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President for weeding out corruption
Karnataka polls likely to be delayed
President approves 425 gallantry awards
Major Raman, 3 others to be conferred posthumously
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18 CBI men get Police Medal
Communal Harmony Award for Dr R. Puniyani, Setu Charitable Trust
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President for weeding out corruption
New Delhi, January 25 In her maiden Republic Day address to the nation, Patil also stressed upon strong measures to remove corruption and a collective action to combat terrorism. Calling for expeditious steps to usher in a second green revolution, the President urged the people to take a pledge to uphold the nation’s solidarity and its varied culture, faith and ethnicity which had given India its “defining identity -- a country with unity and diversity.” Patil’s address, which lasted 18 minutes each in Hindi and English, was telecast and broadcast live by the official media. Our efforts and our commitment, while pursuing the goal of high growth rates, should be to ensure that all people of our country benefit from it. Our pledge will remain unfulfilled until, as Gandhiji had said - we have wiped every tear in every eye, the President said in her address on the eve of 59th Republic Day. Patil said the country cannot look at the future without addressing the needs of under-privileged and disadvantaged sections of the society. Referring to several flagship programmes like Bharat Nirman and Rural Health Mission, Employment schemes in rural areas, she said their implementation remains a challenge and needed to be executed in a time-bound and transparent manner. Warning that terrorism constituted a grave threat to the civilised world, the President said the continuing terror attacks were reminders of the need to take collective action. In rural areas, the cooperative movement should work in a more forceful and pro-active manner by providing guidance to farmers and becoming more agriculturist-friendly, Patil, who completed six months in office today, pointed out. Listing various impediments to development, she said “Corruption is an evil that afflicts our system and we have to eliminate it. Every rupee meant for development that goes out of the system due to corruption is a rupee less for our development programmes. The country cannot afford the loss of resources meant for its development. We must strengthen measures for the removal of corruption by bringing about greater transparency.” On other problems, she said the country was facing internal threats from Naxalism and terrorism. “Whatever their grievances, those who use guns and subscribe to an extreme ideology, have not chosen the correct path.” To address this, the government “is committed” to give special attention to the welfare of tribals and marginal farmers as a part of its policy of seeking inclusive growth. “At the same time growth of Naxalism should be handled firmly.” Women, who constitute about half the population, face a number of challenges. As such, there should be laws for the empowerment and protection of women and most importantly, they should be effectively implemented, she said. “We also need to address social evils like child marriage, female foeticide, female infanticide and dowry. I am concerned about the debilitating effect on individuals, families and societies of alcoholism and drug addiction. I would particularly call upon women and the youth of the country to take up the challenge to eliminate these social evils and work towards changing social attitudes and mindsets.” Acknowledging that the economy was growing at unprecedented rates, she said the country would be able to achieve the growth targets set for the Eleventh plan period (2007-12).
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Karnataka polls likely to be delayed
New Delhi, January 25 Although the Centre has accepted the commission’s recommendations, it can only be operationalised following a Presidential notification. Faced with a tough challenge in Karnataka, where the BJP has made deep inroads, state Congress leaders are insisting that the notification be issued soon as this will effectively postpone the May elections for the EC needs three to four months to prepare the electoral rolls on the basis of the redrawn assembly constitutencies. There is unanimity among the Karnataka leaders, both at the Centre and in the state, on this issue and it was forcefully conveyed to Prithviraj Chavan, AICC general secretary in charge, at a special convened by him today. Among those who attended included Oscar Fernandes, Veerappa Moily, Margaret Alva and B.K. Hariprasad. These state leaders have argued that if the delimitation panel report is not implemented in Karnataka, the Congress could invite a backlash from the Scheduled Castes and tribes as the commission has recommended an increase in the number of reserved seats. More importantly, it is felt, it will provide an opportunity to their opponents like the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to dub the Congress as “anti-Dalit.” The state Congress leaders also believe that the current sympathy wave for the BJP for having been denied a chance at government formation will abate if the election is put off for a couple of months. An extended spell of President’s rule, popularly perceived as a proxy Congress rule, could help the party recover lost ground, it is argued.. On the other hand, there is a view, although a minority one, that any delay in the elections will actually hurt the Congress as it will strengthen the perception that the party is afraid of facing the electorate. Besides, the UPA government will have to contend with stiff opposition from the BJP and its own supporters, the Left parties, when it seeks Parliamentary approval for the extension of President’s rule. While this debate is raging in the party, the Congress leadership’s decision to allow the Maharashtra Governor and former Karnataka chief minister to return to active politics has resulted in a virtual revolt in the state unit. While those lobbying for Krishna have said he will help mop up the Vokkaliga votes, his detractors have declared that the Congress will be “doomed” if the former chief minister is allowed a role in the assembly elections.
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President approves 425 gallantry awards
New Delhi, January 25 The other awards include 22 Shaurya Chakras (seven of them posthumously; 18 Army, three IAF including the two pilots of the force’s Around the World circumnavigation trip, and one civilian), two Bar to Sena Medals (gallantry), 107 Sena Medals (gallantry), two Nao Sena Medals (gallantry) and three Vayu Sena Medal (gallantry). Of the gallantry awards, it is the specialised counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles, tackling militancy in J&K, that has got the lion’s share, including the Ashok Chakra to Major Dinesh Raghu Raman (Jat/34 RR), while two of his unit were awarded the Kirti Chakra (one posthumously). Half a dozen of the Shaurya Chakras, two posthumously, have also gone to the force, followed by the Para Regiment (Special Forces) units. The awards for service include 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, three Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 52 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, a Yudh Seva Medal, three Bar to Vishisht Seva Medals, 127 Vishisht Seva Medals, four Bar to Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 38 Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 10 Nao Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty) and 16 Vayu Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty). A Tatrakshak Medal (gallantry), two Takrakshak Medals (Meritorious Service) and 28 Mention-in-Despatches have also been announced. Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal include Army’s Eastern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen K.S. Jamwal, outgoing Central Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen O P Nandrajog, DG Artillery Lt Gen A.S. Bajwa, Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder, South-Western Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen P.K. Singh, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen M.L. Naidu, both Deputy Chiefs of Army Staff — Lt Gen Susheel Gupta and Zameer-uddin Shah. Others include Quarter Master General Lt Gen Sudhir Sharma, Northern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen Harcharanjit Singh Panag, Adjutant General Lt Gen Thomas Mathew, Defence Intelligence Agency DG Lt Gen Mandhata Singh, Master General of Ordnance Lt Gen S S Dhillon, Military Secretary Lt Gen P.R. Gangadharan, Signal Officer-in-Chief Lt Gen Sivasankara Pillai Sree Kumar, IMA Commandant Lt Gen P K Rampal, NCC DG Lt Gen Prakash Singh Chaudhary, Assam Rifles DG Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, Navy’s Vice Chief Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma, Navy’s Chief of Material Vice Admiral B.S. Randhawa, Strategic Forces’ Command Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar. The IAF’s PVSM recipients include Training Command’s AOC-in-C Air Marshal G.S. Chaudhry, Vice Chief Air Marshal P.V. Naik, Commander-in-Chief of the tri-service Andaman and Nicobar Command Air Marshal P P Rajkumar, Maintenance Command’s AOC-in-C Air Marshal J S Apte, Southern Air Command’s AOC-in-C Air Marshal Y R Rane and the frontline Western Air Command’s AOC-in-C Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora. Ashoka Chakra
Major Dinesh Raghu Raman Jat Regiment/34 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) Kirti Chakra Major Shatrujeet Kotwaljat Regiment/ 34 Rashtriya Rifles Major Kumandur Prabhakar Vinay Regiment Of Artillery/34 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) Major Subhash Chand Punia 21 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Sepoy Suresh 16 Jat Regiment(Posthumous). Shaurya Chakra
Major Amit Kumar Chand, 23 Rajput Regiment Major Brij Kishore Dhoundiyal, ASC, 10 Rashtriya Rifles Major Virender Singh Salaria, 10 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Major Rajesh Kumar Singh, Dogra, 11 Rashtriya Rifles Major Anshul Shukla, Jat, 24 Assam Rifles Major Ishwar Singh Dahiya, Arty, 14 Assam Rifles Captain Lalit Kansal, 2 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Asstt Comdt Anurag Kumar, 42 Battalion Border Security Force/16 Jat Regiment Naib Subedar Subhash, 10 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) (posthumous) Naib Subedar Khem Singh, Dogra Regiment/ 62 Rashtriya Rifles Havildar Udar Bhanudas Parvati, 21 Para (Special Force) (posthumous) Havildar Bulla Ram, 7 Kumaon Regiment Naik Rajan Singh, 28 Punjab Regiment L/NK Narbu Sherpa, 3/11 Gorkha Rifles Sepoy Badal Hasda, 16 Bihar Regiment (posthumous) Sepoy Jugulu Sabar, Bihar, 47 Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman Abdul Hamid Chara, 162 Infantry Battalion Ta (H&H) JAK LI/18 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) GDMN Ajesh M A, Brigade of The Guards/21 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Wing Commander Anil Kumar (20742) Flying (Pilot) Wing Commander Rahul Monga (20768) Flying (Pilot) Squadron Leader Shantanu Basu (22947) Flying (Pilot) (posthumous) Srikumar R, Grade-II, Superintendent Building/ Roads (posthumous). Bar To Sena Medal (gallantry)
Major Sushil Kumar Pandey, Sena Medal 4 Sikh Light Infantry Captain Ankur Vashishtha, SM, Sikh Regiment/ 46 Rashtriya Rifles Battalion Sena Medal (gallantry)
Colonel Hukum Singh Bainsla, Gorkha Regiment, 1 Assam Rifles Lieutenant Colonel Rajeev Kapur, Jammu And Kashmir Rifles/28 Rashtriya Rifles Major Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, SC, VSM, 21 Para (Special Forces) Major Sumeet Malhan, Engineers/44 Rashtriya Rifles Major Sanjay Singh, 2 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Major Aditya Verma, Artillery/34 Rashtriya Rifles Major Indra Singh Chauhan, Engineers/62 Rashtriya Rifles Major Maneesh Kumar Singh, Armoured Corps/4 Rashtriya Rifles Major Atul Kumar Singh, 11 Jammu And Kashmir Rifles Major Abhijit Anand Ukidwe, 19 Kumaon Regiment Major Sukhdev Singh, 17 Dogra Regiment Major Rohit Ashok Patwardhan, Kumaon Regiment/26 Rashtriya Rifles Major Sukhdev Singh Nagiyal, Army Air Defence /34 Assam Rifles Major Abhishek Das, Assam Regiment/42 Rashtriya Rifles Major Ankur Vikas Vaidya, Army Air Defence/1 Assam Rifles Major Vikramjit Singh Sahi, Artillery/52 Rashtriya Rifles Major Naresh Chandra Gairola, Jat Regiment/34 Rashtriya Rifles Major Har Agam Pal Singh, Artillery/70 Field Regiment Major Amit Kanwar, 15 Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Major Snehanshu Sekhar Das, Artillery/35 Assam Rifles Major Randeep Kharyal, 18 Punjab Regiment Major Amit Saxena, Mech INF, 50 Rashtriya Rifles Major Balakrishna Menon S, Engineers/34 Assam Rifles Major Sunil Kumar, Armoured Corps/55 Rashtriya Rifles Major Vipul Deswal, Armoured Corps/4 Rashtriya Rifles Major Ashish Kumar Dube, Artillery/11 Assam Rifles Major Longjam Jimkelly Meetei, Mahar Regiment/7 Assam Rifles. Captain Ashish Rawat, 21 Para (Special Forces) Captain Kuldeep Singh, Dogra Regiment/62 Rashtriya Rifles Captain Uma Shankar, Engineers/21 Rashtriya Rifles Captain Abhishek Kumar, 15 Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Captain Shashank Singh, Engineers/42 Rashtriya Rifles Captain Sunil Kumar Choudhary, 7/11 Gorkha Rifles Captain Vikas Saha, 2 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Captain Jayanta Sarkar, 19 Kumaon Regiment Captain Alok Pratap Singh, Artillery/41 Rashtriya Rifles Captain Ghatge Ramesh Udaysinh, 2/1 Gorkha Rifles Lieutenant Tarun Kharb, 19 Kumaon Regiment Lieutenant Vikas Guleria, 15 Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Asstt Comdt Rajib Kalita, 36 Assam Rifles Subedar Om Prakash, Brigade of the Guards/21 Rashtriya Rifles Subedar Balwan Singh, Mechanised Infantry/ 26 Rashtriya Rifles Subedar Satish Kumar, Jat Regiment/34 Rashtriya Rifles Subedar Mahender Singh, Kumaon Regiment/60 Rashtriya Rifles Subedar Mohd Rashid, Jammu And Kashmir Rifles/28 Rashtriya Rifles Naib Subedar Ganesh Singh, Dogra Regiment/62 Rashtriya Rifles Naib Subedar Tejpal Singh Bhandari, 2 Garhwal Rifles Naib Subedar Trilok Singh, 7 Kumaon Regiment Naib Subedar Ram Datt, 19 Kumaon Regiment Havildar Mahendra Kumar Sharma, Corps Of Intelligence/ 3 Det Ec Lu Havildar Ram Awtar Singh, 23 Rajput Regiment Havildar Subhash Chand, Dogra Regiment/62 Rashtriya Rifles Havildar Manindra Kumar, Corps Of Intelligence/ 4 Det Ec Lu Havildar Hari A.R, 2 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Havildar Anil Kumar, Mechanised Infantry/50 Rashtriya Rifles Havildar Subhash Chand, 14 Assam Rifles Havildar Gopal Singh, 21 Assam Rifles Lance Havildar Ramachandran G, 16 Madras Regiment (Posthumous) Lance Havildar Mithun Sinjali, 4/8 Gorkha Rifles/33 Rashtriya Rifles Lance Havildar Pawan Kumar, Regiment of Artillery / 72 Field Regiment Naik Manpreet Singh, Punjab Regiment/22 Rashtriya Rifles Naik Sunil Kumar, 16 Jat Regiment Naik Sumit Dogra, 19 Dogra Regiment (Posthumous) Naik Sat Paul, Dogra Regiment/62 Rashtriya Rifles Naik Brijesh Yadav, 19 Kumaon Regiment Naik Parshotam Singh Chib, 15 Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Naik Mohammed Amin Bhat, Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry/62 Rashtriya Rifles Naik Sumat Rai, Gorkha Rifles/15 Rashtriya Rifles Naik Firender Kumar, Artillery/306 Field Regiment Naik Desh Raj, Artillery/34 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) Naik M Sarat Chandra Singha, Corps of Intelligence/ Ec Isg Lance Naik Uday Thaikar, 11 Maratha Light Infantry Lance Naik Bhoyar Vithoba Namdeo, 22 Maratha Light Infantry Lance Naik Devi Prasad Singh, 16 Rajput Rifles Lance Naik Gurlal Singh, 16 Sikh Regiment Lance Naik Lalit Mohan Singh Rawat, 21 Para (Special Forces) Lance Naik Nandan Singh, Kumaon Regiment/13 Rashtriya Rifles Lance Naik Vikram Singh, 19 Kumaon Regiment Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar Yadav, 2 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) Sepoy Sombir Singh, Grenadiers/55 Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Rakshe Shashikant Jagannath, 7 Maratha Light Infantry Sepoy Pol Nitin Subhash, 11 Maratha Light Infantry Sepoy Rajesh Kumar, 16 Jat Regiment (Posthumous) Sepoy Daljit Singh, Sikh Regiment/6 Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Manoj Mehra, 17 Dogra Regiment Sepoy Narinder Singh, Dogra Regiment/11 Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Bhupinder Singh, Dogra Regiment/62 Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Vikash Kumar Singh, 16 Bihar Regiment Sepoy Tarsem Singh, Mahar Regiment/30 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) Sepoy Abdul Hamid, 153 Infantry Battalion (TA) Dogra Sepoy Abdul Hamid, 156 INF BN TA (H&H) Punjab/58 Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Qumer-Ud-Din Beg, 156 INF BN TA (H&H) Punjab, 58 Rashtriya Rifles Sepoy Bal Mukunda Mishra, 5131 Army Service Corps Battalion Sepoy Samir Kumar Patro, Army Service Corps/41 Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman W Romesh Singh, 3 (NH) Battalion Assam Rifles Rifleman Ishtiaq Ahmed, Jak Light Infantry/18 Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman Mehmood Ahmed Itoo, Jak Light Infantry/33 Rashtriya Rifles Rifleman Mohd Yousaf Lone, 161 Infantry Battalion TA (H&H) Jak LI Rifleman Mazafar Iqbal, 14 Assam Rifles Rifleman Jasbir Singh, 19 Assam Rifles Rifleman Balaji Vaka, 21 Assam Rifles Rifleman Tangbo Aboh, 1 Assam Rifles Sapper Uma Shankar Joshi, Engineers/42 Rashtriya Rifles Sapper Ramdas, Engineers/47 Rashtriya Rifles Gunner Surender Kumar, Artillery/306 Field Regiment Guardsman Prasanth SP, Brigade of The Guards/50 Rashtriya Rifles Sowar Chaudhari Rajesh Kumar Virsang Bhai, Armd Corps/53 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) Nao Sena Medal (gallantry)
Surgeon Lieutenant IB Udaya Lieutenant Mohit Gupta Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) (03) Wing Commander Nilanjan Biswas Wing Commander Ajay Shukla Flight Lieutenant Amit Sharma (Posthumous). Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Jamwal, Avsm, Vsm**, Arty Lieutenant-General Om Prakash Nandrajog, Avsm, Vsm, Inf (Gds) Lieutenant-General Ajeet Singh Bajwa, Avsm, Vsm, Arty Lieutenant-General Hardev Singh Lidder, Uysm, Ysm, Vsm, Inf (Para) Lieutenant-General Parmendra Kumar Singh, Avsm, Arty Lieutenant-General Milan Lalitkumar Naidu, Avsm, Ysm, Inf Lieutenant-General Susheel Gupta, Avsm, Ysm, Inf Lieutenant-General Zameer Uddin Shah, Sm, Vsm, Arty Lieutenant-General Sudhir Sharma, Avsm, Ysm, Vsm, Inf (Gds) Lieutenant-General Harcharanjit Singh Panag, Avsm, Mechinf Lieutenant-General Thomas Mathew, Avsm, Inf Lieutenant-General Mandhata Singh, Ysm, Vsm, Inf (Gr) Lieutenant-General Sarabjit Singh Dhillon, Avsm**, Vsm, Arty Lieutenant-General Puttammadam Rajah Gangadharan, Avsm, Vsm**, Inf Lieutenant-General Sivasankara Pillai Sree Kumar, Avsm, Signals Lieutenant-General Pitamber Kishore Rampal, Avsm, Inf Lieutenant-General Prakash Singh Chaudhary, Avsm, Sm, Vsm, Inf Lieutenant-General Paramjit Singh, Avsm, Vsm, Inf Lieutenant-General Saibal Mukherjee, Avsm, Amc Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma, Avsm, Adc Vice Admiral Birender Singh Randhawa, Avsm, Vsm Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar, Avsm Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Chaudhry, Avsm, Vsm Adc Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, Vsm Air Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar, Avsm Air Marshal Jayant Satchidanand Apte, Avsm Air Marshal Yeshwant Rao Rane, Avsm, Vm Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora, Vm Air Marshal Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya, Vm Air Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta, Avsm Phs. Bar To Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Lieutenant-General Manbir Singh Dadwal, Avsm, Vsm, Inf Lieutenant-General Mukesh Sabharwal, Avsm, Vsm, Inf Major-General Vinod Chopra, Avsm, President’s Secretariat, Inf. Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Lieutenant-General Narinder Singh Brar, Vsm, Arty Lieutenant-General Samer Pal Singh Dhillon, Vsm, Arty Lieutenant-General Chandroth Kunnumal Suchindra Sabu, Vsm, Arty Lieutenant-General Balraj Singh Nagal, Sm, Inf Lieutenant-General Bharat Singh Sisodia, Vsm, Aoc Lieutenant-General Kashyap Sundaram Sivakumar, Vsm, Inf Lieutenant-General Girija Shankar Misra, Vsm, Amc Major-General Amarjit Singh Bakshi, Signals Major General (Retd) Jose Joseph Manavalan, Engineers Major-General Kammula Ramachandra Rao, Vsm, Arty Major-General (retd) Anil Kumar. Vishisht Seva Medal
Lieutenant General Ranbir Kumar Chhabra, VSM, Inf Major General Anil Chandra Chait, VSM, Armd Brigadier Venkatesh Siddalingappa Somanagoudar, VSM, Mli Vice Admiral Krishna Raina Rear Admiral Shekhar Kumar Sinha, Nm Surgeon Rear Admiral Vinod Kumar Saxena, VSM Rear Admiral Rajender Singh, Nm,VSM Rear Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, VSM Rear Admiral Harisimran Singh Malhi, VSM Rear Admiral Niranjan Kumar Nadella, VSM Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale, VSM Air Vice Marshal Trichinapoly Subramanyam Raghu Raman Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Narayanan Vijayakumar, VSM Air Vice Marshal Vijay Kumar Dayalu, VSM & Bar Air Vice Marshal Anil Chopra, Vm, VSM Air Vice Marshal Chinnabhandar Narasingara Ranganath, VSM Air Vice Marshal Anil Kumar Khosla, VSM Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kant Srivastava Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Vashisht Air Commodore Ujjal Prabhat Biswas Air Commodore Devinder Singh, Vm, VSM Air Commodore Gurvinder Jeet Singh Cheema, VSM & Bar Air Commodore Shamsher Jang Bahadur Air Commodore Amarsingh Ganpatrao Patil Yudh Seva Medal Group Captain Atanu Guru Vr C Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal Brigadier Surindra Hari Kulkarni, VSM, Armoured Corps Brigadier Pakianathan Albert Philip Samuel, VSM, Sikh Regt, 15 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Colonel Velu Nair, VSM, AMC Vishisht Seva Medal Lieutenant General Yatindra Singh Panwar, Signals, Mcte Mhow Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Lamba, Arty Lieutenant General Pradeep Khanna, Armoured Corps Major General Vickas Kapur, Arty Major General Sunil Kumar Sinha, Aad Major General Mahesh Chander Badhani, Engineers Major General Gurdeep Singh, Arty Major General Jasmohan Sidhu, Armoured Corps Major General Sisir Subhra Sengupta, Engineers Major General Manjinder Singh Buttar, Arty Major General Maninder Singh Ghai, Engineers Major General Dalbir Singh Sidhu, Armd Corps Major General Surinder Kumar Dhawan, Signals Major General Yugal Kishore Sharma, AMC Brigadier Sunil Govind Gokhale, Arty Brigadier Manvendra Singh, Brigade Of The Guards Brigadier Athmanathan Venkata Subramanian, Eme Brigadier Samarjeet Singh, Rajput Regiment Brigadier Bhal Chandra Bapusaheb Patil, Jakli Brigadier Nariamparambil George, Garh Rif Brigadier Vinayak Ramanayan, Aad Brigadier Raj Nandan Singh, Sm, Assam Regt Brigadier Sandeep Singh, Jakrif/Hq 13 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Anil Kumar Srivastava, Jag Dept Brigadier Harvinder Pal Singh Dhillon, Rajput Regt, Hq Delhi Area Brigadier Gajendra Nigam, Hq Cif (K) Brigadier Ashok Kumar Singh, Punjab Regiment, Hq Cif (V) Brigadier Man Mohan Singh Rai, Engineers Brigadier Kanwaljit Singh, Mechanised Infantry Brigadier Sasi Dharan Nair, Rajputana Rifles Brigadier Tara Kant Sinha, Kumaon Regiment Brigadier Kuruppasseril Subramanian Venugopal, Jat Regt, Hq 10 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Anil Kumar Ahuja, Arty, Hq 11 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Gurmit Singh, Assam Regt Brigadier Ghanshyam Singh Katoch, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles Brigadier Sanjay Motiramji Holey, Maratha Light Infantry, Hq 4 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Apurba Kumar Bardalai, Rajput Regiment Brigadier Nameesh Singh Jamwal, Inf, Hq 1 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Iqbal Singh Singha, Rajputana Rifles Brigadier Suryakant Shivaji Jadhav, Madras Regt, Hq 7 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Palepu Ravi Shankar, Arty Brigadier Har Gur Vinod Singh, Sm, Gorkha Rifles/Hq 5 Sector Assam Rifles Brigadier Amit Sarin, Sm, Aoc Brigadier Devendra Kapur, Guards, Hq 8 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Kuldip Singh, Infantry, Hq 12 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Rakesh Mohan Painuly, Kumaon Regiment, Cijw School Brigadier Devendra Nath Asija, Corps Of Intelligence Brigadier Ravinder Narain Masaldan, Engineers Brigadier Abhimanyu Raut, Madras Regiment, Hq 9 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Sunil Kumar Razdan, Kc, Parachute Regiment Brigadier Sanjay Kulkarni, Sc, Sm, Kumaon Regiment Brigadier Rana Kashmir Singh, Sc, Sm, Sikh Regt, Hq 2 Sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Sunil Kumar Virmani, AMC Brigadier Rajendra Prasad Choubey, AMC. Colonel Sudhir Kumar Sakhuja, Madras Regiment, Pro (Army) Colonel Virendra Singh Bhalothia, SM, Colonel Indupuru Narayana, Arty Colonel Ajoy Bakshi, MLI Colonel Parminder Jit Singh Pannu, MLI Colonel Rakesh Raina, 13 Sikh Regiment Colonel Naresh Jethwani, Intelligence Colonel Andrew Abraham, 369 Intelligence And Field Security Unit Colonel Gurvinder Singh Kular, SM**, 21 Para (Special Forces) Colonel V Manivannan, Signals/HQ Victor Force (Posthumous) Colonel Pankaj Chib, Intelligence/357 INT & Field Security Unit Colonel Prakash Singh, AMC Colonel Manoj Kumar Unni, AMC Colonel Gurvinder Singh Chopra, SM, AMC Colonel Manmohan Singh, AMC Colonel Avnish Kumar Seth, AMC Lieutenant Colonel Ishwar Singh Thapa, SM, 4 MLI Naik Hanuman Singh, 66 Engineer Regiment (Posthumous) Commodore Ratan Kumar Okhandiar Commodore Harendra Singh Chopra Commodore P Murugesan Commodore Anil Kumar Sharma Commodore Rajinder Singh Duggal Commodore Girish Luthra Captain Lg Panse Captain Kkl Chary Captain Sri Prakash Lal Surgeon Captain Mohan Waman Malse Captain Anil Kumar Captain Kalidoss Srinivas Commander Sujay Nadir Desh Raj, Mcme I Om Prakash Verma Mcpor(Tac)Ii Lumba Ram, Mcpo I (UC I), Nbcdi Air Commodore Ajit Singh Air Commodore Swapan Samaddar Air Commodore Har Kamal Jeet Singh Sokhey Group Captain Praduman Singh Group Captain Arun Kumar Kapur Group Captain Dinesh Dhawan Group Captain Mahesh Kumar Malik Group Captain Anoop Kumar Ghosh Group Captain Chambala Karai Ranjan Group Captain Pradeep Ranjan Sinha Group Captain Jabali Chandrasekhar Group Captain Surendra Kumar Ghotia Group Captain Govindharaj Karthikeyan Group Captain Pramod Kumar Tayal Group Captain Anil Kumar Gupta Group Captain Richard John Duckworth Group Captain Inder Bir Singh Sadana Wing Commander Ashok Kumar Upadhyaya Group Captain Kanjithanda Bopanna Karumbaya Group Captain Dinesh Kumar Awasthi Wing Commander Jonnalagadda Rajendra Wing Commander Sanjay Nathak Wing Commander Nirmalendu Rath Wing Commander Navjodh Singh Wing Commander Dewraj Sitpal Wing Commander Biju Jacob Kiliyileth Easo Master Warrant Officer Jagdish Chander Warrant Officer Indu Bhushan Mishra, Electrical Fitter Mohan Lal Superintending Engineer (Civil) Fs Brigadier Sarvesh Dangwal Army Physical Training Corps Colonel V S Kandari Army Physical Training Corps Brigadier Ramachandran Suresh, Arty Brigadier Rajeevan Gopalakrishnan, Arty Brigadier Datla Satya Chander Varma, Grenadiers Brigadier Sanjeev Vashisht, SM, Engineers Commodore S C Joshi Commander R K Srivastava Group Captain Zia Ahmad Rizvi Group Captain Chandramouli Bar to Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty) Colonel Prashant Sarjerao Nikam, SM, 7 Rajput Rifles Colonel Paramvir Singh Sehrawat, SM, Brigade Of The Guards/21 Rashtriya Rifles (Guards) Colonel Ravindra Singh, SM, Sikh Regiment, 45 Assam Rifles Colonel Deepak Bakshi, SM, 2 Parachut Regiment(Special Forces) Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty) Brigadier Om Prasad Gurung, VSM, Mahar Regiment/High Altitude Warfare School Colonel Rajiv Kanwar, 4 Gorkha Rifles/7 Assam Rifles Colonel Mahendra Bhatnagar, 13 Garhwal Rifles Colonel Rajeeva Kumar, 4 Sikh Light Infantry Colonel Anil Kumar Rohilla, 5 Jat Regiment Colonel Pradeep Kaul, Arty/172 Field Regiment Colonel Bubesh Kumar S, 6 Rajput Regiment Colonel Narender Kumar, 38 Rashtriya Rifles Colonel Narendra Singh Pal, Garhwal Rifles/14 Rashtriya Rifles Colonel Mohan Singh Shekhawat, Kumaon Regiment/50 Rashtriya Rifles Colonel Harjinder Singh, 22 Maratha Light Infantry Colonel Steve Muzaffar Ismail, 2/1 Gorkha Rifles Colonel Guljeet Singh Jamwal, 11 Sikh Light Infantry Colonel Harjinder Singh, Jat Regiment/34 Rashtriya Rifles Colonel Virendra Vats, 19 Kumaon Regiment Colonel Vignesh Mahanti, 4 Engineer Regiment Colonel Pramit Saxena, 7/11 Gorkha Rifles Colonel Vinay Khosla, 6 Jakli Regimental Centre Colonel Sahi Harjeet Singh, 23 Rajput Regiment Colonel Ravi Kumar Radhakrishnan, Artillery/ 174 Field Regiment Colonel Jagdeep Singh Budhwar, 15 Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry. Sena Medal (devotion to duty)
Brigadier Yeggina Vishnu Mohan, VSM, EME Lieutenant Colonel Amod Chadha, Engineers Major Amit Soni, 8 Jakli Regimental Centre Captain Dharmjot Singh, 7 Maratha Light Infantry Subedar Khandagle Maruti Narayan, 5 Maratha Light Infantry Subedar Mohd Ilyas, 3 Jakli Regimental Centre Havildar Jagtap Nandkumar Nivruti, 4 Maratha Light Infantry Havildar Dayanand Dhali, 4 Maratha Light Infantry Havildar Khem Chand, 6 Parachute Regiment Havildar Balwant Singh Negi, Dogra Regiment, Dogra Scouts Havildar Tejpal Singh, 4 Garhwal Rifles Havildar Amar Dev Bhatt, 15 Garhwal Rifles Havildar Mingmar Gurung, 5/4 Gorkha Rifles Havildar Tsering Angchok, 2 Ladakh Scouts Lance Havildar Ram Bahadur Mall, 13 Garhwal Rifles Lance Naik K Sivaji Rao, 4 Engineer Regiment (posthumous) Sepoy Patil Sachin Ravsaheb, 5 Maratha Light Infantry Nao Sena Medal (devotion to duty)
Commodore Sudhakar Thurumalla Commodore Sujeet Samaddar Captain Balvinder Singh Parhar Captain Dalbir Singh Sodhi Commander Vikram Bakshi Commander Ashim Kumar Majhi Commander Balakrishnan Sunil Commander Balachandran Ayyappan Nair Commander K. Mittal B N Bhushan, POR (TEL) Vayu Sena Medal (devotion to duty)
Group Captain Rajat Sharma Group Captain Gurinder Pal Singh Wing Commander Narmdeshwar Tiwari Wing Commander Nagesh Kapoor Wing Commander Awadesh Kumar Bharti Wing Commander Aman Nautiyal Wing Commander Kenneth Allen Wing Commander Rajiva Ranjan Wing Commander KS Suresh Kumar Wing Commander Sunil Kashinath Vidhate Wing Commander Shailendra Sharma Wing Commander Deep Raj Sirohi Wing Commander Inderpal Singh Walia Wing Commander Amitabh Raja Shendye Wing Commander Sandeep Bansal Wing Commander Lalit Kumar Chawla Tatrakshak Medal (gallantry) Commandant (Junior Grade) Narendra Singh. Tatrakshak Medal (meritorious service) Commandant Narendra Kumar Unnikrishnan Shankar, Sahayak Engineer (Engine Room).
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Major Raman, 3 others to be conferred posthumously
New Delhi, January 25 Three others - Captain Harshan R of 2 Parachute Regiment, Special Forces (posthumous), Naib Subedar Chunni Lal, VrC, SM of 8 J&K Light Infantry (posthumous) and Colonel Vasanth Venugopal of 9 Maratha Light Infantry (posthumous) -awarded the Ashok Chakra on the eve of Independence Day last year will also be honoured. Born in April 1978, Major Raman joined the National Defence Academy in 1996. After passing out from the NDA he was commissioned into the 19th Battalion of the JAT Regiment. During his short and illustrious career, Maj Raman served in various appointments and was awarded the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card in Drass during Operation Parakram. In October last year, Major Raman deployed his company in a village in Baramullah district of J and K where an encounter with terrorists had commenced after 8 AM. While closing in on suspected houses, Major Raman heard shouts of a fellow officer who had been seriously injured. He crawled towards him under heavy hostile fire and extricated him and two other injured soldiers to safety. He then took on two terrorists who had caused heavy casualties to the troops and in a fierce close quarter battle shot both of them dead. The other terrorists then fired on Major Raman, who was seriously injured. Undeterred he continued leading and motivating his troops and pinned down the terrorists till he fell unconscious. He later succumbed to his injuries.
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New Delhi, January 25 While the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service has been awarded to five personnel, the police medal for Meritorious Service has been given to 13 people. Those who received President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service this year are Y.P. Singh, joint director (West), CBI, Mumbai, Y.C. Modi, joint director, EOW-III, CBI, New Delhi, Vijay Kumar, SP, SCR-III, CBI, New Delhi, P.C. Sharma, SP, SU, CBI, New Delhi and V.K. Raghu Kumar, Addl. SP, ACB, CBI, Chennai. The recipients for this year’s police medal for Meritorious Service are Alok Ranjan, DIG, SCR-II, CBI, New Delhi, Rajesh Nirwan, DIG, SCR-III, CBI, New Delhi, Satish Golchha, DIG, SCR-I, CBI, New Delhi, Nandkumar Nair, DSP, ACB, CBI, Cochin, R.M. Khan, DSP, ACB,CBI, Hyderabad, N Surendran, DSP, SCB, CBI, Chennai, S. Vellaipandi, DSP, SU, CBI, Chennai, Balbir Jain, inspector, H.O., CBI, New Delhi, Subhash Chandra Biswas, sub-inspector, H.O.,CBI, New Delhi, Mange Ram, ASI, SCR-III, CBI, New Delhi, Laxmi Narayan, Head Constable, SCR-II, CBI, New Delhi, Mohd. Rashid, Head Constable, ACU-III, CBI, New Delhi and Keshav Dutt Tiwari, Head Constable, EOW-II, CBI, New Delhi.
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Communal Harmony Award for Dr R. Puniyani, Setu Charitable Trust
New Delhi, January 25 The jury, headed by vice-president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, selected Dr. Ram Puniyani in the individual category and Mumbai based Setu Charitable Trust for the organisation category. They would get a citation and cash award of Rs 2 lakh in the individual category and Rs 5 lakh in the organisation category. Dr Ram Puniyani, a former Professor at IIT, Mumbai has been spreading the message of peace and amity through lectures, publications, workshops and meetings and by travelling extensively to different parts of the country disseminating messages of secularism, pluralism and communal harmony. The Setu Charitable Trust, Mumbai, which was established in 1994, is engaged in the rehabilitation of riot victims and their families and more specially, children orphaned by communal, caste and terrorist violence in Mumbai and in other parts of the country.
— UNI
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