General Upendra Dwivedi is the frontrunner for the post of army chief as he will be the senior-most general when General Manoj Pande retires on May 31, 2024
During a sortie, General Officer Commanding in Chief of Northern Command took off from Poonch but the chopper developed a snag and crash landed in a ravine
Lieutenant General Singh is an alumnus of the Sainik School in Kapurthala, National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun
The command – the Indian Army’s youngest – has around 130,000 soldiers and is responsible for guarding India’s border with Pakistan in Rajasthan and Punjab