Overview
- An official gazette and PIB notice confirm President Droupadi Murmu’s approval of 127 gallantry awards, 40 distinguished service awards, and 290 Mentions‑in‑Despatches for Armed Forces and CAPF personnel.
- Six Vir Chakra citations tied to Operation Sindoor are publicly detailed, including Colonel Koshank Lamba’s first‑ever short‑notice air mobilisation of a specialised equipment battery and Lieutenant Colonel Sushil Bisht’s leadership that destroyed terrorist camps.
- Indian Air Force citations describe deep‑penetration and unescorted night strikes plus air‑defence command roles, naming officers such as Group Captain Ranjeet Singh Sidhu, Group Captain Animesh Patni, Squadron Leader Rizwan Malik, and Squadron Leader Siddhant Singh.
- Two BSF personnel—Sub‑Inspector Mohd Imteyaj and Constable Deepak Chingakham—received posthumous Vir Chakras for engaging hostile drones under heavy cross‑border fire at Kharkola BOP in Jammu, with Imteyaj exhorting troops before succumbing to his injuries.
- The citations link the awards to Operation Sindoor conducted May 7–10 as a retaliatory action after the April 22 Pahalgam attack, with the honours first announced on August 14 and the detailed citations now placed in the public domain.