Lt-General NPS Hira

Chandigarh: Lt-General NPS Hira has been appointed  Deputy Chief of Army Staff at the Army Headquarters. He will assume office on March 14. Lt-General Hira is currently posted as Chief of Staff, Northern Command, Udhampur. He earlier commanded 11 Corps, also known as “Defenders of Punjab”, in Jalandhar and as Colonel of the Regiment of the Sikh Light Infantry. He has a vast experience in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East region, as well as conventional operations in the Western Command. TNS

Tyre of plane carrying Army Commander bursts Dehradun:

Eight defence personnel onboard an IAF Avro aircraft escaped unhurt after its tyre burst while landing at the Jolly Grant Airport here. Lt General Balwant Singh Negi, GoC, Central Command, was among the four Army and four IAF personnel onboard the aircraft that was flying from Lucknow. The incident occurred at 8.30 am. The pilot managed to land the plane on the runway. Following the incident, operations at the airport were shut down temporarily and several flights cancelled. TNS