Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakras for gallantry tales from Valley
Officials said the Finger Area—a set of eight cliffs jutting out of Sirijap range overlooking Pangong Lake—has been the hardest part of disengagement
Late last month, the Chinese ambassador said Beijing was not expanding its claim in Pangong Lake Before PLA grabbed positions on Finger Four, which overlooks Indian deployments, the Indian Army would patrol up to Finger Eight
The new positions held by PLA have curtailed the scope of Indian patrols. Fingers Four and Eight are 8 km apart Disengagement is also slow in Gogra area, although it has progressed somewhat smoothly at friction points in Galwan Valley and Hot Springs
NEW DELHI: A Jammu & Kashmir Police constable, a Special Forces officer and an Indian Air Force pilot are among the 84 security personnel whose names have been approved for top gallantry awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on the eve of Independence Day, according to a government release issued on Friday.
While head constable Abdul Rashid Kalas of J&K Police has been posthumously awarded the
Officials indicated that for talks to progress, China has to move its deployment back from its current positions to the status that existed as of April. This includes restoring status quo in the Finger Area
Kirti Chakra — India’s secondhighest peacetime gallantry award — for outstanding bravery, nine security personnel have earned the Shaurya Chakra, country’s third-highest peacetime gallantry award, for valour. The other decorations awarded are five Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 60 Sena Medals (Gallantry), four Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and five Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).