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. read more

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. read more

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... read more

President Ram Nath Kovind will present the award to Wani’s wife, Mahajabeen Wani, at the 70th Republic Day parade, the army said. read more

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. read more

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. read more

The replica of Ashok Chakra has a diameter of 30 feet and is made with 90 quintal metal. read more