New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Six army personnel including Captain Ashutosh Kumar will be conferred with Shaurya Chakra- the third highest gallantry award in the country, on Independence Day, the Ministry of Defence informed on Saturday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 15 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday approved three prestigious gallantry awards-- Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra-- for the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP).
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Union Defence Ministry conferred gallantry awards to Army personnel on the occasion of Independence Day wherein six Army personnel have been awarded Shaurya Chakra, 4 awarded Bar to Sena Medal, 116 Sena Medal and 28 Mention in Dispatches.
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): As many as 20 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have been selected for Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) on the occasion of Independence Day this year for their bravery in eastern Ladakh skirmishes in May-June last year.
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday launched a revamped website that provides information about gallantry awards in India and their recipients.
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): As many as 84 awards and decorations to the Armed Forces personnel and members of the Paramilitary Forces have been approved by the President including one Kirti Chakra for Abdul Rashid Kalas, Head Constable, Jammu And Kashmir Police (Posthumously).
Jammu and Kashmir [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Lt Gen Yogesh Kumar Joshi, General Officer Commanding, North Command, on Thursday presented Gallantry awards to soldiers and next of kin of the personnel, who lost their lives in Udhampur.
New Delhi [India], Jan 26 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind approved 409 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others on the eve of the 71st Republic Day.
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has recommended gallantry medals for its six personnel who were killed in a chopper crash due to friendly fire over Srinagar on February 27, a day after the force hit a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Six Navy personnel have been awarded gallantry awards including a Shaurya Chakra for Marine Commando Amit Singh Rana for his role in two operations in Jammu and Kashmir in which eight terrorists were killed.
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind has approved 132 gallantry awards to armed forces personnel and members of paramilitary forces including third highest gallantry award, Vir Chakra for Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who shot down a PAF F-16 during the dogfight