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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced the setting up of a tri-services joint theater command to ensure coordination among the armed forces. He was speaking at a function organized by the Jammu Kashmir People's Forum in Jammu to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces, news agency PTI reported. Singh said, “Keeping in view (joint operations as considered in Operation Vijay in Kargil), we have decided to set up joint theatre instructions (in the country)". HT noted in February year-end that India was ready to begin the initial roll-out of its long-awaited theaterisation plan, with the…