New Delhi: Major Anup Joseph Manjali was on Saturday awarded the second-highest peacetime gallantry award Kirti Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee for killing three foreign militants in Jammu and Kashmir. 12 defence personnel were awarded the Shaurya Charkra for their acts of bravery including Captain A Rahul Ramesh and Naik Krishna Kumar who were given the honour posthumously.
Manjali, who was deployed in Jammu and Kashmir with the 24 Rashtriya Rifles battalion, had established a close cordon around five foreign terrorists while leading a counter-terrorist operation there on October 1, 2012. "The officer displaying raw courage crawled up to the entrance of the Dhok and lobbed a hand grenade to flush out terrorists resulting in elimination of one terrorist on the spot," his citation read.
When the other terrorists attempted to escape, he chased them and "shot dead two more dreaded terrorists from a distance of approximately twenty meters in a most daring act." Naik Krishan Kumar was given the award for his role in a crisis situation in Congo where the Indian Army is involved as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission.
Captain A Rahul Ramesh, an Engineer with the Border Roads Organisation, was conferred the award for saving the life of his colleague while carrying out a bridge construction operation in Uttarakhand in 2012. The Shaurya Chakra awardees include Captain Manish Singh of 9 Para (SF), who was badly injured in a terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir....
11:40 PM, Apr 27, 2013
On Friday, CNN-IBN and Open Magazine aired an explosive video of CRPF commandos stating that a Bihar Superintendent of Police and his SHO fraudulently claimed gallantry awards for an encounter in which they never took part. Two CRPF commandos, Ramzan and Imtiaz, who braved the bullets to fight the Naxals during the Rohtas encounter in January 2012, said they were sidelined for the awards. ...
10:01 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The CBI on Friday seized 11 cars belonging to BCCI chief and India Cements promoter N Srinivasan. ...
10:12 PM, Mar 22, 2013
New Delhi: On the occasion of India's 66th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee approved 62 Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces which included 15 Shaurya Chakras, 1 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 42 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 3 NaoSena Medal (Gallantry) and 1 VayuSena Medal (Gallantry). Among the 15 officers from the Army and the Air Force who have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra - the...
11:01 AM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: Lieutenant Navdeep Singh, who displayed his indomitable spirit, determination and exceptional bravery while putting down the terrorists and making the supreme sacrifice for the nation, on Thursday conferred with the highest gallantry award. Lieutenant Navdeep Singh laid down his life fighting terrorists during an anti-infiltration operation along LOC in Gurez Sector of north Kashmir. He was awarded the Ashok Chakra on the Republic Day. President Pratibha Patil presented...
08:09 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Jammu: The Army's Northern Command will get the highest number of gallantry awards, including one Ashok Chakra and three Kriti Chakras, on the occasion of the Republic day this year. The awards announced on occasion of the Republic Day 2012 once again saw the highest number of gallantry awards being conferred to the troops in Northern Command", PRO (Def) Ministry of Defence, HQ Northern Command, Lt Col Rajesh Kalia said...
07:12 AM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: Three Army doctors have been honoured with the Sena Medal for gallantry for taking on terrorists and saving the lives of their colleagues during an attack on Indians in Kabul in 2010. A total of 114 Army personnel have been awarded the Sena Medal for gallantry on Independence Day for their acts of valour in different operations across the country. Lieutenant Colonel Sanjiv Kumar Kakkar of the Army...
09:03 AM, Aug 15, 2011
New Delhi: How much reward does a fire fighter get for one of the most difficult relief and rescue operations in recent times? That too in a major air crash, the worst in a decade. Karnataka government thinks that Rs 100 is the best reward! The 85 fire department personnel who worked non stop for 12 hours and remained at the crash site for 5 days have got certificates with...
01:22 PM, Apr 19, 2011
Rukhsana fought off and killed a top LeT commander. ...
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Invitation is in recognition of service rendered during Mumbai terror strikes. ...
03:09 PM, Jan 13, 2009
A K Antony told Parliament that further revision won't be appropriate. ...
12:37 AM, Oct 23, 2008
Chandigarh: Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday rolled out a book that has the match reports of all his 100 international tons published in the Hindu newspaper. Besides, the compilation, titled 'Sachin - A Tribute To The Legend', also has some rare pictures of the veteran batsman and a range of interesting statistics. Tendulkar expressed his gratitude to the daily after releasing the book on his 39th birthday. It gives me immense...
04:40 PM, May 15, 2008
Sgt Shukla died in Gujarat floods trying to rescue a group of marooned people. ...
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