Updated On: 04 November, 2021 11:13 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The decision of the Prime Minister celebrating the 'Festival of Lights' with the soldiers comes at a time when the army is carrying out one of the longest anti-terror operations in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri

This would be the second time the Prime Minister will celebrate Diwali with the soldiers in Rajouri district after the first in 2019. Pic/ AP, PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate Diwali on Thursday with soldiers deployed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, according to official sources.
The sources said the celebrations will take place at the Nowshera sector .