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The
Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee lighting a candle at Amar
Jawan Jyoti
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The
Vice President, Mr Krishan Kant and the three Service Chiefs paying
homage at Amar Jawan Jyoti
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The
Prime Minister with the family members of Kargil martyrs
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The
Vice President, Mr Krishan Kant led the nation in paying homage to
the heroes of the Kargil war who made supreme sacrifice while
defending the country's borders two years ago.
The
Vice President, Mr Krishan Kant, Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari
Vajpayee, Defence Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, Minister of State for
Defence, Mr U V Krishnam Raju, three Service Chiefs and Defence
Secretary placed wreaths at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate on the
occasion of the second anniversary of Kargil
Vijay Diwas.
A flypast by the Indian Air Force was also organised. At a function,
the Prime Minister, Defence Minister, Minister of State for Defence
and the three Service Chiefs joined 1,500 schoolchildren in lighting
candles in memory of the martyrs.
The
Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee announced two medals—
'Operation Vijay Star' (for operations in Kargil theatre of war) and
'Operation Vijay’ (for mobilisation elsewhere in the country)
Medals. He also said that the government had set up a special
committee under Defence Minister to extend affordable medical
facilities to all ex-servicemen. The committee has also been asked
to formulate a national welfare policy for ex-servicemen by
year-end, he added.
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: Col Shruti Kant
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A
view of the candle-light ceremony at India Gate
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Lt
Gen Amarjit Singh, Director General Quality Assurance presenting a
cheque for rupees 19,37,775 to Mr Jaswant Singh, Defence Minister
for PM Relief Fund for the Gujarat earthquake victims. |
Gen
S Padmanabhan, Chief of the Army Staff with Lt Gen Pyar Jung Thapa,
Chief of General Staff, Royal Nepal Army
at South Block, New Delhi (report inside) |
