President has approved
awards of 455 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces
personnel and others. These include one Mahavir Chakra, 5 Kirti Chakras,
5 Vir Chakras, 7 Shaurya Chakras, 4 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 130
Sena Medal (Gallantry), one Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), 4 Vayu Sena
Medal (Gallantry), 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medal, 4 Uttam Yudh Seva
Medal, 51 Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, 11 Yudh Seva Medal, 3 Bar to Sena
Medal (Devotion to Duty), 43 Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty) including 2
COVID Warriors, 8 Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty), 14 Vayu Sena Medal
(Devotion to Duty), 3 Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) including one
COVID Warrior and 131 Vishisht Seva Medal including 12 COVID Warriors.
Colonel B Santosh Babu, the Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar Regiment, who
lost his life during the Galwan Valley clash last year, will be
posthumously awarded with Maha Vir Chakra.
Subedar Sanjiv Kumar of 4th Battalion Parachute Regiment, CRPF Inspector
Pintu Kumar Singh, CRPF Head Constable Shyam Narayan Singh Yadav, CRPF
Constable Vinod Kumar will be posthumously awarded with Kirti Chakra.
Deputy Commandant CRPF Rahul Mathur will be awarded Kirti Chakra.
Naib Subedar Nuduram Soren of 16 Bihar Regiment, Havildar K Palani of 81
Field Regiment, Naik Deepak Singh of Army Medical Corps 16 Bihar
Regiment and Sepoy Gurtej Singh of 3rd Battalion Punjab Regiment will be
awarded Vir Chakra posthumously. Havildar Tejinder Singh of 3 Medium
Regiment will be awarded Vir Chakra.
Major Anuj Sood of 21st Battalion Rashtriya Rifles, Jammu and Kashmir
police inspector Arshad Khan, J&K police Selection Grade Constable
GH Mustafa Barah, J&K police Constable Naseer Ahmed Kolie and
J&K Special Police Officer Bilal Ahmed Magray will be posthumously
awarded with Shaurya Chakra. Rifleman Pranab Jyoti Das of 6th Battalion
Assam Rifles and Paratrooper Sonam Tshering Tamang will be awarded
Shaurya Chakra.
(With input from news agency language)
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