Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa awarded Sena Medal

Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad, who survived miraculously for six days under a huge ice-and-snow debris after an avalanche hit his post before losing life to multiple organ......

PHOTOS: India prays for miracle Siachen soldier

After being miraculously rescued from under 35 feet of snow after an avalanche in the Siachen glacier region, Indians have joined hands in praying for Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad, who has been......

Hanamanthappa's widow wants only daughter to join army

Wife of Siachen braveheart Hanamanthappa Koppad, Mahadevi Ashok Bilebal wants their only daughter to join the Indian army when she grows up. Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who epitomised grit and......

Siachen braveheart Hanamanthappa laid to rest

The body of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad was laid to rest with full state honours, after thousands of people bid an emotional farewell to the Siachen braveheart at his native village of Betadur......