Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed sadness on Sunday over the death of a soldier from Pauri Garhwal who was among five Indian Army personnel who died during a military exercise in Ladakh.
Hailing from the Sainik School Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi and Army Chief Designate Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi were together in the school from class 5th-A in the early 1970s.
Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi will tomorrow take over as the next chief of the Indian Army on Sunday succeeding Gen Manoj Pande on completion of his 26-month tenure.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda expressed their condolences on the demise of five Indian Army personnel after a tank they were travelling in got struck in the Shyok River in Eastern Ladakh on
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi expressed sadness on Saturday over the deaths of five Indian Army soldiers after a Tank met with an accident while getting across a river as part of river crossing exercise in Ladakh on Friday.
Five Indian Army personnel died after a tank they were travelling in got struck in the Shyok River in Eastern Ladakh on Friday night due to a sudden increase in the water level, said the army.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed sadness on Saturday over the deaths of five Indian Army soldiers while getting the tank across a river in Ladakh.
A mishap took place in the Daulat Beg Oldie area of Ladakh during a tank exercise of crossing the river on Friday in the sector due to a sudden increase in water levels there, said Defence officials.