NEW DELHI: Five Shaurya Chakras were conferred on CRPF bravehearts and 209 police officers honoured with gallantry medals on the eve of Independence Day for their acts of valour.The five Shaurya Chakra awardees were part of CRPF’s 201 CoBRA battalion and were recognised for displaying extraordinary courage during an engagement with Naxalites on January 30,…
NEW DELHI: Colonel Manpreet Singh and deputy superintendent of J&K Police Humayun Muzzammil Bhat, who laid down their lives while battling terrorists in a fierce encounter in Anantnag district of J&K last September, and two others have been awarded Kirti Chakra, the nation’s second-highest gallantry medal during peacetime, on Independence Day.The other Kirti Chakra awardees…
AIZAWL: A mummified tiger with its fiery eyes glaring at visitors has been the centre of attraction at the Mizoram State Museum in Aizawl, but the person who was responsible for bringing the big cat from the jungles to the museum seems to have faded out of public memory. Lalzadingi, who had killed the tiger…
