Army chief in city on a two-day visit

Chief of Army Staff General V K Singh will visit the Western Command Headquarters at Chandimandir on Monday. This will be his first official visit to the headquarter as the Army chief.

Gen Singh,who belongs to Bhiwani in Haryana,has served under the Western Command at various positions. He has also commanded the corps at Jalandhar and Ambala Cantonments.

Gen Singh will be received by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lt Gen Shankar Ranjan Ghosh and other senior officers.

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During the two-day visit,the Army chief will call on Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia,Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil,Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

A third generation officer,Gen Singh was commissioned into the Rajput Regiment in 1970. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College,Wellington.

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