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J-K: First Kashmiri to receive Ashok Chakra, Nazir Ahmad Wani to be honour
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir), [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Late Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, who has been chosen to award with the highest gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' this Republic Day, will also be honoured by his colleagues and officers at Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Headquarters Rangreth
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Kashmiri militant-turned-soldier gets country’s highest gallantry award
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): In a huge message, the government has decided to confer the country’s highest peace time gallantry award Ashok Chakra on Kashmiri militant-turned-soldier Lance Naik Nazir Wani, who got martyred in an operation to kill 6 terrorists in the valley.
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Didn't know about 'Ashok Chakra' till two days ago, happy that husband got
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, January 24 (ANI) Two days ago when Mahajabeen was informed that her husband, late Lance Naik Nazir Ahmed Wani would be conferred with highest gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' this Republic Day, she did not know that such an award existed.
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Once a terrorist, Lance Naik Nazir Wani to get Ashok Chakra posthumously f
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Kashmiri militant-turned-soldier Lance Naik Nazir Wani, who got martyred while killing 6 terrorists in an operation in the valley, has been chosen for this year's Ashok Chakra, the highest peace time gallantry award.
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Trade union strike: CPI-M workers vandalise school bus carrying children
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Barasat (West Bengal) [India] Jan 8 (ANI): A school bus with children onboard was attacked allegedly by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s workers in Barasat town of West Bengal on Tuesday.
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Army Chief pays homage to 1971 war hero Albert Ekka
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 04 (ANI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday paid homage to Param Vir Chakra awardee and 1971 war hero Albert Ekka at his village Chainpur in Gumla district in Jharkhand.
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Keonjhar Police honours 10 Ashok Chakra recipient with postage stamps
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Keonjhar (Odisha), [India] Dec 30 (ANI): Under "My Stamp" scheme, Keonjhar Police in collaboration with India Post has issued 10 postage stamps, each featuring the Ashok Chakra Awardees from Police Department across the country on Saturday.
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IPL auction: Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Chakravarthy get highest bids
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy were the most expensive players at the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction held here on Tuesday.
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On Vijay Diwas, Rajnath highlights India's improved internal security
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday opined that the internal security of India has vastly improved during the last four years, adding that while left-wing extremism-affected districts have shrunk from 90 to just about 12, there has been an 80 per cent
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Tribute paid to Param Vir Lance Naik Albert Ekka on death anniversary
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Lichubagan (Tripura) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Lance Naik Albert Ekka, who was killed in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war and was also awarded India's highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra (posthumously), was paid tribute on his death anniversary in Agartala on Monday.
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Satyapal Singh counters Adityanath, says caste system didn't exist in Rama
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Contrary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's claim of Lord Hanuman being a Dalit, Union Minister Satyapal Singh has said caste system did not exist during the time of Ramayana.
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First Param Vir Chakra awardee remembered on 'Battle of Budgam Day'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) (India), Nov 3 (ANI): The Indian Army on Saturday paid tribute to Major Somnath Sharma, the first recipient of the highest gallantry award Param Vir Chakra, on the 72nd "Battle of Budgam Day".
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