SRINAGAR: As many as 1,380 police personnel have been awarded medals on the occasion of the Independence Day, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Saturday.
Geeta Singh, an SP in CB-CID Lucknow, Wajid Ali Khan, posted as sub-inspector in Deoria district, and Jagat Narayan Mishra, the platoon commandor of the 11th battalion of PAC in Sitapur, are the other three winners of the honour from UP.
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): A total of 41 prison personnel from across the country have been selected for the President's Correctional Service Medal to be awarded on the occasion of Independence Day this year.
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) Head Constable Kale Sunil Dattatraya (posthumously), who lost his life during a terror attack in Pulwama last year, and Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub-Inspector Amardeep will be awarded President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) on Independence Day.
The 1995-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer is among the four officials from Uttar Pradesh and 88 from across the country to have been given the honour this year, the officials said.