CHENNAI: In early October, lieutenant general Rajeev Puri of the Indian Army wrote a five-page letter to his senior, general officer commanding-in-chief lieutenant general Ram Chander Tiwari, appraising the work of eight women colonels under his authority. It was not even two years ago that the Indian Army allowed women officers to be promoted to the rank of colonel, and …
Kate Middleton, The Princess of Wales, penned down an emotional letter to the Irish Guards to extend her best wishes to the Colonel’s Review in London on Saturday. Amidst her ongoing cancer battle, Kate, the regiment's colonel, expressed regret at missing the ceremony, which was the penultimate rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour march. “I appreciate everyone trooping this year …