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Trinamool Congress announced its 291 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections, with Mamata Banerjee contesting from Bhowanipore. The party aims for 226 seats, urging opposition parties to unite against the BJP. While retaining many old guards, 74 incumbent MLAs were dropped, making way for new faces and youth.

The situation along the border with China is stable but unpredictable, Indian Army chief Gen manoj pande said on Thursday. However he assured that India has maintained adequate force deployment along the Line of Actual Control, and is ready to deal with any situation. On J&K, Gen Pande said that despite the LoC ceasefire with Pakistan holding, terrorism continues to receive support from across the border.

Chief of Army Staff General manoj pande on Thursday released a book titled 'A Chronicle of Central Command - Savdhaan' in New Delhi and praised the Central Command, also known as Surya Command, for "the excellent compilation and documentation of the proud heritage and transitions with deep research and creativity".

Even as the appointment of the next Chief of Defence Staff is awaited, the Government on Tuesday approved the proposal for appointment of Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant General manoj pande as the next Vice Chief of Army Staff, sources said on Tuesday.

China has cranked up its integrated military exercises and kept reserve troop formations mobilised, while it also continues to construct “dual-use” border villages and troop habitats, Eastern Army Command chief Lt General manoj pande said on Tuesday.

Army Chief General manoj pande is slated to visit Manipur today in order to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the security situation in response to the recent wave of violence in the state, according to Indian Army officials.

New Delhi: Army chief General manoj pande on Friday reviewed the operational preparedness in forward areas of the middle sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, emphasising the need for vigil and alertness along the borders. During his ongoing three-day visit to forward posts at the LAC in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Gen Pande, accompanied by Central Command chief Lt-General Yogendra Dimri, was briefed by the local commanders about the prevailing situation in the region.

China has not shown any intent to move towards a final settlement of the overall boundary question, General manoj pande said on Monday, while asserting the Army is maintaining a `robust posture’ to tackle any contingency amid the continuing over two-year long military confrontation in eastern Ladakh. “The basic issue remains the resolution of the border. What we see is that China’s intent or attempt has been to keep the boundary issue alive," he said.

Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General manoj pande on Saturday visited the forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch and Rajouri districts and reviewed the operational preparedness of armed forces in the area.

Army Chief General manoj pande on Sunday began the new year by paying a visit to troops posted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir."On the occasion of #NewYear2023, General manoj pande #COAS visited troops deployed at various locations in High Altitude Area along the Line of Control in #Kupwara Sector," an Army spokesperson said in a tweet.

During his 37 years of distinguished service, Pande has taken active part in Operation Vijay and Operation Parakram, the ministry added. Lieutenant General Podali Shankar Rajeshwar, the 14th CINCAN retired from service on Sunday, it noted.

Indian Chief of Army Staff General manoj pande visited the Command and Staff College-Duluti in Tanzania and met with the Indian military training team. He expressed appreciation for their contribution to strengthening defense ties between the two nations. The visit was part of General Pande's official visit to Tanzania, aimed at reinforcing the long-standing defense relationship between India and Tanzania.

Newly-appointed Army Chief Gen manoj pande on Sunday said his "utmost and foremost" priority would be to ensure very high standards of operational preparedness to face current, contemporary and future security challenges across the entire spectrum of conflict. He said the global geopolitical situation is changing rapidly "as a result of which we have multiple challenges ahead".

Lieutenant General manoj pande has been named as the next chief of the Indian Army. He will take over from incumbent COAS General MM Naravane, who is due to retire by the end of this month. Lt Gen Pande will be the first-ever officer commissioned into the Corps of Engineers to become the Army chief. He is the senior most in the force after General Naravane and serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.

During his current visit to South Korea, Army Chief General manoj pande met with senior South Korean generals to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral military ties and collaboration. In addition to meeting with General Park An-su, the chief of staff of the South Korean Army, Gen. Pande also had talks with General Kim Seung-kyu-m, the South Korean chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General manoj pande will discuss crucial infrastructure development projects in the border areas, modernisation plans through the 'Make in India' initiative, and induction of niche engineering technologies in the force for better operational preparedness at the ongoing chief engineers' conference at the College of Military Engineering (CME) in the city on Tuesday.

Noting that India faces multiple challenges due to the fast-changing geopolitical situation, new Army chief General manoj pande on Sunday said his main task will be to ensure high operational readiness along the borders with China and Pakistan as well as military modernisation with infusion of cutting-edge technologies.