A petition was on Tuesday filed in the Supreme Court by a former Naval Chief and top retired bureaucrats seeking review of its order dismissing a PIL challenging the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief.

Five days before his controversial 26-month tenure as Army Chief comes to an end, Gen V K Singh on Saturday voiced criticism of the Defence Ministry for "selectively leaking" information to "fix" him.

Just before his retirement, Gen V K Singh has ratified a court martial's decision to dismiss former military secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash from service after he was found guilty by an Army court in the Sukna land scam case.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj late on Friday appointed Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah as the state's Chief Minister. The 64-year-old leader is expected to be sworn-in on Monday.

Day before retirement, Army Chief Gen V K Singh has issued show cause notice to a Lt Gen, who could head the force in two years, for censure on account of lapses on his part in handling a case of a failed intelligence operation in Assam's Jorhat district last year.

Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner for Army Chief Gen VK Singh who is retiring on May 31.

A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Friday its order on summoning Army Chief General VK Singh and four others on a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh.

A Delhi court hearing the criminal defamation complaint against Army Chief Gen V K Singh and four others on Saturday transferred it to the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM).

Army chief General V K Singh on Monday termed as "fiction" media reports of a complaint about telephone tapping to hear conversation in connection with his age row.

Army Chief General V K Singh on Friday visited the National Defence Academy at Khadakwasla near here and inaugurated the 47th Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting of the Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF).