The statement added that the ex-servicemen were informed about the Agnipath Scheme, wherein Regimental Centre Commandants and Commanding Officers highlighted the positive aspects of the scheme and the avenues for Agniveer's post-four-year engagement with the Indian Armed Forces.
The drills, coordinated by the Ministry of National Defence's Joint Operations Command Center, kicked off at 6 am, marking the 40th edition of the event.
The BSF chief, who is on two-day visit to the border guarding force's Jammu frontier from July 20 to assess the security situation along the Jammu International Border, also engaged in detailed discussions with unit commandants, focusing on various operational aspects and the preparedness
In an extensive search and rescue operation launched by the Eastern Naval Command, a total of 28 stranded individuals were rescued from the Koyamadaram region, situated 250 km west of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, despite challenging weather on Friday.
Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra on Thursday alleged that Karnataka has turned into an ATM for the leaders of the Congress High Command and sought CM Siddaramaiah's resignation following the alleged Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Corporation Board scam.
During his visit, General Kurilla and the Chief of Staff held meetings and visited several IDF units where they met with other senior commanders in the IDF.
The unrest erupted nationwide last year after Imran Khan was detained by paramilitary Rangers from the Islamabad High Court during a corruption case proceeding.
The border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh on Monday agreed to undertake combined efforts to bring down incidents of assault on Border Security Force (BSF) personnel by trans-border criminals of the neighbouring country.
A two-day coordinated coastal security exercise "Sagar Kavach- 01/24" for Andhra Pradesh was conducted on July 10-11 to assess the effectiveness of the coastal security mechanism, the Eastern Naval Command said in a release on Friday.
In his two-day visit to all Corps formations under the Eastern Army Command, including the Dimapur headquartered 3 Corps, Gen Dwivedi was briefed about the present situation in Manipur, which has seen large-scale ethnic violence in the last one year, Army officials told ANI.
The ADG was welcomed by Inspector-General (IG) BSF Tripura, Patel Piyush Purusottam Das and other senior officers followed by a guard of honour. IG BSF Tripura briefed the ADG about the general security scenario along the Indo-Bangladesh border.