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    Vir Chakra News

    Indian Air Force Day| Alka Ahuja remembers husband Ajay Ahuja: My son knows his father better now

    Alka Ahuja and Ajay Ahuja
    Htcity
    Published 1 day ago

    Alfred Tyrone Cooke dies at 87; revisiting his legendary Kalaikunda dogfight

    Flight Lieutenant Alfred T Cooke during his AIr Force days.
    India News
    Published 19 days ago

    War hero who took on 4 Pakistani jets dies: Revisiting his 1965 dogfight heroics

    Awarded the Vir Chakra, the country’s third-highest wartime gallantry award, for his role in the air battle over West Bengal's Kalaikunda, Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke passed away on Friday in New Delhi at the age of 87.
    India News
    Updated 20 days ago

    Pilot who crashed in Pakistan and shot down F-16 quits IAF, joins pvt airline

    Abhinandan Varthaman scripted military aviation history by downing an F-16 in 2019.
    India News
    Updated 36 days ago

    ‘Aaj khatam kar do inko’: How BSF heroes fought Pakistan to their last breaths

    BSF Sub-Inspector Mohd Imteyaj, posthumously awarded the Vir Chakra for his bravery during Operation Sindoor. Right: Wreath-laying ceremony in honour of Constable Deepak Chingakham, his fellow gallant trooper.
    India News
    Updated 352 days ago

    Medal citations detail Op Sindoor intricacies

    Operation Sindoor marked New Delhi’s direct military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. India launched the operation in the early hours of May 7 and struck terror and military installations in Pakistan and PoK. (AFP)
    India News
    Updated 353 days ago

    Posthumous Vir Chakra for 2 BSF soldiers

    Posthumous Vir Chakra for 2 BSF soldiers
    India News
    Published 421 days ago

    President Murmu approves wartime honours for Operation Sindoor heroes

    Top military commanders monitor 'Operation Sindoor' live in this image from the May edition of Indian Army's monthly magazine 'Baatcheet’. (Indian Army/ PTI)
    India News
    Updated 421 days ago

    Kargil war hero's last letter to parents: ‘By the time you get...’ | Full text

    A photo of Captain Vijayant Thapar, a Kargil war martyr and his father retired Colonel VN Thapar (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
    India News
    Published 805 days ago

    Stories of soldierly brotherhood resonate at Triennial National Convention in Chandigarh

    Colonel Gurjeet Singh Bajwa (retd) recounted his experiences of bravery and unity among soldiers. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 936 days ago

    Army commemorates 1948 war hero

    Brigade Commander Kapil Taneja was the chief guest on the occasion, which was attended by next of kin and family members of Deputy Lal (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 975 days ago

    Wife of Galwan hero joins Indian Army, posted in eastern Ladakh

    Woman Cadet Rekha Singh, wife of Late Naik Deepak Singh, was commissioned into Indian Army after completing her training in Chennai (HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 1258 days ago

    Galwan brave’s wife set for army entry as lieutenant

    Rekha was married to Naik Deepak Singh of the 16th Battalion of Bihar Regiment who was killed in action in the remote valley while fighting numerically superior Chinese soldiers on June 15, 2020.
    India News
    Updated 1268 days ago

    Madhya Pradesh govt hikes cash grants for decorated soldiers ahead elections

    An order passed by the state government on March 30 has revised the cash grants given to soldiers. (AFP)
    Cities
    Updated 1285 days ago

    Abhinandan who shot down Pak F-16 awarded Vir Chakra

    President Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Vir Chakra to Group Captain Varthaman Abhinandan at the Defence Investiture Ceremony-I at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 1782 days ago

    When Abhinandan Varthaman shot down Pakistan's F-16 fighter jet. How it happened

    Wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman, now Group Captain, pursued the retreating F-16 fighter jet and shot it down with his onboard missile.
    India News
    Updated 1782 days ago
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