Medals like PVC and Ashok Chakra come few and far between. Only 21 PVCs and just about 60 Ashoka Chakras have so far been awarded despite India fighting several wars and battling full-blown ...

The medal is made up of standard silver. 2- Obverse: On the obverse of the medal, Ashoka Chakra is carved in the centre and is surrounded by a lotus wreath. 3- Reverse: On the reverse of the medal ...

Medals cannot be pursued, as they are just an honour. Hence a recipient has to accept it gracefully.” Ashoka Chakra The Ashoka Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour ...

One Ashoka Chakra, 4 Kirti Chakras, 11 Shaurya Chakras, one Bar to Sena Medal & 48 Sena Medal get gallantry for year 2016 alongwith Four Nao Sena Medal and two Vayu Sena Medal for gallantry in ...

Maharashtra Police ATS chief Hemant Karkare [Images ... Ashok Kamte and four others -- killed while fighting terrorists in Mumbai-- are among 11 security personnel named for Ashok Chakra ...

Yesterday evening in Ashoka Hall, eight out of 20 Shaurya Chakra awardees were given the medal after they were killed. The Kirti Chakra “for conspicuous gallantry otherwise than in the face of enemy” ...

for Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest bravery award in peacetime. A senior Rashtrapati Bhavan [Images] official told rediff.com, "All that I can tell you is that she has cleared the file and it ...

Chunni Lal, Vir Chakra, Sena Medal, is awarded the Ashok Chakra (Posthumous). Also read: In Siachen freeze, how a Captain kept soldiers warm, motivated—stories, family, Bollywood Although a ...

The 75th Independence Medal has Ashoka Lion on the front and Ashoka Chakra on the back (Photo: Twitter) New Delhi: To commemorate the 75th anniversary of freedom from British rule, India will be ...

New Delhi: Tiles carrying images of Mahatma Gandhi and the Ashok Chakra symbol were found in toilets built under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. Following which ...