Ranchi, Feb. 4 -- A 17-member delegation of the National Defence College (NDC), including foreign military officers from Brazil, Bangladesh, Japan, France and Ethiopia, met Chief Minister Hemant Soren as part of an ongoing study tour of Jharkhand focused on national security and strategic issues.

Led by Major General Hartej Singh Bajaj, the delegation is visiting the state from February 1 to February 6 under the NDC course on National Security and Strategic Studies. The team comprises 10 Indian officers and five international course members of Brigadier and Colonel rank.

The study tour is examining Jharkhand from a socio-political and economic perspective, with particular emphasis on law and order, Left Wing Extremism and the developmenta...