New Delhi, Jan 26 : Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, a Garud Commando of the Indian Air Force (IAF) who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, was on Friday posthumously conferred the Ashok Chakra – the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award to Nirala’s wife at a function during […]
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Garud commando to be awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously on R-Day
New Delhi, Jan 25 : President Ram Nath Kovind will on Friday present Ashok Chakra, India’s highest peacetime military decoration, posthumously to Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, a Garud Commando of the Indian Air Force (IAF) who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. Corporal Nirala, a commando of the elite special force of the IAF, was […]