PUDUCHERRY
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy led the celebration of Kargil Vijay Diwas at the war memorial on the Promenade Beach on Saturday (July 26, 2025) to honour the sacrifice made by Indian soldiers in the 1999 war with Pakistan.
Mr. Rangasamy placed a wreath at the memorial site and paid tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives in the Kargil War.
Speaker R. Selvam, Home Minister A. Namassivayam, Public Works Minister K. Lakshminarayanan, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister P.R.N. Thirumurugan, Deputy Speaker P. Rajavelu, Government Whip V. Aroumougame and R. Baskar, S. Ramesh and U. Lakshmikandhan, MLAs offered floral tributes.
Chief Secretary Sharat Chauhan, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) R. Sathyasundaram, Information Secretary Mohammed Ahsan Abid, District Collector A. Kulothungan, officers from Indian Coast Guard and NCC and ex-servicemen participated.
The event concluded with the observance of two-minute silence.
Published – July 26, 2025 06:53 pm IST
