Lt Gen KJ Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, honours Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Chandimandir on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 19
Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is also on the Parliament Standing Committee on Defence, Consultative Committee on Defence and the Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps, visited Headquarters Western Command, Chandimandir, today.He addressed officers of the Command Headquarters on security challenges being faced by the nation. He was felicitated by Lt Gen KJ Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, with the Army Commander’s Commendation Card for his contribution to the cause of the defence community and actively pursuing various defence issues, including welfare of the veterans, at the national level.In the recent past, the Western Command has recongnised the efforts and felicitated various civilians who have been actively involved in ensuring security of the nation in one way or the other, including their role in counter-terrorist operations, and also citizens pursuing welfare of the defence veterans.
Rajya Sabha MP gets commendation card at Western Command
PANCHKULA: Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is also a member of the standing committee on defence, consultative committee on defence and the central advisory committee for the NCC, visited Western Command headquarters on Friday.
Army Commander Lt Gen KJ Singh presented him with the GOC-in-C commendation card. Chandrasekhar addressed officers on the issues of security challenges being faced by the country. An alumnus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, he had founded BPL mobile, a major mobile phone service provider. Recently, the Western Command felicitated various civilians actively involved in ensuring security of the nation in one way or the other. Those pursuing welfare of the defence veterans were also awarded. Some of the citizens who were honoured include A Kumar of the Jagruk Hindustani’ fame, Major N Dhanpalan (retd), Major Navdeep Singh (retd), Narayan Ujjwal, Gatemen Darshan Kumar, and Satpal of Indian Railways who had detected improvised explosive devices on the railway bridge near Dinanagar on July 27, 2015.
35 law officers appointed to defend govt in AFT
CHANDIGARH: The Central government has come out with a list of 35 law officers appointed to defend the government before the Armed Forces Tribunal.
The list comprises seven senior panel counsels and 28 others.
The senior panel counsel include lawyers: Muke sh Kaushik, Vikram Bajaj, Vijay K Chaudhary, Pramod K Sharma, Rajni Narula, Vikas Sharma and Rajender Singh Dogra. The list was released by Suresh Chandra, joint secretary and legal adviser to the Central government.