J&K police awarded Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra
3 years, 4 months ago

J&K police awarded Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel who are on the forefront of fighting terrorists in Kashmir Valley have been awarded India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra, and second highest peacetime gallantry award Kirti Chakra on the eve of India's 75th Independence Day. Babu Ram, ASI with Jammu & Kashmir Police, has been posthumously awarded India's highest peacetime gallantry award Ashok Chakra. India's third highest peacetime gallantry award, the Shaurya Chakra, has been awarded to 15 which includes six Army officers and soldiers, two IAF officers, one Navy Officer, three CRPF personnel, two Odisha police commandos and one special officer with J&K police. In the Indian Army, those who have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra include Major Arun Kumar Pandey, Major Ravi Kumar Chaudhary, Captain Ashutosh Kumar, Capt Vikas Khatri, Rifleman Mukesh Kumar, and Sepoy Neeraj Ahlawat.

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On Independence Day, 1,037 Police Personnel Across India Receive Gallantry Awards
4 months, 1 week ago

On Independence Day, 1,037 Police Personnel Across India Receive Gallantry Awards

News 18  

Gallantry awards have been announced on Independence Day. It includes the names of two DSPs from UP, Bihar’s IPS officer Sanjay Singh and DSP Rajesh Kumar Sharma, who are currently working as ADG Law and Order. On the occasion of Independence Day, it has been announced that five policemen of Bihar Police will be given the gallantry awards. Apart from …

CRPF bags highest number of gallantry medals on Independence Day
4 months, 1 week ago

CRPF bags highest number of gallantry medals on Independence Day

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: On the eve of Independence Day 2024, President Droupadi Murmu, as Supreme Commander of the Uniformed Forces, has approved 103 gallantry awards for the Armed Forces and 213 for personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces and state police forces. The Ministry of Defence announced the following: four kirti chakras, 18 shaurya chakras, one bar to sena medal, …

On I-Day Eve, Colonel Manpreet Singh, Three Others Conferred Kirti Chakra
4 months, 1 week ago

On I-Day Eve, Colonel Manpreet Singh, Three Others Conferred Kirti Chakra

News 18  

Colonel Manpreet Singh and Deputy Superintendent of police Himayun Muzzammil Bhat, who laid down their lives displaying extreme bravery in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag in September last year, were on Wednesday posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, the country’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award. Major Aashish Dhonchak and Sepoy Pardeep Singh, who also sacrificed their lives in the …

Independence Day Gallantry Awards: Colonel Manpreet Singh, 3 others conferred Kirti Chakra - Check full list
4 months, 1 week ago

Independence Day Gallantry Awards: Colonel Manpreet Singh, 3 others conferred Kirti Chakra - Check full list

Live Mint  

Colonel Manpreet Singh, who was killed in action while leading from the front in an anti-terror operation in Jammu Kashmir's Anantnag last September has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, the second-highest peacetime gallantry award. Three other security forces personnel -- Rifleman Ravi Kumar, Major Malla Rama Gopal Naidu, Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Himayun Muzzammil Bhat -- …

Independence Day 2024: 59 medals for Maharashtra police; PSI martyred in Naxal face-off to get gallantry medal
4 months, 1 week ago

Independence Day 2024: 59 medals for Maharashtra police; PSI martyred in Naxal face-off to get gallantry medal

The Hindu  

Police sub-inspector Dhanaji Honmane, who was martyred in an encounter with Naxalites in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra in 2020, was among the 17 police personnel from the State who have been selected for the Medal for Gallantry on the eve of the Independence Day. Gadchiroli Additional Superintendent of Police Kunal Tare, Sub Divisional Police Officer Kunal Sonvane, PSI Dipak Aute, …

President Murmu approves Gallantry awards on Independence Day | Check full list of honourees
4 months, 1 week ago

President Murmu approves Gallantry awards on Independence Day | Check full list of honourees

India TV News  

Gallantry awards: President Droupadi Murmu approved Gallantry and service medals for personnel from the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces, Police, Fire Services, Home Guards, and Civil Defence on the eve of Independence Day. 103 medals to Armed Forces and CAPF President Murmu has approved 103 Gallantry awards to the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel. Gallantry and …

Indian peacekeeper posthumously awarded with prestigious UN medal for sacrifice in line of duty | VIDEO
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian peacekeeper posthumously awarded with prestigious UN medal for sacrifice in line of duty | VIDEO

India TV News  

New York: An Indian peacekeeper, who sacrificed his life in the line of duty while serving under the flag of the United Nations is among the 60-plus military, police and civilian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously with a prestigious UN medal on Thursday for their service and supreme sacrifice. “We will never forget them.” Indian woman peacekeeper receives UN Gender …

Republic Day gallantry awards: Full list Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra awardees
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Republic Day gallantry awards: Full list Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra awardees

Hindustan Times  

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday announced 80 gallantry awards, including six Kirti Chakra and 16 Shaurya Chakra, for India's armed forces. Kirti Chakra is India's second-highest peacetime gallantry award after Ashok Chakra; the Shaurya Chakra is the third-highest peacetime award. Six Kirti Chakra awards were announced on Thursday, out of which three were conferred posthumously. List of Kirti Chakra Awardees …

Four J&K cops get Shaurya Chakra
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Four J&K cops get Shaurya Chakra

Hindustan Times  

Four Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel have secured Shaurya Chkara, according to a list approved by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday. Havildar Abdul Majid has been awarded Kirti Chakra posthumously In total, the President approved 80 gallantry awards, including six Kirti Chakra and 16 Shaurya Chakra on the eve of the 75th Republic Day. Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel Mohan …

72 gallantry medals to J&K Police highest among State forces: DGP R.R. Swain
10 months, 4 weeks ago

72 gallantry medals to J&K Police highest among State forces: DGP R.R. Swain

The Hindu  

Referring to the 72 gallantry medals announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the Jammu and Kashmir Police, State Director-General of Police R.R. “This recognition, as I learned from the Ministry website, makes us the highest gallantry medal winners among State police forces,” DGP Swain said. He said the J&K Police lost more than 1,600 personnel in the Pakistan- …

President Droupadi Murmu approves 80 gallantry awards to Armed Forces personnel | DETAILS
11 months ago

President Droupadi Murmu approves 80 gallantry awards to Armed Forces personnel | DETAILS

India TV News  

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday approved 80 gallantry awards on the eve of the 75th Republic Day. The Kirti Chakra awardees are: Major Digvijay Singh Rawat of 21st Battalion, the Parachute Regiment Major Deependra Vikram Basnet from the Sikh Regiment's fourth battalion Havildar Pawan Kumar Yadav from the 21st battalion of the Mahar Regiment According to the Defence Ministry, those …

Centre honours 34 Telangana Police officers for meritorious services
1 year, 4 months ago

Centre honours 34 Telangana Police officers for meritorious services

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre awarded 34 Telangana police personnel for meritorious services on Sunday, ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on Monday. The Telangana police were awarded 22 Police Medals for Gallantry, two President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service, and 10 Police Medals for Meritorious Service. The President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service was awarded to senior IPS officer Vijay Kumar, …

President approves 76 gallantry awards for Armed Forces, CAPF personnel
1 year, 4 months ago

President approves 76 gallantry awards for Armed Forces, CAPF personnel

Hindustan Times  

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday approved the conferment of 76 Gallantry awards to armed forces and central armed police forces personnel ahead of the 77th Independence Day. This list comprises four posthumous Kirti Chakra awardees, eleven Shaurya Chakra recipients, two recipients of the Bar to Sena Medal, fifty-two Sena Medals, three Nao Sena Medals, and four Vayu Sena Medals. Indian …

Air Force veteran Wing Cmdr JM Nath, who took sorties in wars against Pakistan, China dies
1 year, 9 months ago

Air Force veteran Wing Cmdr JM Nath, who took sorties in wars against Pakistan, China dies

India TV News  

Indian Air Force veteran Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath, who flew numerous reconnaissance sorties over Tibet and Pakistan during wars in 1962 and 1965 died in Mumbai on Monday. Six decades ago, when he leapt into his Canberra, a twin-engine jet bomber fitted with cameras, and flew into Pakistan on a top secret mission, then Squadron Leader Jag Mohan Nath …

412 gallantry awards and other defence honours announced ahead of R-Day
1 year, 10 months ago

412 gallantry awards and other defence honours announced ahead of R-Day

The Hindu  

President of India Droupadi Murmu has approved 412 gallantry awards and other defence decorations to armed forces personnel and others on the eve of the 74th Republic Day. Major Shubhang and Naik Jitendra Singh will receive the Kirti Chakra while Cdr Nishant Singh from the Navy, who lost his life in a MiG-29K fighter crash, will be remembered with the …

Republic Day: 901 police personnel get medals; CRPF bags most gallantry awards
1 year, 10 months ago

Republic Day: 901 police personnel get medals; CRPF bags most gallantry awards

Hindustan Times  

The Union home ministry on Wednesday announced the names of 901 police personnel to be awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry, President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service, and Police Medal for Meritorious Service on Republic Day. As many as 140 police personnel have been awarded the gallantry award, 93 with the President's Medal for Distinguished Service while 668 will be …

2 BSF Men Who Died at LoC Get Kirti Chakra; CRPF Officer Gets Shaurya Chakra
2 years, 4 months ago

2 BSF Men Who Died at LoC Get Kirti Chakra; CRPF Officer Gets Shaurya Chakra

News 18  

Two Border Security Force personnel who were killed thwarting separate infiltration bids by terrorists along the LoC have been awarded the Kirti Chakra, while a CRPF officer was given the Shaurya Chakra for eliminating a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative in Srinagar. BSF Constable Sudip Sarkar and Sub Inspector Paotinsat Guite were honoured with the award posthumously on the occasion of Independence Day, …

Independence Day 2022: Maximum police gallantry medals to CRPF, JKP for counter-terrorist ops in J&K
2 years, 4 months ago

Independence Day 2022: Maximum police gallantry medals to CRPF, JKP for counter-terrorist ops in J&K

India TV News  

Highlights The maximum gallantry medals have been received by the CRPF followed by the J&K Police Decorations include police medals for gallantry, President's police medals among others The paramilitary is the largest central force deployed in the Union Territory Independence Day 2022 : The CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police were decorated with the maximum gallantry awards for undertaking counter-terrorist …

I-Day: 1,082 Cops Given Medals for Gallantry, J&K Highest Among States & UTs With 108 Awards
2 years, 4 months ago

I-Day: 1,082 Cops Given Medals for Gallantry, J&K Highest Among States & UTs With 108 Awards

News 18  

On the occasion of Independence Day, police personnel from Jammu and Kashmir are being awarded 108 police medals for gallantry, the most among states and union territories of the total 347 gallantry awards. Various categories of service medals, including for gallant action, have been awarded to 1,082 police personnel from CAPFs and state forces, an official statement said Sunday. Among …

Padma Awards 2022 winners List: Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh get Padma Vibhushan; check awardees here
2 years, 10 months ago

Padma Awards 2022 winners List: Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh get Padma Vibhushan; check awardees here

Firstpost  

The Centre on Tuesday announced the recipients of the Padma Awards 2022. Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh will also be conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously, former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will get Padma Bhushan and Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech Chairman Krishna Ella and company co-founder and wife Suchitra Ella will be awarded Padma Bhushan. Govt announces …

Republic Day: Centre announces 939 police medals including 189 for gallantry awards
2 years, 10 months ago

Republic Day: Centre announces 939 police medals including 189 for gallantry awards

Firstpost  

Among the 189 gallantry awards, 134 personnel are being awarded for their gallant action in the Jammu and Kashmir region, 47 for their bravery in Left Wing Extremism affected areas and one personnel for similar conduct in the north-east region, a home ministry spokesperson said The government on Tuesday announced a total of 939 service medals, including 189 for gallantry, …

President awards Vir Chakra to Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed Pak F-16
3 years, 1 month ago

President awards Vir Chakra to Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed Pak F-16

Hindustan Times  

Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who shot down a Pakistani F-16 jet during a dogfight over the Line of Control on February 27, 2019, was on Monday awarded Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind at an investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was on Monday awarded Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind at …

Gallantry Awards 2021: President Kovind presents Vir Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra
3 years, 1 month ago

Gallantry Awards 2021: President Kovind presents Vir Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra

India Today  

President Ram Nath Kovind presented Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations in Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. LIVE: President Kovind presents Gallantry Awards at Defence Investiture Ceremony-I at Rashtrapati Bhavan https://t.co/ZsKDxtJx18 — President of India November 22, 2021 Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was accorded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind for his role in pushing …

75th Independence Day: List of President's Police Medal awardees from Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 4 months ago

75th Independence Day: List of President's Police Medal awardees from Uttar Pradesh

India TV News  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday announced that as many as 1,380 police personnel have been awarded medals on the occasion of India's 75 Independence Day. Amongst 628 Gallantry Awards, one President's Police Medal for Gallantry has been given to the Jammu and Kashmir Police and one to the Central Reserve Police Force posthumously. List of Awardees President's Police …

Shaurya Chakra conferred on seven armed forces personnel on eve of 75th Independence Day
3 years, 4 months ago

Shaurya Chakra conferred on seven armed forces personnel on eve of 75th Independence Day

India Today  

Six army personnel and one Indian Air Force officer were conferred with the Shaurya Chakra-- the country’s third-highest peacetime gallantry award, on the eve of the 75th Independence Day. Major Ravi Kumar Chaudhary, Major Arun Kumar Pandey, Captain Vikas Khatri, Captain Ashutosh Kumar, Sepoy Neeraj Ahlawat and Rifleman Mukesh Kumar were conferred Shaurya Chakra award for their valour during counter-terrorism …

J&K cop honoured posthumously with Ashoka Chakra - India's highest peacetime gallantry award
3 years, 4 months ago

J&K cop honoured posthumously with Ashoka Chakra - India's highest peacetime gallantry award

India Today  

Assistant Sub-Inspector Babu Ram and Constable Altaf Hussain Bhat of Jammu and Kashmir Police have been posthumously conferred the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra awards, respectively, on the eve of the 75th Independence Day. “Bhat retaliated and killed the terrorist and saved the life of the protectee, but himself got severe bullet injuries and later succumbed, thus attaining martyrdom …

30 CBI personnel awarded Police medals on eve of Independence Day
3 years, 4 months ago

30 CBI personnel awarded Police medals on eve of Independence Day

India Today  

CBI Joint Director Manoj Sashidhar who is heading the probe into the bank fraud case involving Vijay Mallya and several other high-profile investigations is among the 30 agency personnel who have been awarded service medals by the President on the occasion of Independence Day, officials said on Saturday. Sashidhar, a 1994-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre who is also supervising …

S.P. Balasubramaniam, Shinzo Abe awarded Padma Vibhushan
3 years, 10 months ago

S.P. Balasubramaniam, Shinzo Abe awarded Padma Vibhushan

The Hindu  

Late singer and music composer S.P. Balasubramaniam, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan have been conferred India’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan. In the annual national honours list, singer K.S Chithra, former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Nripendra Misra, former principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among the 10 …

Army Day: 15 Armymen to be awarded Sena Medal for gallantry in counter terror operations
3 years, 11 months ago

Army Day: 15 Armymen to be awarded Sena Medal for gallantry in counter terror operations

India TV News  

A total of 15 Indian Army officers and soldiers will be awarded the Sena Medal, five of them posthumously, on Army Day on Friday for gallantry during counter-terror operations in Jammu & Kashmir. Major Ketan Sharma of 19 Rashtriya Rifles will be awarded the honoured posthumously for showing exemplary courage during counter terror operations on June 16, 2019 in Jammu …

Three Indian Army personnel awarded Shaurya Chakra for J-K counter-terror operations
4 years, 4 months ago

Three Indian Army personnel awarded Shaurya Chakra for J-K counter-terror operations

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Three Indian Army personnel-- Lt Colonel Krishan Singh Rawat, Major Anil Urs and Havildar Alok Kumar Dubey -- have been conferred with the prestigious Shaurya Chakra for counter terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Indian Army personnel who courageously fought Chinese troops in Eastern Ladakh, particularly in Galwan Valley, are likely to be given gallantry awards during Republic …

84 security personnel to get top gallantry awards
4 years, 4 months ago

84 security personnel to get top gallantry awards

Hindustan Times  

A Jammu and Kashmir police constable, a Special Forces officer and an Indian Air Force pilot are among the 84 security personnel whose names have been approved for top gallantry awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on the eve of Independence Day, according to a government release issued on Friday. While head constable Abdul Rashid Kalas of JKP has been …

J&K Tops Gallantry List for Police Medals; Cop Who Nabbed Davinder Singh Among Those Awarded
4 years, 4 months ago

J&K Tops Gallantry List for Police Medals; Cop Who Nabbed Davinder Singh Among Those Awarded

News 18  

Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF have once again bagged the maximum number of police medals for gallantry, announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday. Three IPS officers from Jammu and Kashmir Police - including Sandeep, Gurinderpal Singh and Atul Kumar Goel - have been awarded the PMG. Notably, it was DIG Atul Kumar Goel who detained and …

Independence Day: Govt announces police medals for gallantry, J&K Police tops list
4 years, 4 months ago

Independence Day: Govt announces police medals for gallantry, J&K Police tops list

India Today  

On the eve of Independence day, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday released the list of police personnel who have been awarded the medals for gallantry, meritorious and distinguished service. Furthermore, the erstwhile IG Srinagar, CRPF, Ravideep Singh Sahi and the present valley QAT Commander, Loukrakpam Ibomcha Singh and his teammate Constable Devsant Kumar has been awarded Police Medal …

Cop who died fighting terrorists after Pulwama attack among gallantry awardees for bravery in J&K
4 years, 4 months ago

Cop who died fighting terrorists after Pulwama attack among gallantry awardees for bravery in J&K

India Today  

Indian Army in a statement on Friday said Havaldar Alok Kumar Dubey, Major Anil Urs and Lt Col Krishan Singh Rawat are being awarded the Shaurya Chakra for gallantry in different actions in Jammu and Kashmir. File photo of Head Constable Abdul Rashid Kalas Havildar Alok Kumar Dubey Born on July 2, 1984, in Bhatpura village in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad, …

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