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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir

| @indiablooms | Sep 29, 2017, at 10:47 pm
Srinagar, Sep 29 (IBNS): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reached Srinagar on Friday for a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, according to media reports.

The minister was received by the Northern Army Commander and Chinar Corps Commander at the Old Airfield, Srinagar.

Accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, she visited one of the forward area posts in the state on Friday and interacted with the troops.

Defence minister Sitharaman is scheduled to visit forward posts on the line of control (LoC), the line of actual control (LAC) between India and China in the Ladakh region and the Siachen Glacier during the visit, media reported.


Image: PIB and DefenceMinIndia/Twitter

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