Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi has paid a visit to the Indian Air Force's (IAF) Western Command for a seminar, officials informed on Sunday.
Amid ongoing gunfights between the security forces and terrorists in the Rajouri and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday said Pakistan was trying to send radicalised gunmen from across the border to disturb peace
Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday interacted with officers of the Higher Air Command Course and acquainted them with operational dynamics along LAC, LoC and the unique challenges of Northern Command.
While moving to Srinagar, the cyclist, Aasha Malviya, met Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur.
The PRO statement further informed that the army has established helipads at multiple locations for medical emergencies and to cater for other airlift requirements.
Lt General Upendra Dwivedi, Northern Army Commander reviewed the ongoing preparations for the Amarnath Yatra scheduled to commence from July 1 for a duration of two months, said an official statement.
The meeting will be held between senior military officers of Northern Command, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, 14 Corps Commander Lt Gen Rashim Bali and other top officers.
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Friday interacted with pilots of ALH MK III, who was injured in an operational flight near Kishtwar on Thursday, at Command Hospital in Udhampur.
An Army Aviation ALH Dhruv helicopter on an operational mission crashed while making a 'precautionary landing' on the banks of Marua River in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar, officials said on Thursday.
Former Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Yogesh Kumar Joshi on Thursday took over as Director General of the Centre for Contemporary China Studies in the Ministry of External Affairs.