Parwinder Sandhu, Jan. 22 -- For the first time, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday shared the exact moment he was informed about the brutal killing of 26 innocent civilians by terrorists in the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025.
Recalling the incident during a book launch event in the national capital, General Dwivedi said he was in the midst of delivering his address at a retiring officers' seminar when the tragic news was conveyed to him midway through the speech.
Stating that after that incident, whenever he stands on the rostrum he is reminded of those days, the COAS said, "On April 22, I was talking at the retiring officer seminar. I was three-fourth of my address and suddenly ...