Naik Dilwar Khan, who was killed in action in an anti-terror operation in Lolab Valley of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir in July last year has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, India's......
A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......
The Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot Web site (www.maabharatikesapoot.mod.gov.in) will enable citizens to contribute to the Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (AFBCWF). AFBCWF is a tri-service fund,......
'Captain Haneef-ud-din, pulling his sinewy body forward, crawled, rifle in hand, in the snow on 6 June 1999. He died on this craggy mountainside exactly two years after he had passed out of the......
At a time when nationalism is a much debated topic and the armed forces' sacrifices are being ignored, a 'Wall of Heroes', with portraits of Param Vir Chakra awardees at schools and colleges across......
Two pilots working with private airlines were arrested for allegedly procuring commercial flying licences using forged marksheets, taking the total number of people arrested in such cases to 17.......