidate by telling him that his papers were incomplete the officials saidThe candidate approached the CBI informing the agency he was selected to the post of MTS in the examination conducted by the Army Ordnance Corps Pune and received call letter to join at Ordnance factory Wardha Maharashtra on or before 19th November 2021 along with the original call letter It was further alleged that under the pretext of early joining formalities the accused took the original call letter of the complainant and demanded bribe of Rs25 lakh and agreed to accept initial a m1ount of Rs50000 CBI spokesperson RC Joshi saidHe said it was also alleged that Rs30000 was transferred digitally by the complainant to the account of one accused Subsequently both the accused allegedly came for accepting remaining amount of Rs 20000 The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while demanding accepting the said amount he saidSearches were conducted on the premises of the accused at Pune which led to the the recovery of incriminating documents relating to the case he saidBoth the accused were on Wednesday produced before the Court of Special Judge CBI cases Pune and were remanded to five days police custody Joshi saidThe action came after a tip off to the Southern Command of the army in PuneContinuing with its policy of zero tolerance for corrupt practices the army has started a joint investigation with the CBI into the possible malpractices by the lower level staff the officials said The army has strict rules to deal with such malpractices and is enabling expeditious investigation to ensure punitive actions against the culprit an official said PTI SKL ABS TIR TIR

New Delhi Nov 17 PTI The CBI has arrested two army havildars over alleged bribery charges in the recruitment of multitasking staff MTS in the force officials said WednesdayIn a joint operation with the army the CBI Tuesday night arrested the havildars who allegedly sought money from selected candidates by telling them that their papers were incomplete the officials saidIt is alleged that the accused posted at the Ordnance Depot used to call candidates selected for MTS threatening them that their appointment will be cancelled as their papers are not complete they saidThis way they used to extort money from them promising to send them their appointment letters the officials saidThe action came after a tip off to the Southern Command of the army in PuneContinuing with its policy of zero tolerance for corrupt practices the army has started a joint investigation with the CBI into the possible malpractices by the lower level staff the officials said The army has strict rules to deal with such malpractices and is enabling expeditious investigation to ensure punitive actions against the culprit an official said PTI SKL ABS TIR TIR

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): Indian Army's Southern Command will be hosting a first its kind month-long celebration from October 1 to October 30 at several locations in Pune to celebrate the 50th year of the Indo-Pak 1971 war victory, the press note said.

New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will felicitate the Olympians from services at Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune on August 23, said the Ministry of Defence on Sunday.