Chief Of Defence Staff

General Manoj Mukund Naravane will be the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee till the post of Chief of the Defence Staff is filled

Wing Commander R. Bhardwaj leading a special team of 25 recovered the Black Box of the ill-fated helicopter of the Indian Air Force

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed both the Houses of the Parliament over the tragic chopped crash that claimed the life of CDS Bipin Rawat and 12 others in the Nilgiris yesterday.

Retired Lt Gen HS Panag faced flak for his insensitive tweet over Gen Bipin Rawat's demise, but he defended his actions, saying nobody has monopoly over news.

Gen Rawat along with his wife Madhulika Rawat and other senior officials were onboard the aircraft that crashed in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday

Panag has served in the Army from 1969 to 2008 and is father of Bollywood actress and former Aam Aadmi Party leader Gul Panag.

It was under the guidance of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that a Task Force consisting of a Group of Ministers was constituted to study the recommendations proposed to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for creating a post of CDS