Prez approves gallantry awards for 70 including Ashoka Chakra for astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla. Full listPresident Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards for 70 Armed Forces personnel. This includes the highest peacetime award, the Ashok ...
25 Jan, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
Watch: Chilean President Gabriel Boric stops mid-walk to ask PM Modi about the Ashoka Chakra on the Indian flagA video captures Chilean President Gabriel Boric asking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the Ashoka Chakra in India's flag during ...
01 Apr, 2025, 03.09 PM IST
Bihar: Two held for showing Indian Flag with crescent moon & star symbol instead of Ashoka Chakra during Milad-un-Nabi processionPolice in Bihar's Saran district detained two individuals for allegedly carrying a national flag with a crescent moon and star instead of t...
16 Sep, 2024, 05.20 PM IST
Independence Day 2024: Here's what you should keep in mind while hoisting India's national flagIndependence day flag hoisting: India marked its 78th Independence Day, highlighting the theme 'Viksit Bharat' or Developed India, aiming f...
15 Aug, 2024, 07.21 AM IST
75th Independence Day: The significance of Ashoka Chakra in India's TricolourThe flag consists of saffron, white and green with the Ashoka Chakra - a 24-spoke wheel in navy blue, resting at its centre.
03 Aug, 2022, 10.57 AM IST
National Emblem row: All you need to know about the Lion Capital of AshokaPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the cast of the national emblem on top of the new Parliament building. The Opposition hit o...
13 Jul, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
President Ram Nath Kovind confers Ashoka Chakra on Nazir WaniOn November 25, 38-year-old Wani, hailing from Cheki Ashmuji in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, lost his life in a counter-terror ope...
26 Jan, 2019, 11.00 AM IST
Assam Police officer conferred with Kirti Chakra posthumouslyThe police officer displayed indomitable courage, exemplary leadership dedication to duty and laid down his life for which he was conferred...
13 Oct, 2018, 12.48 PM IST
Everything you need to know about the Ashoka ChakraThe chakra, which features in the middle of the tricolour, has twenty-four spokes.
25 Jul, 2018, 11.37 AM IST
7 medals for Special Forces team that hit Myanmar campsThe operation was a swift retributive strike to the militant ambush of a Dogra battalion convoy in Manipur's Chandel district on June 4, wh...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.42 PM IST
Government doubles honorarium for gallantry award winners: Defence MinistryIn case of Ashoka Chakra award winners, the monthly allowance has been enhanced to Rs 12,000 from Rs 6,000.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.13 PM IST
2 CRPF men get Shaurya Chakra for bravery in anti-Naxal operationThe Shaurya Chakra is the third highest peacetime military decoration after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra.
25 Jan, 2018, 07.35 PM IST
IAF commando who shot 3 ultras to get Ashoka Chakra posthumouslyAltogether six terrorists, including the nephew of Lashkar-e-Toiba chief and mastermind of the 26/11 terror strikes Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ...
25 Jan, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
DIPP secretary Amitabh Kant counters plagiarism charges against Make in India symbolThe report said the campaign for the Cantonal Bank of Zurich was designed by Swiss designer Nadine Geissbülher, and was launched on July 4,...
03 Jun, 2015, 01.32 PM IST
First battalion of Third Gorkha Rifles to complete 200 years on AprilComprising not just the gritty Gorkhas, but also men from Kumaon and Garhwal regions, Sir Robert Colquhuon had raised the regiment on April...
21 Apr, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
Honour gang-rape victim with Ashoka Chakra: BJPIn letter to Prime Minister, BJP state unit president Vijender Gupta made the demand to honour the girl posthumously during Republic Day.
02 Jan, 2013, 02.19 PM IST
- 11 terror martyrs to be conferred Ashoka Chakra at R-Day parade
President Pratibha Patil will confer Ashoka Chakra, the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award, posthumously on 11 police and defence ...
26 Jan, 2009, 08.28 AM IST