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President Murmu confers 10 Kirti Chakras, 26 Shaurya Chakras

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday conferred 10 Kirti Chakras, including seven posthumously, to personnel of the Army and paramilitary forces for displaying indomitable courage and extraordinary...

'Ab papa wapis aayenge,' martyr's son as he gets Kirti Chakra

He lit his father's pyre 19 months ago. On Thursday, he watched as his mother received the Kirti Chakra from President Droupadi Murmu for his father who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir. And yet...

President approves 4 posthumous Kirti Chakras, 11 Shaurya Chakras

President Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 gallantry awards, including four Kirti Chakras posthumously and 11 Shaurya Chakras to personnel of the security forces, on the eve of the 77th Independence...

Major Manjit, martyred Naik Khan of RR awarded Kirti Chakra

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...

ISS pioneer Shubhanshu Shukla awarded Ashoka Chakra

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS), was on Sunday awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest...

Ground Zero Review: Doesn't Break Any New Ground

Ground Zero is a respectful biopic but a story like this needed more heart to make an actual impact, feels Mayur Sanap. Given Bollywood’s penchant for military biopics, it is difficult...

Ground Zero: Emraan Ticks Off His Bucket List

'When I met Dubeyji, whose character I am playing, I told him the story is even more filmi than films.'Rediff.com's Mayur Sanap, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar report from the Ground Zero...

Coming soon: Mohanlal in Kandahar

Mohanlal's character of Major Mahadevan has by now become a popular name aftersuccessful Malayalam films like Kirti Chakra and Kurukshetra. The director of both the films, Major Ravi, is narrating...

First Look: Prithviraj in Major Ravi's Picket 43

In director Major Ravi’s Picket 43, Prithviraj plays an Indian soldier, who is left behind in a lonely picket on the India-Pakistan border. “This is not a war film and it is not talking...

Everyone loves Yami's new look. Do you?

Like the lady's look? Yami Gautam is currently working on Uri -- based on the Indian Army's September 28-29 surgical strikes. Directed by debutant director Aditya Dhar, Uri is being produced by...

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...