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 -- …
Barmer: The widow of a Border Security Force officer, who was killed in service and awarded the President’s Medal for Gallantry, expressed displeasure, claiming that the government promised ‘Ashok Chakra’ for her husband. Border Security Force officer Sanwalaram Vishnoi was killed during violent protests in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Congo in 2022 Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime …
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Delhi Police Head Constable Ratan Lal, who was killed in the 2020 North East Delhi riots, will be awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry posthumously. Ratan Lal was killed on February 24 last week in the violence that broke out during the Delhi riots. Police claimed that "a conspiracy was hatched to attack the police party" and that the accused …
