Articles by Rahul Singh
Indian Army its own enemy in Siachen
Soldiers deployed on the Siachen glacier are facing extreme hardships because of the army’s failures to provide them with special clothing and equipment to endure nature’s fury at killer heights. Rahul Singh examines...
Updated on Mar 18, 2008 02:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
CPM fires at Centre with CAG ammo on INS Jalashwa...
The latest findings of the CAG have given the Left enough ammunition to attack the UPA over US-sold equipment and a flowering Indo-US military romance, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Mar 16, 2008 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
‘Military top guns wasting money’
Top Generals are abusing financial powers and the rulebook pertaining to big-ticket military acquisitions has been thrown out of the window, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Mar 15, 2008 03:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Pak kept out of army show
Military observers and defence attaches will assemble at Pokhran, where India conducted nuclear explosions in 1998, to witness the growth in India’s military might during Exercise Brazen Chariots, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Mar 12, 2008 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Debate rages over Laungewala
The battle of Laungewala has snowballed into a big controversy in the Indian military’s post-Independence history, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Mar 10, 2008 01:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
'Make war records public'
Controversy has swirled around several war accounts even before the battle of Laungewala came under the shadow of a scandal, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Mar 07, 2008 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
'Army lied to the nation on Laungewala'
The saga of the controversial Battle of Laungewala is getting murkier. Some veterans of the 1971 war have raised questions about this “golden moment” in India’s military history, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Mar 02, 2008 01:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
‘Army faked battle of Laungewala’
Major General Atma Singh (retd) claims that the historic skirmish with Pak never happened and it was actually Indian Air Force that crushed the Pakistanis. A report by Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 29, 2008 01:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Desert show for Force power
As warfare gets more and more swift and information intensive, the military is focusing its attention on tightening the sensor-to-shooter loop to triumph in future wars.
Updated on Feb 29, 2008 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
India enters submarine N-club
K-15 is India's first ever ballistic missile launched from underwater and has a range of 700 km, reports Rahul Singh. See graphics
Updated on Feb 27, 2008 03:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
IAF finally gets Hawks to train pilots
After an agonising wait of 27 years, the IAF finally induct the British Hawk-132 AJTs at its Bidar airbase, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 24, 2008 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, Bidar
Army’s best horses for Bangla
Dhaka may be dependent on China for its arms supplies, but for horses it has turned to India, which has promptly obliged.
Updated on Feb 21, 2008 10:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Courage under fire on INS Jalashwa
Navy braveheart dies nine days after he tried to save sailors trapped in gas leak, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 21, 2008 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Fair over, time for business
The new alliances DefExpo 2008 facilitated will establish indigenous capabilities in the defence sector in the years to come, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 20, 2008 02:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
First missile from sub ready to fire
A top defence scientist confirms that India is ready to testfire its first submarine launched ballistic missile K-15, capable of delivering nuclear weapons, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 19, 2008 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Hummer clones for Indian roads
Hummer-Type SUVS could soon be vrooming down Indian roads. And the monster won't cost you a fortune. Rahul Singh reports.
Updated on Feb 18, 2008 02:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Arms makers eye Indian market
All the big names in the world of armaments put up their latest wares and technologies on show at DefExpo 2008, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 17, 2008 03:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Govt to revamp weapons purchase policy
Government is all set to revamp its weapons purchase policy to make sure frontier arms technology takes shape in the country, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 13, 2008 02:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Army goes back to epics for moral lesson
The Army has invoked the Mahabharata and the Vedas to check sliding morality and ethics in its ranks, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 06, 2008 03:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Navy plans Indian Ocean meet to address concerns
The navy is spearheading its biggest maritime cooperation effort involving at least 29 foreign navies to secure the region, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 05, 2008 03:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Britain salutes an Indian braveheart
The untold story of gutsy Indian soldier and Victoria cross awardee, Naik Yashwant Ghatge, killed in World War II is about to unfold in classrooms across the world, as Britain prepares to repay a debt of honour. A report by Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 04, 2008 02:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
India lacks tech to build BrahMos engine
A former chairman of HAL raises the issue of India not possessing the technology to manufacture the missile's liquid fuel ramjet engine in a Seminar, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 01, 2008 03:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Another MiG goes down
A MiG-27 ground attack fighter crashed within minutes of takeoff from the West Bengal’s Hashimara air base, report Rahul Singh and Pramod Giri.
Updated on Feb 01, 2008 02:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh and Pramod Giri, New Delhi/siliguri
Route risky, says Coast Guard
The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal project remains entwined in a legal dispute as the Indian Coast Guard has articulated fears of the proposed shipping passage posing a security threat, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Feb 01, 2008 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Once killers, now Army’s blue-eyed boys
The surrender of a former terrorist, marked a turning point in his life. Many former terrorists like Shahid Sheikh are among the army’s most potent weapons against militancy in J&K. Rahul Singh reports.
Updated on Feb 01, 2008 11:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Space the next frontier, says military body
Triggering a fresh debate on weaponisation of space, the Ministry of Defence has backed the use of space for military purposes, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Jan 31, 2008 02:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Standardise rewards for Army heroes
The defence ministry will now approach state Govts to standardise the cash rewards given to gallantry award winners, reports Rahul Singh. | How it affects them
Updated on Jan 30, 2008 09:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Param Vir Chakra in eye of a storm
Different cash rewards in different states for same gallantry honours undermine Army morale, reports Rahul Singh. See graphics.
Updated on Jan 29, 2008 03:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Army adopts braveheart’s son
In a noble gesture, the Army has adopted the 16-year-old son of the much-decorated Naib Subedar Chunni Lal, who was awarded the Ashok Chakra posthumously on Republic Day, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Jan 26, 2008 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi
Air force gets offer of 40 French aircraft
Foreseeing a delay in the MRCA tender, one of the contenders makes an “unsolicited offer” of supplying fighters to the IAF, reports Rahul Singh.
Updated on Jan 26, 2008 03:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh, New Delhi