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State govt allocates 13.46cr to build memorial for 26/11 hero Tukaram Omble in Satara

For his extraordinary bravery, Tukaram Omble was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, the nation’s highest peacetime gallantry award. (HT FILE)
Published on Mar 30, 2025 05:10 AM IST

Bengaluru techie asked to draw Indian flag, storms out of job interview

The Bengaluru techie said she was disappointed when the interviewer asked her to draw the Indian flag using CSS. (Representational)
Published on Oct 13, 2024 05:29 PM IST

Was promised Ashok Chakra: Gallantry award receivers’ widow expresses displeasure

Border Security Force (BSF) officer Sanwalaram Vishnoi was killed during violent protests in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Congo in 2022 (HT Photo/Sourced)
Updated on Jan 27, 2024 04:22 PM IST

The history and philosophy of the Tricolour: Courage, Unity, Faith

It was between 1904 and 1906 that the first Indian flag came into existence. The flag was first hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (in erstwhile Calcutta). (File photo)
Updated on Aug 15, 2023 01:50 PM IST

Pune-based lawyer demands action against Karvenagar ward officials for defective flags

The Har Ghar Tiranga campaign began in the city on August 13 on the occasion of 75 years of Indian Independence celebrations and will continue till August 15. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
Updated on Aug 14, 2023 12:34 AM IST

Gallantry awards: Call to fix gap in states’ cash grants to soldiers

Several senior army officers HT spoke to felt the Central government should reach out to the states for reworking their cash grants policy and standardising it for the sake of fairness and equality (AP)
Updated on May 29, 2022 01:26 AM IST

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan biopic first poster: Mahesh Babu praises Adivi Sesh as 26/11 hero

Adivi Sesh as Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.
Updated on Dec 17, 2020 11:02 AM IST

At wedding of soldier’s sister, 50 IAF commandos give an emotional farewell

Shashikala had lost her brother several months ago, but when she got married a few days ago, she had 50 brothers giving her a unique bidayee from her parents’ home.
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 03:10 PM IST

‘Take back my statement, apologise’: Sadhvi Pragya on Hemant Karkare remark

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur had created a furore with her remarks on former ATS chief Hemant Karkare who had died in the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 08:56 PM IST

Kashmir braveheart’s wife, mother receive Ashok Chakra at dazzling Republic Day parade

New Delhi, India - Jan. 26, 2019: Indian National Army (INA) veterans during Republic Day parade 2019, at Rajpath, in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, January 26, 2019. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jan 26, 2019 10:56 PM IST

Militant who turned soldier posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra

Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani showed courage during a fierce encounter in which six terrorists were killed in Kashmir.
Updated on Jan 25, 2019 10:10 AM IST

Ashok Chakra for J-K militant-turned-soldier who died fighting terrorists

Lance Naik Nazir Wani had joined 162 Territorial Army battalion in Kashmir and received Sena Medal twice in 2007 and in August last year. Before joining the Indian Army, Wani was part of Ikhwan, a counter-insurgency force formed in 1990s.
Updated on Jan 24, 2019 01:04 PM IST

17 years on, martyred Indian army officer yet to be honoured, says father

Major Yogesh Gupta, of the 25th battalion of the Madras Regiment, lost his life fighting a gun battle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Surankote, after killing 5 terrorists.
Updated on Jan 10, 2019 05:31 PM IST

Ashok Chakra’s tallest replica to be unveiled on January 5 in Haryana village

Replica of Ashok Chakra ready for inauguration in Topra Kalan village in Yamunanagar.
Updated on Jan 03, 2019 01:34 PM IST