In a wreath-laying ceremony, senior Indian Army officers paid homage to five Army personnel who lost their lives during the encounter operation to flush out terrorists in the thickly forested terrain in Kalakote in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command, on Friday said some of the terrorists who have crossed over into India from across the border are retired Pakistani soldiers.
A wreath-laying ceremony for four Army personnel who lost their lives during the encounter operation of the terrorists in the thickly forested terrain in Kalakote at Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir was held in Jammu on Friday.
The fallen soldiers in the fierce exchange of fire with terrorists in a thickly forested terrain of the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, were accorded a tearful farewell at a sombre wreath-laying ceremony on Friday.
During the day, Rajnath Singh who on Monday arrived in Tezpur for a two-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh attended the wreath-laying ceremony, engaged with the security personnel deployed in the strategically vital Tawang sector, performed Shashtra Puja, held special prayers.
Additionally, on October 9, the Tanzanian President will be accorded a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhawan in the morning and then she will participate in the wreath-laying ceremony to be held at the Rajghat at 9:30 am.
A sombre wreath laying ceremony was held for Army Rifleman Ravi Kumar, who lost his life during an encounter with terrorists at Narla in the Rajouri disrtrict of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
The wreath-laying ceremony at the UN in New York was held to mark World Humanitarian Day, commemorated annually on 19 August. This marks the day in 2003 when a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside the UN headquarters at the Canal Hotel in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participated in the wreath-laying program of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on the occasion of his 71st death anniversary.
This is Kishida's second visit to India as Prime Minister. Later in the day he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and in their bilateral talks the two are set to discuss priorities for India's presidency of G20 and Japan's presidency of the G7.