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Elaborate security in place for I-Day
New Delhi, August 14
An elaborate security apparatus is in place especially in the national capital, Jammu and Kashmir and the north-east today amid intelligence warnings of possible terrorist strikes to disrupt the country’s 59th Independence Day celebrations tomorrow.

In video (28k, 56k) A policeman stands guard on Raisina Hill in New Delhi on the eve of Independence Day on Sunday. — AFP photo

Kirti Chakra for one, Shaurya Chakra for 19
Shaurya Chakra for eight soldiers in anti-militant operations
New Delhi, August 14
Border ceasefire with Pakistan notwithstanding, eight Army personnel — three posthumously — have been conferred the Shaurya Chakra for exceptional bravery in operations against infiltrating militants.

A woman and child look at tri-coloured bangles in old Delhi on the eve of the Independence Day. — PTI

Pension hike for freedom fighters from today
New Delhi, August 14
On the eve of Independence Day, the government announced that freedom fighters will get enhanced pension from tomorrow. Ex-Andaman political prisoners will now get a total of Rs 7,500 as against Rs 5,760 drawn by them at present, a Home Ministry spokesman said here today.

Dance bars shut doors from today
Mumbai, August 14
The curtains have come down on the dance bars across Maharashtra with the state government issuing a notification for their shut down last evening. The dance bars will not be allowed to open from tonight, the police said.

It’s time to move on: Ashwani
New Delhi, August 14
The assassination of Ms Indira Gandhi by her own body guards and the reprehensible orgy of violence that ensued in 1984 will remain a monumental national tragedy and it is time for the nation, however, to move ahead to keep its tryst with destiny, Congress MP Ashwani Kumar said here today.

Infant mortality rate high in India
New Delhi, August 14
India’s infant mortality rate is higher than its neighbours like Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In an answer a question in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister A. Ramadoss admitted that India’s IMR was higher than that of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, blaming poor nutrition of mothers and newborns, acute respiratory infections and other health problems as main reasons behind why infants in such large numbers continued to die in the country.

Violence has no place in civilised societies: PM
New Delhi, August 14
Expressing deep shock and sadness over the assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the India condemned this premeditated act of violence.

Stabber remanded in police custody
Mumbai, August 14
A Mumbai youth who killed a woman from Manipur at the Gateway of India has been remanded in police custody. The youth, Ujjer Patel, 27, was produced in the magistrate’s court that remanded him in police custody till August 28.

Veteran RSS leader Seshadri dead
Bangalore, August 14
Veteran RSS leader H.V. Seshadri is dead, doctors said. The end for Seshadri, 79, came at Keshava Krupa, the RSS state headquarters here this evening, Dr Nagaratna, who attended on Seshadri, said.

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Elaborate security in place for I-Day

New Delhi, August 14
An elaborate security apparatus is in place especially in the national capital, Jammu and Kashmir and the north-east today amid intelligence warnings of possible terrorist strikes to disrupt the country’s 59th Independence Day celebrations tomorrow.

A ground-to-air security was ready in New Delhi, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will unfurl the Tricolour and address the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

Police air surveillence and deployment of Air Defence Guns and Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) of commandoes are among the measures to ensure a trouble-free function to be attended by the country’s top political and military brass.

Security agencies in Assam are on “maximum alert” following a series of blasts triggered by ULFA, the I-Day boycott call given by the banned outfit and intelligence intercepts of its plans to strike sensitive targets tomorrow.

Patrolling has been intensified and checks are being carried out in sensitive areas in Guwahati and other important towns.

Oil and gas pipelines, power houses, railway tracks and stations in Assam have been put under a tight security blanket.

Three bombs were defused in Manipur where the security forces are deployed in strength amid the Manipur People’s Liberation Front’s boycott call. The main function is due at the parade ground of the First Manipur Rifles Battalion.

The security has also been stepped up in Nagaland though no insurgent groups have given a boycott call. The added security is in view of the spurt in violence by ULFA militants in bordering Assam.

Arrangements are also in place in Meghalaya where the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council had called a 24-hour bandh from 6 pm today in Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Tripura where the outlawed All-Tripura Tiger Force called a “Black Day” tomorrow with the CRPF and the Assam Rifles on extra alert.

Tripura’s 856-km border with Bangladesh has been sealed and BSF personnel were keeping a round-the-clock vigil.

An alert has been sounded in Uttar Pradesh with the police and intelligence units deployed in all sensitive towns like Ayodhya, Varanasi, Mathura and Agra. Religious and historical places, cinema halls, bus and railway stations, airports and all I-Day venues are also kept under a special watch.

The security is also in place in Kolkata and other towns of West Bengal, particularly around the Secretariat from where the CM would hoist the national flag.

A large contingent of police and security forces are positioned in sensitive towns in Bihar, especially Naxalite-infested areas. — PTI

Kirti Chakra for one, Shaurya Chakra for 19
Shaurya Chakra for eight soldiers in anti-militant operations

New Delhi, August 14
Border ceasefire with Pakistan notwithstanding, eight Army personnel — three posthumously — have been conferred the Shaurya Chakra for exceptional bravery in operations against infiltrating militants.

Their names figure in the President’s Independence Day Armed Forces honours list of 130 gallantry awards announced today.

Despite the ceasefire along the 742-km Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) holding for nearly two years, the list indicates no let-up in anti-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states.

Of the eight chosen for the Shaurya Chakra, six are for operations in J&K and two in the North-East.

The decorated soldiers include Havildar Rathwa Gordhan Bhai Kalji Bhai of 11 Mahar regiment, two 9 Rashtriya Rifles personnel, Havildar C.B. Gurung and rifleman Bhupinder Singh, who made the supreme sacrifice in daredevil exploits to flush out infiltrating Pakistani mercenaries near the LoC.

Maj Gaurav Rishi of 21 Special Forces has also been awarded the Shaurya Chakra in leading operations to root out a People’s Liberation Army’s hideout in Manipur.

Rishi is already a recipient of the Sena Medal, awarded in 1999 in the Nowshera sector of J&K.

The President also awarded five Bar To Sena Medals, including one posthumously, to Capt Sanjay Arya of 8 Gorkha Rifles.

The Armed Forces Honours list includes 86 Sena Medals, 31 Mention in Despatches, 591 Chief of Army Commendations and 172 Vice-Chief of Army Commendations.

The Madras regiment, one of the oldest regiments of the Army, has received 6 Sena Medals and two Mentions in Despatches.

As many as 222 Indian Air Force personnel have been promoted to the honorary rank of Flying Officers and 56 to the honorary Flight Lieutenants.

This is in continuation with the trend started by former Air Chief Marshall S. Krishnaswamy to upgrade and recognise the skills of airmen.

The following is the list of the IAF personnel recommended for Gallantry awards on the eve of Independence Day:

Wing Commander Balakrishana Pillai Sreebhavan Krishna Kumar.

GP Capt Vivek Vikash Bandopandhay; SQ Ldr Sushil Vijay Sansare; SQ Ldr Pulluvallyil Raman Sudhakar; SQ Ldr Tammeneni Srinivasulu; Flt Lt Arisetty Vijay Kumar; GS-175480l Operator Excavating Machinery Rameshan J (Posthumous); GO2757f Asst Exec Engineer (E&M) Tapan Kumar Sahoo; GS-167226m Overseer Sukumar Sharma (Posthumous); GD-163891x Driver Motor Transport-3 Christapher. F (Posthumous); Shri Bahadur Singh, Himachal Pradesh (Posthumous); Shri Mohd Akbar, Head Constable, Jammu & Kashmir Police (Posthumous).

Wg Cdr Umesh Kumar Sharma; Wg Cdr Subramaniam Ravi Vridhachalem; Wg Cdr Bhanu Johri; Wg Cdr Pemmaraju Maheshwar; Sq Ldr Manish Girdhar; Sq Ldr Tapesh Shankar; Sq Ldr Ashok Pande; Sq Ldr Sachin Kapoor; Sq Ldr Samir Ranjan Das; Flt LT Santosh Kumar Yadav; Flt Lt Devavrat Jagdish Bhandarkar; Sgt Devendra Kumar Sharma.

The Following is the list of the Navy personnel recommended for gallantry awards on the eve of Independence Day:

Nao Sena Medal

Cdr Shailendra Singh; Lnt Cdr Manoj Kumar Singh; Lnt Cdr Sandeep Tandon; Lnt M Dorai Babu; Cap Pramod Singh Gehlot.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today conferred gallantry awards upon Coast Guard personnel for the courage and professionalism shown by them during the December 26 tsunami disaster that hit the Andaman & Nicobar islands.

DIG SPS Basra, Coast Guard Regional Commander (A&N); was awarded the President Tatrakshak Medal for mobilising resources for execution of relief operation in the isolated islands badly affected by the disaster, a coast guard release said here.

Following are the recipients of the Tatrakshak Awards:

Tatrakshak Medal (Gallantry)

Commandant Ali Muttaher; Commandant Milind M Patil; Commandant (JG) PS Malhotra; Kamal Singh, Uttam Navik.

Commandant D Rajaputhran; Commandant Alok Kumar; Commandant (JG) AC Dandekar; Vijay Kumar Singh, Adhikari; (NC Pandey) Commandant.

Thirteen CRPF personnel have been awarded the President’s Police Medals and Police Medals for Gallantry, three of them posthumously.

The awardees of the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry are:

Late Head Constable Satyabir Singh (posthumously) — 132 Bn; Late Constable K K Pandey (Posthumously) — 79 Bn; and Constable Joginder Pal — 109 B, CRPF.

The awardees of the Police Medal for Gallantry are:

Late Constable Chaudhary Vinod Bhai (posthumously) — 68 Bn; Mool Chand Panwar, Commandant — 68 Bn; Biplab Mondal, Asstt Comdt — 39 Bn; Y N Rai, Asstt Comdt — 52 Bn; Head Constable Dev Singh — 52 Bn; Head Constable E G Rao — 79 Bn; Head Constable P S Rajendran — 83 Bn; Constable T A Singh — 79 Bn; Constable S Babu — 83 Bn; and Constable Ashawjit Gaikwad — 68 Bn.

The following is the list of personnel recommended for gallantry awards:

IC-50850 Maj Gaurav Rishi, SM, 9 Para (SF); IC-58637 Maj Thongam Joten Singh, 21 Para (SF); IC-61357 Capt Nectar Sanjenbam, 21 Para (SF); JC-469128 Nb Sub Jagbir Singh, 19 Raj Rif; 4559439 Hav Rathwa Gordhan Bhai Kalji Bhai, 11 Mahar (Posthumous); 14907560 Hav Chandra Bahadur Gurung, Mech Inf, 9 RR (Posthumous); 3185156 N.K. Ishwar Singh, 16 Jat; 2896869 RFN Bhupender Singh, Raj Rif, 9 RR (Posthumous).

IC-50836 Maj Neeraj Shukla, SM, 8 Jak Rif; IC-55575 Maj Rajiv Chaudhary, SM, Punjab, 22 RR; IC-56449 Capt Sanjay Arya, SM, 8 GR, 25 Assam Rif (Posthumous); IC-62189 Capt Inderpreet Singh Dhillon, SM, ASC, 14 Jat; 4072491 N.K. Kishor Kumar, SM, Garh Rif, 36 RR.

IC-43262 Col Ananthanarayan Arun, GDRS, 55 RR; IC-45023 Col Rajendra Singh Yadav, 659 Army Avn Sqn (R&O);

IC-49229 Maj Shailendra Singh, Raj Rif, 9 RR; IC-53153 Maj Saurabh Gupta, Engrs, 9 RR; IC-53558 Maj Rajesh K. Krishna, Engrs, 44 RR; IC-54095 Maj Amit Sharma, ASC, 1 RR; IC-55814 Maj Rajesh, Punjab, 22 RR

IC-55975 Maj Ashish Hooda, 9 Para (SF); IC-56155 Maj Deepak Kumar Dayal, 12 Madras; IC-56329 Maj Lalit Kumar, Mahar, 1 RR (Posthumous); IC-56687 Maj Anil Kumar Tripathi, Asc, 5 RR; IC-57550 Maj Manmohan Singh, Jat , 22 Assam Rif; IC-57908 Maj Ashish Bhalla, Raj Rif, 18 RR; IC-57938 Maj Sankalp Vijay Raout, Armd, 14 RR; IC-58688 Maj Bhupal Singh, 5/3 GR; IC-59013 Maj Sudeep Kumar Mishra, Engrs, 3 RR; IC-59097 Maj Shagaf Shuja Khan, 21 Kumaon; SS-37263 Maj Mohit Saktawat, Sikh Li, 2 RR; SS-37334 Maj H Shirish Kumar Pillai, 11 Mahar; SS-37478 Maj Amar Singh Kwatra, Armd, 6 Assam Rif; SS-38309 Maj Rajiv Yadav, 1 Naga; IC-58892 Capt Vijay Kumar Shah, Arty, 49 RR; IC-59072 Capt Sanjay Sharma, 9 Para (SF); IC-60170 Capt Amninder Singh Bains, 1 Para (SF); IC-60217 Capt Jagbir Singh Dalal, Aad, 18 RR; IC-60565 Capt Niraj Srivastava, 5/8 GR; IC-61607 Capt Bharat Singh, Asc, 16 Mli; IC-61651 Capt Apurv Bhatnagar, 1 Jak Rif

IC-62070 Capt Shashi Bhushan Singh, Engrs, 55 RR; Sc-00309 Capt Piar Singh Bhatoia, 24 Punjab; SS-37980 Capt Vikas Sadhotra, Aad, 9 RR; SS-39325 Capt Sham Singh Lalotra, 11 Jak Li; IC-62062 Lt Jamini Bhusan Dutta, 1 Naga; IC-62105 Lt Sunil Pandita, 19 Jak Rif; IC-62926 Lt Tejinder Singh Sandhu, Asc, 16 GDRS.

IC-63325 Lt Ashutosh Kanwar, Eme, 10 Para (SF); IC-63540 Lt Rajendra Singh, Aoc, 28 Madras; IC-64127 Lt Ashish Sajgotra, 4 Jat; IC-64330 Lt Rahul Ramesh Pawar, Eme, 1 Naga; SS-39853 Lt Vinit Bajpai, 2/1 Gr; SS-40364 Lt Anoop Rana, Aoc, 1 Naga; JC-438070 Sub M Muniraj, 7 Madras; JC-590095 Sub Letkholim Khongsai, 1 Naga; JC-239782 Nb Ris Ram Lakhan Singh, Armd, 37 RR; JC-266547 Nb Sub Harbhajan Singh, Arty, 193 FD Regt; (Posthumous); JC-438950 Nb Sub Madhavan TV, 19 Madras; JC-469364 Nb Sub Dalbir Singh, 19 Raj Rif; 2982308 Chm Subhash Chander, Rajput, 23 RR; 2481733 Hav Malkit Singh, 9 Para (SF); 2585646 Hav Soundhar Marimuthu, 12 Madras; 4067474 Hav Jai Singh, Garh Rif, 36 RR; 4181053 Hav Chandra Shekhar, 21 Kumaon (Posthumous); 13617099 Hav Bhupal Singh, 9 Para (SF); 13750116 Hav Maghar Singh, 1 Jak Rif; 13755717 Hav Bhawani Datt, 9 Para (Sf); 2479806 Nk Gurbachan Singh, 25 Punjab; 2596630 Nk Patchamalai Venkata Subramanian, 25 Madras; (Posthumous); 2888020 Nk Kartar Singh, Raj Rif, 9 RR; 3393801 Nk Manjit Singh, 9 Para (SF); 4364138 Nk Hp Rosangpuia, 6 Assam; 13624498 Nk James Lhungdim, 21 Para (SF) (Posthumous); 14918844 Nk Nandyala Sreenivasulu, 1 Para (SF); (Posthumous); 2690115 L/Nk Surinder Kumar 2 Gdrs.

2891450 L/Nk Jagdish Singh Rathore, Raj Rif, 9 RR (Posthumous); 3187544 L/Nk Ram Dev, 4 Jat; 9098217 L/Nk Surjeet Kumar, 11 Jak Li; 2799314 Sep Mudage Prakash Kashinath, 16 Mli (Posthumous); 2799750 Sep Birajdar Uttam Govindrao, 26 Mli (Posthumous); 3001295 Sep Dharmender Singh, Rajput, 23 RR; 3403742 Sep Ramandip Singh, Sikh, 6 RR (Posthumous); 4278395 Sep Ashutosh Kumar, Bihar, 4 RR (Posthumous); 4476007 Sep Dhanvir Singh, Sikh Li, 2 RR (Posthumous); 4573013 Sep Gawai Kailas Bhaurao, Mahar, 1 RR (Posthumous); 7431350 Sep Nirmal Neog, Int, 4 Corps Int & Fs Coy; 2892113 Rfn Baljit Singh, Raj Rif, 9 RR (Posthumous); 2893039 Rfn Girver Singh, Raj Rif, 9 RR (Posthumous); 2894879 Rfn Rajesh Kumar, Raj Rif 9 RR; 2896570 Rfn Krishna Pal Singh, Raj Rif, 9 RR; 4079571 Rfn Suneel Kumar, Garh Rif, 36 RR; 5757536 Rfn Madan Reule, 5/8 Gr (Posthumous); 12974174 Rfn Gh Mohd Khan, 162 Bn Ta Jak Li (Posthumous); 13761143 Rfn Khem Raj, 8 Jak Rif; 2698615 Gdr Anil Malik, 16 Gdrs 84. 2796707 Ptr Alla Sab, 10 Para (Sf) (Posthumous); 4078227 Ptr Khemanand, 21 Para (Sf); 13625831 Ptr Shakti Singh, 1 Para (Sf) (Posthumous)

IC-45191 Col Rajender Singh Shekhawat, Sm, 19 Raj Rif; IC-54857 Maj Aesamani Srinivas, 5 Gr, 33 RR; IC-58898 Maj Praveen Kumar, 13 Jak Li; Ic-58648 Capt Shiwain Kaul, 9 Gr, Hq 9 Sector Ar; IC-59930 Capt Vijay Kumar Sharma, Int, 1/6 Det Eclu.

SS-38642 Capt Subhash Singh Chauhan, 11 Garh Rif; SS-38657 Capt Uday Ganpatrao Jarande, Arty, 4 Assam Rif; IC-62746 Lt Sujit Kumar Soni, 11 Garh Rif; JC-539290 Nb Sub Shyam Datt, Kumaon, 13 RR; JC-829288 Nb Sub Shash Pal, SM, Pnr, 1816 Pnr Coy (Posthumous); 410986 Hav Zamthang Vaiphei, Assam Rif, HQ 9 Sector Ar 12. 2200613 Hav Bichetra Mech, 22 Assam Rif; 2589873 Hav Asatulla Ismail, Madras, 8 RR; 2990844 Hav Ranveer Singh, 19 Rajput; 5752797 Hav Man Kaji Tamang, 8 GR, 33 RR; 13615954 Hav Ekbal Bahadur Singh, 5 Para; 5045403 Nk Man Bahadur Rana, 5/1 GR; 2890234 L/Nk Pema, Raj Rif, 9 RR; 4073826 L/Nk Rajendrapal Singh, 11 Garh Rif; 4077812 L/Nk Guddu Singh, 16 Garh Rif; 5046260 L/Nk Dalip Thapa, 5/1 GR; 8833446 L/Nk Ajit Kumar Mishra, Pnr, 1816 Pnr Coy (Posthumous); 13620195 L/Nk Revadhar Joshi, 5 Para; 2603112 Sep Ram Babu Moyyi, 26 Madras; 3000769 Sep Manju Kumar, Rajput, 10 RR; 3193044 Sep Kulbir Singh, 16 Jat; 2893733 Rfn Rirmal Singh, Raj Rif, 18 RR; 9101495 Rfn Naseer Ahmed, Jak Li, 22 RR; 15148944 Gnr Sukhanidhan Patel, Arty, 28 RR; 8033747 Swr Bhawani Singh Shekhawat, Armd, 4 RR; 15473652 Swr Ghanshyam Lal, Armd, 4 RR.

IC-43218 Lt Col P.S. Minhas, MO Dte; IC-45345 Lt Col R.N. Shinde, SM, Vcoas Sectt, JC-239393 NB Ris Agya Ram, 87 Armd Regt, 1079229 DFR Randhir Singh, MF DTE, 15462469 LD Gagan Singh, CIH, 15463077 LD Manoj Kumaar, CIH, 15463693 LD Murari Lal, CIH, 15464534 Ld Sanjeev Kumar, 87 Armd Regt 15465664 SWR S. Karmakar, CIH, 15481791 SWR A.S. Rao, 87 Armd Regt.

IC-45564 Lt Col Dinesh Chadha, MO DTE, IC-48992 Lt Col Vijay Deepak Dadwal, MO DTE, JC-256175 Sub Lakshmi Kant Tiwari, Arty DTE, JC-265124 NB Sub Veer Bhan Singh, Arty DTE, 14396612 Hav Tarun Kumar Majumder, PMO, 15135938 Hav Arendra Pal Singh, WE DTE, 1440042 NK Anil Kumar, 110 Med Regt, 15125474 NK Ajit Singh, WE DTE, 15157351 GNR Manoj Kumar Pandey, Vcoas Sectt.

JC-298158 Sub Balbir Singh, Abh Mess Infantry, IC-37398 Col R. Ravindran, GDRS, MI DTE, IC-46727 Lt Col V. Abraham, 3 GR, MI DTE, IC-49919 Lt Col Harpreet Singh, JC-488546 Sub Akhileshwar Tiwari, Jat, WE DTE, JC-617418 Sub Govind Singh, Ms Branch, JC-479486 NB Sub Jaivir Singh, GS Branch, 4069610 Hav Umesh Singh, Garh RIF, MT DTE.

4272844 Hav Leela Ram Yadav, Bihar, WE DTE; 4557674 Hav Shiv Narayan Dagar, Mahar, CW DTE; 5846315 Hav I Prabhu Das, 9 GR, MO DTE; 14917608 Hav Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Mech INF, MF DTE; 2891959 Nk Laxman Singh Rathore, Raj Rif, WE DTE; 3394642 Nk Dilbag Singh, Sikh, MO DTE; 5245887 Nk Dil Kumar Gurung, 5/3 Gr, Dcoas (Is&T) Sectt; 13757298 Nk Rajesh Kumar, JaK Rif, MO DTE; 5249740 Rfn Top Bahadur Chhetri, 5/3 GR, DCOAS (IS&T) Sectt 37; 5850435 Rfn Krishna Bahadur GC, 9 GR, MO DTE;

JC-306151 Sub Cr Muralidharan, Coord & Pers DTE; JC-326572 Sub Ghanshyam Singh Bhakuni, DTE Gen WKS (Design); JC-327355 Sub S. Ajaya Kumar, DTE of Arch; JC-327734 Sub Mohan Chandra Bhatt, E-in-C Branch; JC-348251 Sub Suresh Babu Sharma, E-in-C Branch; JC-328235 NB Sub Ravinder Pal Singh, Coord & PERS DTE; JC-307395 Nb Sub Rajagopal, 203 Engr Regt; JC-692978 Nb Sub B. Chand, 203 Engr Regt; 1480317 Hav Ravinder Kumar, E-in-C Branch; 1481108 Hav Neeraj Singh, E-in-C Branch; 15300152 Hav P. Jegadeesan, E-in-C Branch; 1490076 L/Nk Arvind Singh, WE DTE; 1489360 SPR Sohan Singh, E-in-C Branch.

SL-03395 Lieut Col Sahendra Pal Singh, SIG DTE; IC-53212 Maj Jitendra Nandan Bhatt, SIG DTE; JC-370356 Sub Radhey Shyam Sharma, 21 SIG GP; JC-371730 Nb Sub Asis Kundu, SIG DTE; JC-373392 Nb Sub Mahendra Singh Kulhari, 21 SIG GP; JC-373941 Nb Sub R.S. Mahto, Vcoas Sectt; JC-374348 Nb Sub Hanuman Prasad, MS Branch; 9511825 Hav Ramesh Sivarama Subramania Iyer, 21 SIG GP; 14250890 Hav Rajvir Singh, SIG DTE; 14254440 Hav Kedar Prasad Singh, 2 AHQ SIG Regt; 14262209 Hav Vayali Savarimuthu Ravichandran, 21 SIG GP; 14262656 Hav Anil Kumar Thysseril Chandrasekharan Nair, SIG DTE; 14268095 Hav Heer Para JJ, 1 AHQ SIG Regt; 15359515 Hav Gore Vithal Janardhan, SIG DTE; 15361308 Hav Joseph K.P., MO DTE; 15371688 Hav Ranjit Biswas, DCOAS (IS&T) Sectt; 15350991 Nk Ranjan C, MS Branch; 15366947 Nk Sanjeev Kumar, VCOAS Sectt; 15368994 Nk Tambe Shivaji Ganga, 21 SIG GP; 15378219 Nk Sanjeev Kumar, 21 SIG GP; 15355194 L/Nk M.K. Lamba, 1 AHQ SIG Regt; 15382055 L/Nk Periyasamy A, 21 SIG GP; 15386340 Sigmn Shid Ram, 2 AHQ SIG Regt;

IC-58060 Maj Yash Joshi, AHQ TPT COY; IC-59792 Capt Vishal Gaurav, SM, AHQ TPT COY; IC-59797 Capt Qayum Khan, AHQ TPT COY; JC-660653 Sub Maj Rohitashoo, AHQ TPT COY; JC-640983 Sub Prahlad Sah, MO DTE; JC-642157 Sub Chhattar Pal Sharma, MO DTE; JC-642417 Nb Sub Rajender Singh, MO DTE; JC-642761 Nb Sub Harender Tiwari, MO DTE; JC-643020 Nb Sub Shanu Singh, AHQ camp; 2481137 Hav Kishor Kumar Purushottam, AG Branch; 6379915 Hav Ram Sumiran, MO DTE.

6381370 Hav Pathare Dyandeo Gangaram, AHQ TPT Coy; 6382211 Hav Ram Khilavan, Vcoas Sectt; 6386012 Hav Kaliappan R, Mo Dte; 6388818 Hav Paramjit Lal, Vcoas Sectt; 6389797 Hav Hira Singh, Mo Dte ; 6391593 Hav D.k. Singh, Vcoas Sectt; 14804697 Hav Ram Karan, Coas Sectt; 6393333 N.k. Subramani G, Mo Dte; 6393410 Nk Ranjit Singh, Mo Dte; 6394161 Nk Jogender Kumar, Mo Dte; 6394350 Nk Sandip Vithal Borkar, We Dte; 14807830 Nk Shiva Prasad Reddy, Ahq Tpt Coy; 14809327 Nk Rambir Singh, Mod; 14809829 Nk Bhanwar Lal, Rrm Sectt; 14802571 L/Nk Joginder Singh, Coas Sectt; 14808696 L/Nk Umesh Kumar, Ahq Tpt Coy; 14811971 L/Nk Radheshyam, Coas Sectt; 14812017 L/Nk Kedar B.D., Rrm Sectt; 14820762 L/Nk K.d. Prasad, Ahq Tpt Coy; 14820763 L/Nk N.p. Shukla, Ahq Tpt Coy; 6489968 Sep Gajender Singh, Coas Sectt; 14808294 Sep Nilkanth J.g., Ahq Tpt Coy; 14808491 Sep Prabhulal Gujjar, Ahq Tpt Coy; 14811500 Sep Rishipal Singh, Rm Sectt; 14812495 Sep Randhir Singh, Qmg branch; 14813187 Sep P.k. Sharma, Ahq Tpt Coy; 14813633 Sep Vedpal Dahiya, Rm Sectt; 14815977 Sep G.D. Santosh, Mod; 14817654 Sep I.B.Rai, Coas Sectt; 14818436 Sep Kripal Singh, Mod; 148100226 Sep Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari, Mod; 14824481 Sep Arun Deep Sharma, Ahq Tpt Coy; 14825536 Sep Pawan Kumar, President’s Sectt; IC-45468 Lieut-Col Navrattan Joshi, Os Dte; IC-46224 Lieut-Col Sanjay Pandey, Os Dte; IC-51562 Maj Rajbir Singh, Mov Dte; JC-725024 Sub J.B. Basavaraju, Hq Cicp; JC-725423 Nb Sub Satya Prakash Sharma, Ms branch; 6922989 Hav Harbir Singh, COD Delhi Cantt MS branch; 6933018 Hav Mahadev T Lad, MS branch.

IC-45619 Lieut-Col Shalendra Singh Katariya, EME DTE; IC-49409 Lieut-Col Saibu M. John, MF DTE; JC-748880 Sub Virender Kumar, AHQ Static WKSP EME; JC-750552 Sub C.M. Singh, AHQ Static WKSP EME; JC-756037 Nb Sub Elicius Soreng, 2 (I) Para FD WKSP; 14692218 CM-II Vikas Dattatraya Shetty, 512 AB WKSP; T.No-4515 Fitter Jaipal Singh, 505 AB WKSP.

MR-07078 Maj Arun Hegde, INHS Asvini; MR-07284 Maj Sumit Arora, INHS Asvini.

IC-47378 Lieut-Col Sanjay Bhushan, MI DTE; IC-50442 Lieut-Col J. Sanjeev, No-6 DET AHQ LU; IC-55304 Maj Rajiv Sirohi, AHQ IS GP; JC-810815 Nb Sub Mahesh Singh, MI DTE; 4189420 Hav Puna Ram Jat, MI DTE; 7431179 Hav I.D. Patil, MI DTE.

8373678 WO Ramkesh Prasad, APS DTE.

Corps of Military Police 7775012 Hav Nandjee Yadav, AHQ PRO Unit; 7776761 Nk Bablu Kumar Mukherjee, AHQ PRO Unit Pioneers; 8033209 NK Durga Ram, PNR DTE; Defence Security Corps

5242680 Sep Chander Bahadur Thapa, RM Sectt. General Reserve Engineer Force

GS-159246 Overseer Mithileshwar Mishra, 91 RCC; GS-127810 Driller Kanta Prasad, 82 RCC; GS-162043 Supdt BR GDE-I Rakesh Chandra, 63 RCC ; GS-160772 CH/MECH Paramjit Singh, 1159 (I) WKSP PL; GS-165726 CH/MECH Ishwar Singh, 1057 FD WKSP; GS-182368 CH/MECH Sourav Kumar Das, 1159 (I) WKSP PL; GS-171614 VCH/MECH Lekh Chand, 1159 (I) WKSP PL; GS-163946 Oem Ramashish Ram, 111 RCC; GS-170838 Oem Ram Karan, 66 RCC; GS-171294 Oem Shilender Kumar, 81 RCC; GS-162384 Dvrmt Sardara Singh, 83 RCC; GS-175551 Dvrmt Gopa Kumar NB, 83 RCC; GS-176954 Mason Bijla Singh, 54 RCC.

MES-281002 Dy Dir (Arch) Kulbhushan Jain, E-in-C branch

16118 Wg Cdr Shri Kumar Sinha, MOV DTE Civilians; Mr Sudhir Kumar Joshi, Dy DIR, AG Branch; Mr Sujit Goswami, SO, WE DTE; Ms Kiran Kalra, PA, WE DTE; Mr Ravindra Kumar, Asstt, WE DTE; Mr Bhagirath Sharma, Asstt, OS DTE; Mr Suman Kumar, UDC, E-in-C branch; Mr Manwar Singh, UDC, WE DTE; Ms Mitali Bhatnagar, UDC, EME DTE; Mr K. Rajan, LDC, AG Branch; Ms Dheer Singh, LDC, AAD DTE; Mr Vinod Kumar Vimal, LDC, DCOAS (IS&T) Sectt; MR Ashok Kumar, LDC, WE DTE; Shri Pawan Kumar, Peon, VCOAS Sectt.

List of personnel awarded COAS CC:

IC-30687 Brig Sanjiv Langer; IC-37943 Lieut Col Divya Thakur; IC-50419 Lieut Col Sunil Kumar Dalal; IC-54795 Major Mukul Satya Gupta; IC-59137 Major Alok Shrivastava, 10 RR; IC-60296 Major Kanishk Singh, 46 Armd Regt; IC-63097 Lieut Surender Kumar, 46 Armd Regt; JC-239103 RIS Raj Nandan Rai, 22 RR; JC-238591 Nb Ris Madan Lal, 48 RR; JC-239696 Nb RIS Hrudananda Sahu, 33 RR; 15462074 DFR Jorawar Singh, AC centre & school; 15472292 L/DFR Shiv Pujan Singh, 14 RR; 15470607 L/NK Javed Ahmed Bhat, 55 RR; 15478159 SWR Dinesh Kumar, 8 RR; 15478242 Swr Manoj Kumar, 22 RR.

IC-34938 Col Rajesh Arya, VSM; IC-37219 Col Adarsh Kumar Singh Chauhan; Ic-42870 Lt Col Biraj Sahay; IC-43753 Lt Col Sumer Chandra Upreti, 94 FD Regt; IC-48654 Lt Col Amrinder Singh Kasana, VrC; IC-48395 Maj Shyam Lal Sharma, 94 Fd REGT; IC-51745 Maj Ajit Singh Yadav, Sm, 52 RR; IC-53165 Maj Sameet Nawani, 35 R&O FLT; IC-54101 Maj Karanbir Singh Dhindsa, Ahq LU; IC-54880 Maj Hirendra Pal, 35 RR; IC-55463 Maj Jacob Ninan, 4 Corps Int & FS COY; IC-55950 Maj Shailesh Kumar Sharma, 19 RR; IC-56074 Maj Rajesh Mor, 94 Fd Regt; IC-57125 Maj Ram Asarey Patel, 94 Fd Regt; IC-58638 Maj Shiv Pal Singh, 174 Fd Regt; IC-60144 Capt Rajeev Chauhan, 23 RR; IC-60357 Capt Nimbalkar Parag Sambhaji, 23 RR; IC-61091 Capt Madhavan Panicker, 42 Fd Regt; SS-38712 Capt Kishan Singh Mehra, 22 RR; SS-38349 Capt Vishv Anand, 22 RR; Jc NYA-14391114 NB SUB Abhey Singh, 42 Fd Regt; 14472852 Hav Raja Ram Yadav, 42 FD Regt; 15139328 NK Ajeet Kumar Yadav, 42 FD Regt; 14428890 L/NK Amarjeet Singh, 52 RR; 14432095 GNR Amarjit Singh, 13 RR; 14437888 GNR Narinder Singh, 36 RR; 15144876 GNR Lakhwinder Singh, 6 RR; 14427467 OPTR Vijay Kumar, 94 Fd Regt

IC-43774 Lt Col Melwyn D’Souza, 4 Mech Inf; IC-44506 Lt Col Randeep Singh Dadwal, Jak Rif, 52 RR; IC-44651 Lt Col Chander Shekhar Prabhakar, Mech Inf; IC-45016 Lt Col Madan Mohan Uniyal, Bihar Regt Centre; IC-46380 Lt Col K Venugopal; IC-46397 Lt Col Ravindra Prasad, 4 Sikh LI; IC-47013 Lt Col Deepak Mehra, KC, 5 Gr; IC-47634 Lt Col Divakaran Padma Kumar Pillay, SC, Guards; IC-48118 Lt Col Praveen Kumar Airy, Gdrs; IC-48617 Lt Col Surinder Kumar, Mli; IC-48650 Lt Col Harinder Singh Jaggi, Para; IC-48681 Lt Col Raghavachari Santana Raman, Mahar; IC-49120 Lt Col Jayesh Badola, Jat; IC-46091 Maj Gian Prakash Yadav, Gdrs, 29 RR; IC-46719 Maj Lalit Yadav, 18 GDRS; IC-49069 Maj Param Pal Singh Bajwa, 11 Jat; IC-50060 Maj Rajeev Chawla, GDRS, 29 RR; IC-50781 Maj Rajesh Sethi, 4 Jat; IC-51038 Maj Nilkanth Dinkar Karmarkar, Mech Inf, 31 RR; IC-51276 Maj Harpreet Singh Kaila, 22 Sikh; IC-51515 Maj Satish Kumar Sharma, Jak Rif, 52 RR; IC-52086 Maj Amrik Singh, Sm, Punjab; IC-52840 Maj Charumkattu Joseph Antony, 12 Madras; IC-53225 Maj Ramakrishnan Ramesh, 26 Madras; IC-53250 Maj Nameirakpam Romeo Singh, Rajput, 15 AR; IC-53431 Maj KK Bhattacharya, 15 Assam; IC-53634 Maj Osiris Das, Kumaon; IC-53652 Maj Arvind Kumar Dimri, Madras; IC-54023 Maj Sanjiv Mehrotra, Sikh Li, 49 RR; IC-54482 Maj Devendra Narahari Kotnis, Kumaon, Cijw School; IC-54563 Maj Rajiv Ghosh, 4 Jat; IC-54747 Maj Anand Perumal Shunmugam, 9 Rajput; IC-55667 Maj Vishal Bahl, 15 Kumaon; IC-56321 Maj Krishnadas TR, 10 Para (SF); IC-56713 Maj Rohit Khanna, Sm, 14 Sikh; IC-57371 Maj Devwrat Shaktawat, Sikh LI, 19 Rr; IC-57615 Maj Abhinandan Singh, Sm, 1 GR, 15 RR; IC-57727 Maj Mudit Mahajan, Sikh, Inf School; IC-58230 Maj Ajai Raj L, Kumaon Scouts; IC-58849 Maj Pendse Abhay Jayant, 19 Madras; IC-59070 Maj Sarfraz Singh, 6 Para; IC-60097 Maj Amit Bakshi, Mech Inf, 4 RR; IC-60390 Maj Lalit Mohan Mishra, 21 Kumaon; IC-60785 Maj Kunal Sharma, 22 Sikh; SS-37021 Maj Devender Singh, 22 Sikh; SS-37308 Maj Puspendar Sorayan, 9 Rajput; SS-39003 Maj Paramvir Singh Jamwal, 12 Mahar; RC-1128 Maj Sudesh Singh Jat, 2 Jak Rif; IC-53615 Capt Kaushik Goswami, Rajput, No 2/5 Det Eclu; IC-54069 Capt Somesh Jaswal, MLI, 23 Sector AR; IC-57549 Capt Mohit Kumar Sharma, Jak LI, 31 RR (CDO); IC-59105 Capt Rajiv Saharan, Mahar, 30 RR; IC-59943 Capt Sharad Sharan, Madras, 3 (NH) BN AR; IC-60572 Capt C Karthik, 21 Punjab; IC-60628 Capt Amit Gupta, 11 Jak LI;Army Air Defence

IC-45935 Lt Col Neeraj Mehrotra; IC-58409 Maj Sandeep Mishra, 20 Ar; IC-58647 Maj Shailendra Jaswal, 32 Rr; Jc-298620 Nb Sub Mewa Ram; 15761521 L/Nk Shiv Kumar Singh Tomar, 616 (I) Ad Bde; 15766989 Gnr Jatin Sharma, 10 RR.

IC-42819 Lt Col Dayanand Sewal, 22 (I) R & O Flt; IC-46857 Lt Col Uday Prakash Singh Minhas, 22 (I) R & O Flt; IC-50728 Lt Col Vijender Singh Malik, 27 R&O Flt; IC-52381 Maj Rajesh Warke, 27 R&O Flt; IC-53358 Maj Sukant Behera, 22 (I) R&O Flt; IC-53609 Maj Akash Singha, 32 R&O Flt; IC-54047 Maj Venu Madhav 27 R&O Flt; IC-54993 Maj Darayous Rustom Khambatta, 32 R&O Flt; IC-55687 Maj Sumit Kadian, 33 R&O Flt; IC-56621 Maj Surinder Singh Manik, 27 R&O Flt; IC-57688 Maj Ajaydeep Singh Dali, 33 R&O Flt; IC-58829 Capt Vinay Kumar Jain, 22 (I) R&O Flt.

IC-38704 Col A K Singh, Punjab; IC-39897 Col Bharat Bhushan Vats, 2 Guards; IC-40838 Col Bijayananda Patnaik, 4 Jat; IC-41091 Col Shashank Shekhar Mishra, 17 Kumaon; IC-44077 Col Parminder Singh Sandhu, 14 Dogra; IC-41370 Lt Col Pushpinder Nath Kesar, Assam; IC-43710 Lt Col Tarun Kumar Aich, Madras.

IC-43774 Lt Col Melwyn D’Souza, 4 Mech Inf; IC-44506 Lt Col Randeep Singh Dadwal, Jak Rif, 52 RR; IC-44651 Lt Col Chander Shekhar Prabhakar, Mech Inf; IC-45016 Lt Col Madan Mohan Uniyal, Bihar Regt Centre; IC-46380 Lt Col K Venugopal; IC-46397 Lt Col Ravindra Prasad, 4 Sikh LI; IC-47013 Lt Col Deepak Mehra, KC, 5 Gr; IC-47634 Lt Col Divakaran Padma Kumar Pillay, SC, Guards; IC-48118 Lt Col Praveen Kumar Airy, Gdrs; IC-48617 Lt Col Surinder Kumar, Mli; IC-48650 Lt Col Harinder Singh Jaggi, Para; IC-48681 Lt Col Raghavachari Santana Raman, Mahar; IC-49120 Lt Col Jayesh Badola, Jat; IC-46091 Maj Gian Prakash Yadav, Gdrs, 29 RR; IC-46719 Maj Lalit Yadav, 18 GDRS; IC-49069 Maj Param Pal Singh Bajwa, 11 Jat; IC-50060 Maj Rajeev Chawla, GDRS, 29 RR; IC-50781 Maj Rajesh Sethi, 4 Jat; IC-51038 Maj Nilkanth Dinkar Karmarkar, Mech Inf, 31 RR; IC-51276 Maj Harpreet Singh Kaila, 22 Sikh; IC-51515 Maj Satish Kumar Sharma, Jak Rif, 52 RR; IC-52086 Maj Amrik Singh, Sm, Punjab; IC-52840 Maj Charumkattu Joseph Antony, 12 Madras; IC-53225 Maj Ramakrishnan Ramesh, 26 Madras; IC-53250 Maj Nameirakpam Romeo Singh, Rajput, 15 AR; IC-53431 Maj KK Bhattacharya, 15 Assam; IC-53634 Maj Osiris Das, Kumaon; IC-53652 Maj Arvind Kumar Dimri, Madras; IC-54023 Maj Sanjiv Mehrotra, Sikh Li, 49 RR; IC-54482 Maj Devendra Narahari Kotnis, Kumaon, Cijw School; IC-54563 Maj Rajiv Ghosh, 4 Jat; IC-54747 Maj Anand Perumal Shunmugam, 9 Rajput; IC-55667 Maj Vishal Bahl, 15 Kumaon; IC-56321 Maj Krishnadas TR, 10 Para (SF); IC-56713 Maj Rohit Khanna, Sm, 14 Sikh; IC-57371 Maj Devwrat Shaktawat, Sikh LI, 19 Rr; IC-57615 Maj Abhinandan Singh, Sm, 1 GR, 15 RR; IC-57727 Maj Mudit Mahajan, Sikh, Inf School; IC-58230 Maj Ajai Raj L, Kumaon Scouts; IC-58849 Maj Pendse Abhay Jayant, 19 Madras; IC-59070 Maj Sarfraz Singh, 6 Para; IC-60097 Maj Amit Bakshi, Mech Inf, 4 RR; IC-60390 Maj Lalit Mohan Mishra, 21 Kumaon; IC-60785 Maj Kunal Sharma, 22 Sikh; SS-37021 Maj Devender Singh, 22 Sikh; SS-37308 Maj Puspendar Sorayan, 9 Rajput; SS-39003 Maj Paramvir Singh Jamwal, 12 Mahar; RC-1128 Maj Sudesh Singh Jat, 2 Jak Rif; IC-53615 Capt Kaushik Goswami, Rajput, No 2/5 Det Eclu; IC-54069 Capt Somesh Jaswal, MLI, 23 Sector AR; IC-57549 Capt Mohit Kumar Sharma, Jak LI, 31 RR (CDO); IC-59105 Capt Rajiv Saharan, Mahar, 30 RR; IC-59943 Capt Sharad Sharan, Madras, 3 (NH) BN AR; IC-60572 Capt C Karthik, 21 Punjab; IC-60628 Capt Amit Gupta, 11 IC-60970 Capt Veluthakkal Suresh Kumar, Bihar, 24 RR; IC-61133 Capt Vikram Singh Rawat, Rajput, 10 RR; IC-61151 Capt Arindam Ghosh, 7 Raj Rif; IC-61397 Capt Rexson Robertson, 6 Assam; IC-61554 Capt Ramendra Kumar Singh, Punjab, 53 RR; IC-62911 Capt Vivek Yadubanshi, 3/1 GR; SS-38892 Capt Jagdeep Bhogal, 10 Para (SF); SS-38344 Capt Vishal Singh, Jak Rif, 3 RR; SS-39119 Capt Harsh Gusain, 7 Mech INF; SS-39458 Capt Dharamendra Singh, 21 Punjab; SS-39894 Capt Saurabh Nehra, 27 Madras; IC-62570 Lt Krishan Kumar Raman, 8 Jak LI; IC-62921 Lt Kanwar Tarun Bhraguwar, 5 Para; IC-63137 Lt Shishpal Singh, 14 Dogra; IC-63806 Lt Irfan Ahmed Khan, 2 Jak RIF; SS-39456 Lt Sarfraz Singh, 21 Bihar; SS-39801 Lt Bhaskar Shinde, 17 Jak RIF; SS-39898 Lt Davinder Singh, 12 Raj RIF; JC-205007 Sub Maj Jasbir Singh, Punjab; Jc-221022 Sub Maj Jeeva Nand Dobhal, Garh RIF; Jc-518150 Sub Maj Lekh Raj Manhas, Dogra; JC-184958 Sub Basheer Rawther Mm, 18 MLI; JC-402328 Sub Biddappa Bepadianda Uthappa, Guards, Jla, Bareilly; JC-412444 Sub Diwan Singh, 5 Para; JC-428201 Sub B S Pannu, Punjab 149. Jc-429258 Sub Ashok Kumar, 21 Punjab; JC-438298 Sub Govinthan Manogaran, 12 Madras; JC-438502 Sub Ramnathan Selvaraj, Madras Regt Centre; JC-448341 Sub Gorakh Ramchandra Sonwane, Gdrs, 39 RR; JC-448945 Sub Sant Ram, Gdrs, 52 Sag; JC-488565 Sub Pahlad Singh, Jat, 5 RR; JC-488911 Sub Rupa Ram, 14 JAT; JC-498276 Sub Shuker Singh, Sikh, 6 RR; JC-498390 Sub Jarnail Singh, Sikh, 16 RR; JC-498501 Sub Hardeep Singh, Sikh, 16 RR; JC-498648 Sub Hardial Singh, Sikh, 16 RR; JC-498977 Sub Lakhwinder Singh, 22 Sikh; JC-528388 Sub Makan Singh, 11 Garh RIF; JC-548133 Sub Hem Narayan Malik, 15 Assam; JC-568708 Sub Mohite Vijay Bhikuram, Mahar, 1 RR; JC-568753 Sub Jagtap Sudam, Mahar; JC-590037 Sub Y Chembise, 1 Naga; JC-592655 Sub Sardar Singh, 13 Jak Li; JC-592657 Sub Mohd Azam, 13 Jak Li; JC-592673 Sub Tilak Raj, 9 Jak Li; JC-593073 Sub Babu Ram, Jak Li, Haw School; JC-617078 Sub Iswar Bahadur Gurung, 6/5 Gr (FF); JC-634060 Sub Laxman Rai, Gr, CIJW School; JC-412565 Nb Sub Dig Ram, Para, CIJW School; JC-412608 Nb Sub Raj Kumar, 7 Para; JC-412617 Nb Sub Mala Ram Jat, Para, 52 SAG; JC-412641 Nb Sub Sing Ram, 5 Para; JC-412716 Nb Sub Yudhbir Singh, Sm, 5 Para; JC-412750 Nb Sub Hoshiyar Chand, 5 Para; JC-412787 Nb Sub Chander Singh Karki, 9 Para (SF); JC-419142 Nb Sub Balraj Sharma, Mech Inf, 9 RR; JC-419649 Nb Sub Maharaj Singh, Mech Inf, 26 RR; JC-439187 Nb Sub Ramadh Prakashan, 26 Madras; JC-459225 Nb Sub Gayakwad Hanumant Gahininath, 26 MLI; JC-479271 Nb Sub Mitrapal Singh, Rajput, 10 RR; Jc-489456 Nb Sub Bhanwara Ram, 4 Jat; JC-499168 NB Sub Jaswinder Singh, 22 Sikh; JC-529458 NB Sub Kishan Singh Shah, Garh RIF, 48 RR; JC-539395 NB Sub Lal Singh, Kumaon, Haw School; JC-579216 NB Sub Raju, 2 JAK RIF; JC-579660 NB Sub Kishan Bahadur Thapa, 18 JAK RIF; JC-592924 NB Sub Kishori Lal, 11 JAL LI; JC-602520 NB Sub Aita Singh Gurung, 1 GR, 15 RR; JC-607525 NB Sub Sita Ram Pradhan, 5/3 GR; JC-617684 NB Sub Dil Bahadur Gurung, 5/5 GR (FF); JC-NYA-4066388 Nb Sub Santan Singh, 16 Garh RIF; JC-NYA-13616527 Nb Sub Padmeswar Gogoi, 9 Para (SF); 4266958 CHM Sushil Khalkho, Bihar, 4 RR; 5043930 CHM Chitra Bahadur Rana, SM, 2/1 GR; 2593232 Hav Chandra Sekhar Kharat, 25 Madras; 2683211 Hav Jag Roop, 14 GDRS; 2880280 Hav Bijender Singh, Raj RIF, 43 RR; 2885874 Hav Vijay Singh, Raj RIF, 43 RR; 2887318 Hav Krishan Singh, 15 Raj RIF; 3376236 Hav Hardyal Singh, Sikh, 124 INF BN (TA) Sikh; 3388161 Hav Satnam Singh, 7 Sikh; 3984252 Hav Ranjeet Singh, Dogra, 11 RR; 4068233 Hav Sabar Singh, 8 Garh RIF; 4182263 Hav Rakesh Kumar, Kumaon, 26 RR; 4263035 Hav Kailash Mehta, Bihar, 47 RR; 4263425 Hav Mahendra Yadav, 21 Bihar; 4469971 Hav Umesh Prasad, Sikh LI, ECHS; 4555091 Hav Balbir Singh, Mahar, 1 RR; 4555590 Hav Ravinder Kumar, Mahar, 30 RR; 4561945 Hav Akhade Devanand Khandu, 13 Mahar; 5449915 Hav Bishnu Bahadur Thapa, 5/5 Gr (FF); 5845843 Hav Dilip Chhetri, 2/9 GR; 8032957 Hav C Kumaran, 2 Madras; 9087353 Hav Manzoor Hussain, 9 JAK LI; 13615402 Hav Vinod Bahadur Singh, 5 Para; 13615747 Hav Mahesh Kumar, 1 Para (SF); 13617509 Hav Ramesh Chandra, 5 Para; 13749663 Hav Tilak Raj, 19 JAK RIF; 13752685 Hav Gurcharan Singh, 17 JAK RIF; 13752833 Hav Raghubir Singh, JAK RIF, 3 RR; 14702636 Hav M Mangboi Kom, 10 Para (SF); 14702733 Hav L Ringphayui, 1 Naga; 2597478 L/Hav Guntur Giridhara Naidu, 19 Madras; 9085345 L/Hav Madan Lal, 8 JAK LI; 13617630 L/Hav Brijesh Kumar, 5 Para; 13618006 L/Hav Piar Singh, 5 Para; 2485153 Nk Kulwant Singh, Punjab, 7 RR; 2686194 Nk Manoj Kumar, 29 RR; 2791803 Nk Ahamed Husain, 18 MLI; 2887210 Nk Rohitashwa Takhar, Raj RIF, 57 RR; 2888095 Nk Naurang Ali, Raj RIF, 9 RR; 2888463 Nk Om Parkash, 19 Raj RIF; 2890963 Nk Jitendra Singh Chouhan, Raj RIF, 18 RR; 2989689 Nk Pratap Singh, Rajput, 10 RR; 2990313 Nk Babulal, Rajput, 10 RR; 3186526 Nk Sultan Singh, 16 Jat; 3387711 Nk Satnam Singh, 14 Sikh; 3394316 Nk Iqbal Singh, Sikh, 6 RR; 3989185 Nk Jatinder Kumar, Dogra, 11 RR; 4071142 Nk Dinesh Prasad, Garh RIF, 36 RR; 4077003 Nk Bhagat Singh, 9 Para (SF); 4563806 Nk Pawan Kumar, 12 Mahar; 5452381 Nk Til Prasad Pun, 6/5 GR (FF); 9094412 Nk Nasib Singh, 11 JAK LI.

9095631 NK Ashok Kumar, 8 Jak Li; 9096613 NK Changaiz Ahmed, 13 Jak Li; 9097863 NK Shokit Ali Shah, 2 Jak Li; 13618402 NK Basti Ram Bishnoi, 5 Para; 13618992 NK Dhirendra Singh Bhouryal, 5 Para; 13619905 NK Singaravadivelan Krishnan, 26 Madras; 13693334 NK Ashok Kumar, Guards, 21 Rr; 13751074 NK Hari Bahadur Thapa, Jak Rif, 28 Rr; 13752035 NK Krishna Bahadur Khadka, 2 Jak Rif; 13754262 NK Hardeep Singh, Jak Rif, 3 Rr; 13757108 NK Parbodh Singh, 2 Jak Rif; 2690039 L/NK Vijay Kumar, Gdrs, 39 Rr; 2690265 L/NK Sohan Singh, 14 Gdrs; 2792697 L/NK Altaf Husein Bagshiraj, 18 Mli; 2889998 L/NK Ram Niwas, Raj Rif, 43 Rr; 2993940 L/NK Subhash Chand, Rajput, 10 Rr; 3395904 L/NK Sikander Singh, 7 Sikh; 4072963 L/NK Raghubir Lal, 11 Garh Rif; 4078746 L/NK Gurudayal Singh, 16 Garh Rif; 4364766 L/NK Ajit Pankajakshiamou Ramachandra, 12 Madras; 4365533 L/NK Athisii Daikho Mao, Sm, 6 Assam; 4365670 L/NK Lalliantluanga, 7 Assam; 4365791 L/NK Isuel Hrangkhwal, 7 Assam; 4473912 L/NK Malkiat Singh, Sikh Li, 2 RR; 5248107 L/NK Tek Prasad Gurung, 5/3 Gr; 8034472 L/NK Manoj Kumar, Jat, 45 RR; 13619356 L/NK Narayan Singh Thayat, 5 Para; 13698795 L/NK Ram Chander Samota, Guards, 21 RR; 13758087 L/NK Rajender Singh, 1 Jak Rif; 13758927 L/NK Sita Ram, 1 Jak Rif; 14703026 L/NK M Dikho, 1 Naga; 15611078 L/NK Girdhari Lal Nareti, Guards, 21 RR; 2489974 Sep Sukhwinder Singh, Punjab, 37 RR; 2490501 Sep Sanjeev Kumar, Punjab, 22 RR; 2491413 Sep Ajit Singh, Punjab, 53 RR; 2492063 Sep Surinder Kumar, Punjab, 37 RR; 2492773 Sep Pandip Singh, 24 Punjab; 2492808 Sep Sanjay Kumar, Punjab, 37 RR; 2492855 Sep Rakesh Kumar, Punjab, 22 RR; 2493020 Sep Charanjit Singh, Punjab, 7 RR; 2493780 Sep Lakhbir Singh, Punjab, 37 RR; 2603595 Sep Santhosh Ravindran Nair, Madras, 54 Rr; 2606822 Sep Gonthina Baba, 19 Madras; 2607698 Sep M Prabhu, 19 Madras; 2607805 Sep Narayana Rao Kintala, 2 Madras; 2789375 Sep Maneshwar Kalita, 14 Mli; 2798867 Sep Prahlad Patil, 14 Mli; 2999246 Sep Bharat Pal Singh Rathore, 19 Rajput; 3001249 Sep Umesh Kumar Singh Tomar, Rajput, 10 RR; 3001530 Sep Vijay Singh Gurjar, Rajput, 44 RR; 3003378 Sep Sunil Singh, Rajput, 10 RR; 3191145 Sep Rajeev Kumar, Jat, 34 RR; 3193429 Sep Neeraj Kumar, Jat, 45 RR; 3194375 Sep Kumar Singh, 16 Jat; 3197280 Sep Gyana Ram, 4 Jat; 3392306 Sep Dilbag Singh, Sikh, 16 RR; 3395882 Sep Shiv Singh, 22 Sikh; 3401415 Sep Harjant Singh, Sikh, 6 RR; 3403665 Sep Sukhdev Singh, Sikh, 16 RR; 3404833 Sep Gurpreet Singh, Sikh, 16 RR; 4000550 Sep Amit Rana, 16 Dogra; 4003652 Sep Kamal Singh, Dogra Scouts; 4003754 Sep Vijay Kumar, 16 Dogra; 4188560 Sep Himmat Singh, 21 Kumaon; 4189220 Sep Janak Chand, Kumaon, 50 RR; 4192182 Sep Ganga Singh, 2 Kumaon; 4193881 Sep Jai Singh, Kumaon, 13 RR; 4272353 Sep Ashok Kumar Singh, 21 Bihar; 4273332 Sep Gedam Lomesh Kawadu, Bihar, 24 RR; 4277980 Sep Bachcha Singh, Bihar, 47 RR; 4365295 Sep Jk Francis Touthang, 7 Assam; 4368705 Sep Chaolu Chang, 8 Assam; 4368919 Sep Jayanta Das, Assam, 42 RR; 4475626 Sep Deep Singh, 9 Sikh LI; 4568967 Sep Dayanidhi Dehury, 12 Mahar; 4573371 Sep Chaudhary Fulaji Bhai Pratap Bhai, 12 Mahar; 4573567 Sep Bahadur Singh, 8 Mahar; 4575067 Sep Jashobant Samal, 12 Mahar; 13624903 Sep Tej Pal Singh Yadav, 5 Kumaon; 14703311 Sep Suraj Kumar Chhetri, 1 Naga; 14703318 Sep Lachman Singh, 1 Naga; 14703933 Sep K.S. Kharwung, 1 Naga; 14926329 Sep Satender Rai, Mech Inf, 9 RR; 14926926 Sep Yatender Singh Gusain, Mech Inf, 5 RR; 2201212 Rfn Dilip Saikia, 22 AR; 2892381 Rfn Amar Pal Singh, Raj Rif, 9 RR; 2894072 Rfn Parambir Singh Chahar, Raj Rif, 18 RR; 4079228 Rfn Sanjeev Kumar, 19 Jak Rif; 4081020 Rfn Balwant Singh, Garh Rif, 14 RR; 4081570 Rfn Digpal Mani Joshi, Garh Rif, 14 RR; 4081729 Rfn Upendra Singh, Garh Rif, 48 RR; 4082846 Rfn Mahabeer Singh, Garh Rif, 14 RR; 4082979 Rfn Mahabir Singh, Garh Rif, 36 RR; 5047613 Rfn Rudra Bahadur Gurung, 3/1 Gr; 5048428 Rfn Rajesh Thapa, 1 Gr, 15 RR; 5250328 Rfn Man Singh Masharangi, 5/3 Gr; 5453847 Rfn Mohan Ghale, 6/5 Gr (FF); 5454467 Rfn Jas Bahadur Thapa, 5/5 Gr (FF); 5455725 Rfn Tuka Ram Kunwar Thapa, 4/5 Gr (FF); 5758006 Rfn Dipendra Kumar Rana, 5/8 Gr; 9103450 Rfn Sunil Singh, Jak Li, 31 RR (CDO); 9104428 Rfn Sajad Ahmed Chopan, Jak Li, 1 RR; 9104444 Rfn Mohd Sharif, 2 Jak Li; 9106475 Rfn Gulshan Kumar, 11 Jak Li; 9107336 Rfn Anil Kumar, 9 Jak Li; 9107589 Rfn Yuvraj Singh, 11 Jak Li; 12974387 Rfn Showket Ahmed Hajam, 162 Inf Bn Ta Jak Li; 13759504 Rfn Sunil Datt, 19 Jak Rif; 13764683 Rfn Om Parkash, Jak Rif, 28 RR; 13766043 Rfn Ramesh Chander, Jak Rif, 28 RR; 13768213 Rfn Neeraj Kumar, Jak Rif, 28 RR; 13768483 Rfn Ashok Kumar, 2 Jak Rif; 2694164 Gdr Bheem Singh, Gdrs, 29 RR; 2697691 Gdr Rakesh, Gdrs, 55 RR; 2698269 Gdr Sompal, 14 Gdrs; 2700450 Gdr Davender Singh, 15 Gdrs; 4077741 Ptr Virendra Singh, Para, 31 RR (CDO); 13622048 Ptr Vipin Kumar, 1 Para (SF).

13622217 Ptr Lal Prasad Budha, 4 Para (SF); 13622259 Ptr Rakesh Kumar, 5 Para; 13622329 Ptr Arjun Kumar, 5 Para; 13624664 Ptr Abhilash B, 4 Para (SF).

IC-35110 Col Venugopal Menon, VSM; IC-39810 Col Saurabh Sanyal; IC-42881 Col Sanjay Rihani, 234 Armd Engr Regt; IC-47483 Col Jagdeep Singh Ishar, HQ 35 Brtf; IC-43658 Lt Col Hari Singh; IC-47772 Lt Col Ajay Singh Shekhawat; IC-51412 Lt Col Bhamare Jayant Narvir, 53 RCC; IC-51477 Maj Amod Chadha, 1 Armd Engr Regt; IC-53068 Maj Anil Sen, 111 Rcc; IC-53876 Maj Joshi Hemant A, 116 RCC; IC-54286 Maj G Siva Kumar, 203 Engr Regt; IC-54709 Maj Manish Kumar, 99 RCC; IC-56170 Maj Preet Pal Singh, 20 AR; IC-56894 Maj Vinay Vashisth, 6 Engr Regt; IC-59040 Maj Siva Subramani R, Meg & Centre; IC-59584 Maj Saru Kapur, 1 RR; IC-60007 Maj R Ramasubramanian, 70 RCC; IC-63311 Capt Mohit Kuntal, 57 Engr Regt; SS-38986 Capt Dennis Andrew Johnson, 5 AR; IC-62616 Lt Arvind Negi, 57 Engr Regt; IC-63267 Lt Sunil Pillai;. IC-63747 Lt Sunil Gahlaut, 59 Engr Regt; SS-40088 Lt Amit Sharma, 59 Engr Regt.

JC-216028 Sub Maj Siya Sharan PD Sinha; JC-215766 Sub R Jeganathan, 38 Asslt Engr Regt; JC-306639 Sub Appu Nagappan, CME Pune; JC-306811 Sub R Raja Kumar, Meg & Centre; JC-325846 Sub Tandle Mukund G, 99 RCC; JC-326500 Sub Narender Singh Negi, 59 Engr Regt; JC-328352 Sub Kulwant Singh, 57 Engr Regt; JC-348902 Sub Baban Singh, 106 Engr Regt; JC-371677 Sub Matadin; JC-306395 NB Sub Mahalingam; JC-307233 NB Sub Y Nagaraju, 1645 PNR COY; JC-307308 NB Sub KT Mathew, BD Unit, NSG; JC-307312 NB Sub J Salim, Meg & Centre; JC-307374 NB Sub R Bhaskara Reddy, Meg & Centre; JC-307526 NB Sub Elavarasan Duraisamy, 54 RR; JC-349019 NB Sub Shridhar Bhau Uttekar, 47 RR; JC-349093 NB Sub Gurdip Singh; JC-349338 NB Sub Mohd Wasiullah Ansari, CIFE Pune; JC-349401 NB Sub Jugal Kishore Sharma, 47 RR; JC-349450 NB Sub Sadik Khan, CIFE Pune; 1379349 Hav Basavanni Lolasuri; 1473572 Hav Ravi Pal Singh, 59 Engr Regt; 1482453 Hav Dharmendar Singh, CME, Pune; 1485499 Hav Joji Joseph, CME, Pune; 1571407 Hav Pal Singh; 15302714 Hav M Ramdu, 44 RR; 15311099 Hav Jb Koteswara Rao, GE New Delhi; 15311175 Hav Abdul Muneer P, 4 Engr Regt; 15561680 Hav Kadam Sambhaji Parsharam, 111 Engr Regt; 1484138 NK Muninder Singh, 60 Engr Regt. 1485779 Nk Man Singh, 53 Engr Regt; 1487652 Nk Chanderpal, 58 Engr Regt; 15305815 Nk S. Pardhasaradhi, 1 Armd Engr Regt; 15313415 Nk C Murthy; 14398642 L/Nk Nikkam Manik Sitaram, 9 Engr Regt; 15313317 L/Nk B Srinivasa Rao, 38 Asslt Engr Regt; 15313388 L/Nk Girish Kumar, 12 Engr Regt; 15314941 L/Nk S Jesu Dass, 1 Armd Engr Regt; 1491340 Spr Manoj Kumar Mishra, 3 Rr; 15316007 Spr Saju C, Bd Unit, Nsg; 15317908 Spr Morta Vs Narayana, 38 Asslt Engr Regt; 15320134 Spr, Laxman Kokitkar, 1 Rr; 15335043 Spr Vinod Singh, 59 Engr Regt; 15338761 Spr Asgar Hussain, Ac Centre & School; 15563980 Spr Jagjivan Singh; 15568387 Spr Hawa Singh; Ic-32985 Col Krishnamoorthy Chandrasekaran, 2 (P) Indep Coy Ncc; IC-43986 Lt Col Sapan Kumar Samanta, Hq 10 Corps; Ic-44966 Lt Col Shaik Shiraj Chaudhary, Pmo Plan Aren; IC-50467 Lt Col Vivek Nautiyal; Ic-46326 Maj Suresh Jasrotia, 3 Corps Engr Sigs Regt; Ss-39029 Capt Harpal Singh, 1 Ahq Sig Regt; Ic-62690 Lt Somyajit Choudhury, 5 Mtn Div Sig Regt; Jc-369500 Sub Maj Vivekanand Pandey, 4 Corps Operating Sig Regt; JC-372193 Sub Parmjit Singh, 2 Ahq Sig Regt; 15674807 Chm Ghamanda Ram; 14253453 Hav Chavan Jalindar Maruti, 108 Mtn Bde Sig Coy; 15358421 Hav Maru Parma Bhai Gala Bhai, 22 We Unit; 15385862 Hav Wasamkar Deepak Rajaram;

15383954 Nk M.K. Gautam, 1 Ahq Sig Regt; 15391238 Nk D Peria Samy, 6 Mtn Div Sig Regt; 15381634 L/Nk Naresh Kumar, 4 Cesr; 15387945 L/Nk Patel Rajani Kumar Natvarlal, 4 Corps Engr Sig Regt; 15398044 L/Nk Sondarkar Raghunath Baburao, 5 Mtn Div Sig Regt; 15398321 Sigmn Virender Singh, 9 Rr; 15662514 Sigmn Sandeep Kumar.

IC-52826 Maj Rohit Sehgal, 387 (I) Sup Pl Asc; IC-53972 Maj Rahul Jain, Raj Bhavan, Shillong; IC-54377 Maj Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, 32 Rr; IC-61616 Capt Sarang Yashvant Kelapure, 24 Punjab; IC-61741 Capt Harpreet Singh Manchanda, 16 Jat; IC-62131 Lt Brajesh Kumar Jhariya, 11 Garh Rif; JC-218934 Sub Maj Gobind Dogra; JC-640509 Sub Sethumadhavan Kc; JC-640760 Sub Mahipal Singh; JC-641511 Sub R Venugopalan; JC-273861 Nb Sub R K I Patel; JC-663036 Nb Sub D N Maity; 6381308 Hav Idhate Sb; 13875955 Hav Jai Prakash Singh, ASC Centre Bangalore; 6394228 NK Mominul Haque Molla; 14817582 Sep R.A. Singh; 14822017 Sep Rajesh Jha; 14822999 Sep Mukesh Kumar.

Army Ordnance Corps

IC-44479 Lt Col Devinder Kumar Sehrawat; IC-47258 Maj Avinash Rawat, Cod Delhi Cantt; IC-63551 Lt Amit Mishra, 7 Assam; IC-63470 Lt Kamaljit Singh Ahlowalia, 26 Madras; WS-00749 Lt Ashwani Jaya Kumar, 31 Armd Div Ord Unit; 6920920 Hav Babu Shankaranarayan.

IC-34300 Col Lanka Suryanarayan Murty; IC-38183 Col Gurmukh Singh; IC-40297 Col Dhanesh Singh Chauhan, Base Wksp Gp, Meerut Cantt; IC-43995 Col Rajiv Joshi, 6004 (I) Armd Wksp; IC-45339 Lt Col Dalwinder Singh, 505 ABW; IC-48088 Lt Col Sanjeev Kumar; IC-49400 Lt Col V.R. Vallur, 612 EME Bn; IC-45650 Maj Sanjay Swarup Kapur, 1051 FD Wksp; IC-46150 Maj Awatar Singh Pawar, 12 (I) R&O FLT; IC-53101 Maj Amin Jn, HQ TG GP EME; IC-63356 Maj Arvind Kondal, 17 Mli; IC-63343 Capt Anirudh Singh Bais, 2/9 GR; IC-64297 Lt Sushil Kumar Subhash Lavand, 11 JAK Li; JC-748435 Sub Joginder Singh, 282 FD Wksp Coy EME; JC-754216 Nb Sub P. Rajamani; 14565700 Hav Jaswant Singh, 631 EME; 14582514 Nk Charanjit Singh; 14633994 CFN S. Thirumoorthi, STN WKSP EME, Chennai; 14691624 CM-I Zorawar Singh, 510 ABW.

Mr-03687 Col Manoj Luthra, MH (CTC) Pune; Mr-04419 Col Kailash Chand, MH Jalandhar Cantt; Mr-03668 Lt Col Gopal Dutt Sharma, MH Patiala; Mr-04276 Lt Col Jagtar Singh, AMC Centre & School; Mr-05352 Lt Col R.T. Draper; Mr-05887 Lt Col Vasantha Kumar K., MH Thiruvananthapuram; Mr-07143 Lt Col K.K. Rai; Mr-06851 Maj Sanjeev Sengupta, MH Jalandhar Cantt; Mr-07308 Maj Archita Roy, 160 MH; Mr-07814 Maj Prem Kumar Jha, 7 Madras; Mr-13362 Maj Anurag Sharma; Mr-07485 Capt Nayani Radhakrishna, 4 Jat; Mr-07643 Capt Yaduvir Singh, 1 Para (SF); Ms-14128 Capt Swadhin Manarai; Ms-14619 Capt Rajesh Sharma,16 RR; Ms-14622 Capt Trilok Kumar Gupta, 1 Naga; JC-692599 Sub Periyasamypadayachi Anbazhahan, BH Delhi Cantt; JC-692999 Sub Kapil Dev, AMC Centre & School; JC-694085 Sub G.H.K. Nair; JC-692825 Nb Sub R.K. Misra, AFTC Delhi Cantt; JC-694444 Nb Sub P.K. Kar; 13957397 Chm A. Reji, AMC Centre & School; 13963647 Hav Gyan Prakash, Kumaon Scouts; 13957827 Nk Hansraj; 13965896 Nk Anand Prakash, 107 AD REGT; 13967381 Nk Francis KM; 13968120 Nk P.K. Singh, AFMC Pune; 13990699 Sep Prem Shanker Pandey, 48 BRTF; 13993341 Sep Bittu Kumar, 309 Fd Amb; 15417007 Recruit Kuber Singh, Ah (R&R); 682548 Accountant Matbar Singh Bhandari, Ah (R&R) Army Dental Corps; DR-10376 Lt Col Naresh Kumar Singla Intelligence Corps; IC-42417 Lt Col T.K. Chatterjee; IC-43860 Lt Col Madhukar Bhimrao Kadam, No 1 DET Int & FS Gp; IC-45667 Maj J.K. Bose, 4 DET ECLU; IC-55042 Maj Jitendra Singh Shekhawat, 3 DET ECLU; IC-55075 Maj Rohit Singh Sahi, 615 Int & FS Unit; IC-59731 Capt Shidramayya S. Pujar, 1/5 DET ECLU; SC-00301 Capt David Jebaraj, AHQ Is Gp; JC-217177 Sub Harbans Singh, AHQ Lu; JC-810491 Nb Sub Devinder Singh Tomar; JC-810696 Nb Sub Nasirudeen E, 4 Corps Int & FS Coy; 2676840 Hav Pratap Singh Manta; 7430936 Hav Chandrandu Kumar; 7431034 Hav Surendra Singh; 7431037 Hav Sukumar Ghosh; 7431318 Sep S. Moses, 237 Int & FS Unit Remount and Veterinary Corps; V-434 Maj Sudheer Kumar, VSM; 7239808 Dfr K.R. Thakre. 7239966 Dfr Padmanabhan K, RVC Centre & College; 7240028 Dfr R Benakatti.

SL-03307 Lt Col Venugopalan Nair P, HG MIRC, Ahmadnagar; IC-53082 Maj Isukapaalli Raghu Venkateswarlu, SM, 4 Corps Int & FS COY;

Tc-31517 Capt Umanatha Gore, M & G Area; JC-162692 Sub G Rajasekaran.

JC-215434 Sub Maj Sadappa Fakirannawar, PRO Unit Delhi Area; JC-818466 Nb Sub Ramkishan; JC-818797 Nb Sub Balbir Singh, PRO Unit, Delhi Cantt; 7774998 Hav Narendra Singh; 7779136 Hav Raju Funde, AC Centre & School; 7777225 Nk Pramod Kumar; 7777648 Nk Arun Kumar Singh.

IC-45517 Lt Col Rakesh. The President’s

IC-49090 Lt Col Sanjay Bhatia.

TA-42194 Maj Mandeep Sandhu, Sikh, 124 INF BN (TA) Sikh; TA-42481 Capt Navdeep Singh, TA GP HG WC; 10480812 Nk Rajesh Kumar, 153 INF BN TA Dogra Regt.

MES-300328 Dir (Arch) Anuradha Bali, HQ CE Chandigarh Zone; MES-300357 Dy Dir (Arch) Prabha Jain; MES-122812 AE Nagendra Nath Yadav, GE New Delhi; MES-455132 AE Rameshawar Dayal Tayal, GE New Delhi; MES-137652 Mtd GDE-1 Kariyan Krishnan, GE Welington, Nilgiris

GO-2165 EE Jitendra Bahadur Singh, 1064 FD Wksp; Go-3058 AEE Mastud Chandan Navanath, 116 RCC; GS-156597 EM-II Swaran Singh, 1070 FD Wksp; GS-176515 DVR MT Krishna Bahadur Chhetri, HQ 760 BRTF

Mr A.S.N. Sastry, EE, CPWD; Mr Rajesh Bahel, JE, CPWD Civilians;

Ms Bhavana Singh, CEO, Bareilly Cantonment Board; Mr V.P. Sharma, PPS, AG Branch; Mr Kamat Shah, SO SD DTE; Ms Vasumathy Syamala, Asstt, WE DTE; Mr Brahmanand Perai, Asstt, Coas Secretariat; Mr B Chandrashekhar, UDC, MS Branch; Mr Harish Chandra, UDC, QMG Branch; Ms Prabha Wadehra, UDC, DGAFMS/DG-1C; Mr Dharam Raj Singh, Daftry; Mr Siya Ram, Peon, COAS Secretariat; Mr Subhash, Peon, COAS Secretariat; Mr Devi Dutt, Peon, AG Branch. — Agencies

Pension hike for freedom fighters from today
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 14
On the eve of Independence Day, the government announced that freedom fighters will get enhanced pension from tomorrow.

Ex-Andaman political prisoners will now get a total of Rs 7,500 as against Rs 5,760 drawn by them at present, a Home Ministry spokesman said here today.

Freedom fighters, who suffered outside the British India, will get Rs 6,750 as against Rs 5,040, he said.

Other freedom fighters, including those from Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army will get a total of Rs 6,000. They are at present drawing Rs 4,320.

The spokesman said the government took the decision of increasing freedom fighters’ pension as it felt that the amount payable at present was not not commensurate with the hardships suffered by them.

The basic dependent family pension of spouses of deceased freedom fighters will also go up by Rs 1,000 per month from tomorrow.

Due to the hike, the annual additional outgo is estimated to be Rs 134 crore, the spokesman said, adding pension would continue to be linked with the price index for subsequent years.

Dance bars shut doors from today
Shiv Kumar
Tribune News Service

Mumbai, August 14
The curtains have come down on the dance bars across Maharashtra with the state government issuing a notification for their shut down last evening. The dance bars will not be allowed to open from tonight, the police said.

Governor S. M. Krishna had on August 9 given his assent to the Mumbai Police (amendment) Bill, 2005, thereby clearing the way for banning dance bars across the state.

Meanwhile, dance bar owners said they would approach the Bombay High Court on Tuesday to challenge the government’s decision. “We are ready with our petition and will approach the court on Tuesday,” Manjit Singh of the Fight for Rights of Bar Owners Association said.

While the government asserted that dance bars corrupted the youth and were a front for prostitution, the bar owners say more than 70,000 women employed as bar dancers across the state would lose their jobs.

The Bill provides for a ban on “holding of a performance of dance, of any kind, at an eating house, permit room or beer bar”. It went on to say “All performance licences, issued under the aforesaid rule by the Commissioner of Police or the District Magistrate or any other officer, as the case may be, being the licensing authority, to hold a dance performance of any kind or type, at an eating house, permit room or beer bar shall stand cancelled”.

There is an imprisonment of up to three years and a fine up to Rs 2 lakh for “any person who holds or causes or permits to hold a dance performance of any kind or type, at an eating house, permit room or beer bar”.

It’s time to move on: Ashwani
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 14
The assassination of Ms Indira Gandhi by her own body guards and the reprehensible orgy of violence that ensued in 1984 will remain a monumental national tragedy and it is time for the nation, however, to move ahead to keep its tryst with destiny, Congress MP Ashwani Kumar said here today.

The Prime Minister’s statement on the Nanavati report is thus a charter for national renewal and the nation’s resolve to bury the aberrations of the past so as to realise its future, he said.

The statement has been followed by action and two committees have since been constituted to implement in letter and spirit the assurance of full reparation for the affected as given by the Prime Minister in the highest forum of our democracy, Mr Kumar said in a statement here.

The Prime Minister’s statement reasserts the core values of our nation and commits the full resources to the advancement of the cherished ideals of our pluralist democracy and justice for the unfortunate victims of the 1984 riots. The nation must now move on in the spirit of harmony and social cohesiveness so that we may secure for the succeeding generations their future, rooted in a steadfast commitment to the fundamental tenets of our Republic”, he said.

Through his touching and transparent statement and prompt followup action the Prime Minister has shown sensitivity to the sentiments of the nation as a whole. He has unambiguously promised to bring to justice those found to be guilty in accordance with law and promised succour and rehabilitation to all those who were affected.

It is indeed unfortunate that even so, arguments are advanced by the Opposition to score political points against the top leadership of the Congress, which has been decisively and fully exonerated by the Nanavati Commission of all allegations leveled against it.

The nation expects the Opposition to rise above partisan agendas to ensure communal amity. The idiom of political discourse must be such as will apply the balm rather than to raise communal passions. It has taken much blood and long years for the nation to reclaim its moral centre. It is time, therefore, to rededicate ourselves in the spirit of the Prime Minister gesture to assert the inviolability of the core values of our nation and to dedicate ourselves to the task of strengthening the institutions of state to ensure that 1984 and Gujarat do not recur to shake the nation’s moral edifice,” he said.

The Sikh community, whose contribution to the building of the Indian nation is second to none, will doubtless join in the task of ensuring our internal cohesiveness as a nation, and those who claim to be the custodians of the sikh sensitivities must recognise the limits of populism when dealing with issues that concern the collective conscience of the nation and which owe no apology to transient electoral considerations.

“In so conducting ourselves and pledging to maintain our unity in diversity in an ambience of harmonious coexistence of different communities that has been the glory of India, we would have strengthened the roots of our democracy in the 58th year of our Independence. Let us dedicate ourselves this day to resisting with all our might any onslaught on the principles that define our nation and the values that sustain it. We would then have paid a befitting tribute to the memory of our innocent brethren who were snatched from us in a carnage that puts us all to shame,” he said.

Infant mortality rate high in India
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 14
India’s infant mortality rate (IMR) is higher than its neighbours like Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

In an answer a question in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister A. Ramadoss admitted that India’s IMR was higher than that of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, blaming poor nutrition of mothers and newborns, acute respiratory infections and other health problems as main reasons behind why infants in such large numbers continued to die in the country.

Quoting a UNICEF report, “ The state of the world’s children 2005”, and a WHO report, The World Health Report, 2005”, he said the IMR for India in 2003 was 63 per 1,000 live births, while for Bangladesh it was 46, for Nepal 61 and for Sri Lanka 13.

As per the UNICEF and WHO reports, India’s other neighbours like Afghanistan, Bhutan, Pakistan and Myanmar had still higher motality rates. In 2003, the IMR of Bhutan was 70, Pakistan 81 and Myanmar 76. Afghanistan with the IMR of 165 was the worse, showing the poor health conditions existing there.

The other reasons for high infant and neonatal mortality in India, besides poor nutrition of mothers and newborns, are acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases and inadequate access to maternal and newborn care.Frequent pregnancies among women belonging to low income groups is another cause.

Now the Tenth Plan goal is to bring down the IMR at the national level to less than 45 per 1000 live births by 2007.

Violence has no place in civilised societies: PM
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 14
Expressing deep shock and sadness over the assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the India condemned this premeditated act of violence.

In a condolence message, he said it was clear that terrorism and violence had no place in civilized societies.

Dr Manmohan Singh also spoke to President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday.

As soon as the news of assassination came, Dr Manmohan Singh conveyed his condolences to President Kumaratunga and to the people of Sri Lanka.

External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will represent India at the funeral of Mr Kadirgamar in Colombo tomorrow.

Stabber remanded in police custody
Tribune News Service

Mumbai, August 14
A Mumbai youth who killed a woman from Manipur at the Gateway of India has been remanded in police custody.

The youth, Ujjer Patel, 27, was produced in the magistrate’s court that remanded him in police custody till August 28.

Patel, who had earlier given his brother Junaid’s name to the police, had earlier yesterday stabbed his father, mother and neighbours in suburban Jogeshwari before surfacing at the Gateway of India. He was loitering around aimlessly when he noticed Chonthi Shaiza (23), and her cousin Nagakuimi Ralang (20), strolling around. Patel is said to have attacked the two without any provocation. He grabbed Shaiza’s hair and then cut her throat before stabbing Ralang on her head.

Shaiza died in a few minutes while Ralang is battling for life in a city hospital.

Both girls were working in Mumbai with a multinational hotel chain. They were in town during their weekend off from work.

Patel, who did not attempt to run away, was nabbed by the police patrol present nearby.

The police said Patel’s other victims had been also admitted to a hospital.

Veteran RSS leader Seshadri dead