Prez Murmu approves 80 gallantry awards, 311 other defence decorations

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday approved 80 gallantry awards including six Kirti Chakra and 16 Shaurya Chakra on the eve of the 75th Republic Day. IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu presents a......

President confers Ashok Chakra on militant-turned-solider Nazir Wani

Wani is the first Kashmiri to be conferred the Ashok Chakra. IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind presents the gallantry award Ashoka Chakra to Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani's wife Mahajabeen during the......

President awards Garud commando killed in J-K with Ashok Chakra

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday awarded India’s highest peacetime military decoration Ashok Chakra posthumously to Indian Air Force Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, who laid......

Meet The Real Heroes of India

President Droupadi Murmu conferred 26 Shaurya Chakras (seven posthumous) to personnel of the armed forces, Central Armed Police Forces and state/Union Territory Police during a defence investiture......

Major Review

Major is in a perennial state of exaggeration.The sighs, the misty eyes, the mushy speeches, its details are invested in highlighting all things in-your-face, observes Sukanya Verma. There's no......

'We have stayed true to Major Sandeep's life'

'Every scene we have written in the film encapsulates the spirit of his life.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Saiee Manjrekar/Instagram Telugu actor Adivi Sesh says his upcoming film Major, a biopic on......

Four blocks of Eden named after war veterans

IMAGE: CAB president Sourav Ganguly with Indian Army Personnel at the unveiling ceremony at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Four war heroes found a place of permanence in the......