CRPF commandos honoured with Shaurya Chakra for anti-Naxal operationsCRPF's CoBRA commando Pawan Kumar was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra for his exceptional bravery and sacrifice during an operation...
23 May, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
President approves gallantry awards to 93 armed forces personnelPresident Droupadi Murmu has approved gallantry awards for 93 armed forces personnel, including two Kirti Chakras and 14 Shaurya Chakras on...
25 Jan, 2025, 08.30 PM IST
Prez Droupadi Murmu approves 103 gallantry awards, top honours for ArmyOn the eve of Independence Day, the President approved 103 gallantry awards to armed forces and police for their bravery in anti-terrorism ...
14 Aug, 2024, 11.51 PM IST
Colonel Manpreet Singh, three others conferred Kirti ChakraColonel Manpreet Singh, who was killed in an anti-terror operation in Anantnag last September, has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chak...
14 Aug, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
President Murmu confers 10 Kirti Chakras, 26 Shaurya ChakrasPresident Droupadi Murmu confers gallantry awards to 10 individuals with 7 posthumously receiving the Kirti Chakra, India's second-highest ...
06 Jul, 2024, 12.00 AM IST
President Murmu approves 80 gallantry awards, other decorations to Armed Forces personnelPresident Droupadi Murmu approves 80 gallantry awards including 6 Kirti Chakra and 16 Shaurya Chakra on the eve of the 75th Republic Day. 3...
25 Jan, 2024, 10.27 PM IST
President Murmu confers eight Kirti Chakras, 29 Shaurya ChakrasThe President of India has conferred eight Kirti Chakra awards and 29 Shaurya Chakra awards to Indian Armed Forces personnel, Central Armed...
09 May, 2023, 10.10 PM IST
NIA takes up probe in killing case of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh SandhuThe assailants, after committing the murder, had immediately escaped on a motorcycle. A case was registered under sections of the IPC and t...
27 Jan, 2021, 08.22 PM IST
R-day memories: Shaurya Chakra winner & MyGate founder recalls meeting President Kalam, says it was humblingWhen Vijay Arisetty was in the IAF, he rescued around 300 people during the tsunami.
27 Jan, 2021, 02.10 PM IST
Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh, who fought terrorism, shot dead in PunjabThe motorcycle-borne miscreants attacked Singh when he was at his office, adjoining his home, in the district's Bhikhiwind village, the pol...
16 Oct, 2020, 01.00 PM IST
Prez approves gallantry award for defence personnel on eve of I-Day, 4 get Shaurya ChakraThose from the Army who have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra are Lt.Col. Krishan Singh Rawat from the elite Special Forces, Major Anil Urs ...
14 Aug, 2020, 07.51 PM IST
16-yr-old from Kashmir gets Shaurya ChakraPresident Ram Nath Kovind has awarded Shaurya Chakra to 16-year-old Irfan Ramzan Sheikh for fighting militants who attacked his residence i...
20 Mar, 2019, 07.46 AM IST
President awards gallantry awards to armed forces personnelIn a rare occurrence, President Ram Nath Kovind also awarded a Shaurya Chakra to 16-year-old Irfan Ramzan Sheikh who thwarted a militant at...
19 Mar, 2019, 06.08 PM IST
J-K policeman given 'Shaurya Chakra' posthumously for exemplary courageManzoor Ahmed Naik, who was a resident of Uri in Baramulla district, laid down his life at Haffu Nigeenpora village of Tral in South Kashmi...
11 Oct, 2018, 04.14 PM IST
Udhampur terrorist nabbing: Shaurya Chakra recommended for 2 civiliansThe police also recommended their names to the government for the Shaurya Chakra gallantry medal in view of their "conspicuous gallant act".
11 Jul, 2018, 12.42 PM 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
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