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Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan biopic first poster: Mahesh Babu praises Adivi Sesh as 26/11 hero
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2020 11:02 AM IST
Mahesh Babu presented the first poster of Adivi Sesh’s Major, a biopic on 26/11 hero Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.
At wedding of soldier’s sister, 50 IAF commandos give an emotional farewell
Hindustan Times, Sasaram | By Prasun K Mishra
UPDATED ON JUN 17, 2019 03:10 PM IST
The colleagues of martyred Air Force Garud unit commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala, who was killed fighting extremists at Jammu & Kashmir attended the wedding of his sister.
‘Take back my statement, apologise’: Sadhvi Pragya on Hemant Karkare remark
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2019 08:56 PM IST
Calling Hemant Karkare, who died in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, a martyr, Sadhvi Pragya took back her words and said that Hemant Karkare had died from the bullets of terrorist. “He is certainly a martyr,” she said.
Kashmir braveheart’s wife, mother receive Ashok Chakra at dazzling Republic Day parade
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rahul Singh
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2019 10:56 PM IST
What makes the Ashok Chakra even more special is that Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani was a surrendered militant who became a soldier. He belonged to an army unit raised 15 years ago with surrendered militants as an experiment to rewrite the rules of counter-terror operations in Kashmir.
Militant who turned soldier posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rahul Singh
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2019 10:10 AM IST
President Ram Nath Kovind will present the award to Wani’s wife, Mahajabeen Wani, at the 70th Republic Day parade, the army said.
Ashok Chakra for J-K militant-turned-soldier who died fighting terrorists
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 24, 2019 01:04 PM IST
Lance Naik Nazir Wani, who had joined the Indian Army giving up terrorism in 2004, will be awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously this Republic Day. Wani lost his life in November last year during operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian.
17 years on, martyred Indian army officer yet to be honoured, says father
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Jatinder Kaur Tur, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2019 05:31 PM IST
Major Yogesh Gupta, of the 25th battalion of the Madras Regiment, lost his life fighting a gun battle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Surankote, after killing 5 terrorists.
Ashok Chakra’s tallest replica to be unveiled on January 5 in Haryana village
Hindustan Times, Yamunanagar | By Neeraj Mohan, Yamunanagar
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2019 01:34 PM IST
The replica of Ashok Chakra has a diameter of 30 feet and is made with 90 quintal metal.