{"id":8296,"date":"2024-03-24T07:37:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T07:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/defence-minister-rajnath-singh-celebrates-holi-with-army-personnel-in-leh-india-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T07:37:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T07:37:28","slug":"defence-minister-rajnath-singh-celebrates-holi-with-army-personnel-in-leh-india-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/defence-minister-rajnath-singh-celebrates-holi-with-army-personnel-in-leh-india-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence minister Rajnath Singh celebrates Holi with army personnel in Leh | India News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108746473,imgsize-878015.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Defence minister Rajnath Singh celebrates Holi with army personnel in Leh | India News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Defence minister Rajnath Singh celebrates Holi with army personnel in Leh | India News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Defence minister <!-- -->Rajnath Singh<!-- --> on Sunday celebrated <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/religion\/festivals\/holi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Holi<\/a> with army troops in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/leh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Leh<\/a>. He was earlier supposed to go to <!-- -->Siachen<!-- -->, however, his plans were changed due to harsh weather conditions at the world&#8217;s highest battleground.<br \/>After celebrating Holi at Leh Military Station, Singh said that <!-- -->Ladakh<!-- --> is the capital of bravery. &#8220;The land of Ladakh is not common.It is the land of Siachen, Kargil, Bharat Mata. Ladakh represents national determination. 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