JK LG, Army chief pay homage to fallen soldier in Kupwara terror attack
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and other top brass of the Indian Army…
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and other top brass of the Indian Army…
The L-G stresses coordinated counter-terrorism operations in Jammu region.
He took stock of the situation particularly in the Doda and Kathua districts where nine Army soldiers, including a Captain and a JCO, were recently lost their life in two ambushes by terrorists. A CRPF jawan was also killed in the Hiranagar area of Kathua.
Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday briefed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the latest operation by the Army against terrorists in Doda district in which four army personnel were killed.
The Army Chief during his visit to the forward locations was accompanied by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt General Suchindra Kumar, and the General Officer Commanding of the Nagrota-based White Knight Corps, Lt General Navin Sachdeva.
General Dwivedi belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Rifles and was appointed as the Vice Chief of Army Staff in February early this year.
He was appointed as the COAS on April 30, 2022.
The Army Chief said emergency procurement powers given by the Centre has helped the force to modernise itself.
"We have had a total of 20 senior higher military commander level meetings and 14 WMCC meetings since April 2020. So through these talks, we're hopeful that we'll find a resolution," to the ongoing military face-off, he added.
Addressing the Army’s annual press conference here on Thursday, Gen Pande said with a high level of operation readiness, the deployment is robust and balanced.
