Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the operational preparedness of the Army's Fire and Fury Corps in Ladakh on Saturday and took stock of the prevailing security situation and measures to strengthen surveillance, mobility and combat capabilities along the strategic frontier.
The Army chief also honoured veterans for their distinguished service to society, ex-servicemen and local communities.
Defence officials said that the officer made the supreme sacrifice on Saturday while performing operational duties during the ongoing anti-terror operation in the Rajouri district.
A viral video claiming that Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Army Training Command, raised concerns over five aviators allegedly missing after participating in "Operation Sindoor" has been found to be digitally manipulated, with the Indian Army's fact-checking handle terming it a deliberate attempt to spread false narratives.
These terrorists had managed to flee after a brief encounter with security forces on 23 May.
Muneer Hussain, one of the most dreaded terrorists killed along with his accomplice in an infiltration bid, was tasked to revive terrorism in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
Yemen's government army said that it has launched a major military operation targeting hideouts ofAl Qaeda terrorists in the country's southern province of Abyan.
An infiltration bid has been foiled by the Army at the LoC in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday.
Army on Sunday paid rich tributes to Late Havildar Babulal Haritwal, Late Signalman Vala Mahipalsinh Pravinsinh, Rifleman Waseem Sarwar who had made the supreme sacrifice during a fire fight with terrorists in Operation Halan, Kulgam on August 5.
The announcement over the weekend that Pakistan’s National Assembly would be dissolved on 9 August ~ with fresh elections to be held within a maximum of 90 days thereafter ~ followed a day later by news of the conviction and arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has set the political stage in a country where democracy has often been seen to stutter, and the Army has cast a long shadow on the poll process.
