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Monday, May 3, 2010

Government considering common law for defence services

 THAINDIAN NEWS

I WONDER : COME ON ITS AN OLD TEXT BOOK ANSWER ON "CDS". YOU SAID THIS ONE YEAR BACK TOO. I CAN ONLY QUOTE A OLD SAYING " WHERE THERE IS WILL THERE IS WAY"
 
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The government is considering a common law for the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force to ensure effective operational coordination between them, parliament was informed Monday.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony said the draft of the Tri Services Act has already been prepared and was submitted to the ministry for approval from the Chiefs of Staff Committee in August 2009.
“The act is under consideration in consultation with the three services,” Antony said in a statement laid in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
He informed the houses on the status of implementation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Unified Command for Armed Forces recommendations submitted to the Lok Sabha in February last year.
The minister said the proposal to establish a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), as recommended by the Kargil Review Committee (KRC), was “under examination”. The decision on this matter would be taken after completion of the ongoing consultations with political parties, he said.
He said the institutional support and infrastructure was already in place in the form of the Integrated Defence Staff Headquarters to support the CDS, whenever created.
Antony said the government was trying to build consensus on appointment of CDS and had taken up the matter with political parties, but a number of them were had not responded so far.

Armyman killed in police action

 PTI

 I WONDER : I can't believe it. Will army try to find out the truth for the benefit of the family and organisation's IZZAT !!!!!!!!

An army jawan, who along with his accomplice allegedly seized a private car after throwing out its driver from the moving vehicle, was killed in a shootout with police in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.

The incident happened yesterday when the police tried to intercept the taxi near a barricade at Chola, UP Additional Director General of Police Brij Lal told reporters here today.

Army jawan Kuldeep and Gaurav booked a taxi in Mathura on April 30 and went to Sadabad where they asked the driver to take the car to some place which he refused, Lal said.

The two then overpowered the driver, robbed him of his mobile and Rs 1000 in cash and threw him out of the moving car on the Bulandshahr-Khurja highway.

The driver informed the police who immediately swung into action, the ADGP said.