Chennai, July 26 -- Lieutenant General V Sreehari, General Officer Commanding, Dakshin Bharat Area, on Sunday paid tributes to soldiers who had laid down their lives for the country during the Kargil War.

He led a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial in Chennai on Sunday on mark Kargil Vijay Diwas.

Senior Indian Navy and Indian Air Force officers also paid their tributes.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who took part in the Kargil Vijay Diwas event in Drass in Ladakh, said India has the capability to respond to every misadventure by Pakistan in a manner far harsher than it can imagine.

He noted that the Kargil War wasn't just a military and diplomatic victory for the country but a moment when the world witnessed the indom...