The latest development came ahead of the Parliamentary elections wherein Mariyam Shiuna "deliberately" replaced MDP's poll campaign poster with the Ashok Chakra. However, she later apologised.
The Ashok Chakra is actually a representation of the Dharma chakra -- a wheel with 24 spokes.
National Emblem Controversy: The Opposition has accused the government of distorting the national emblem seeking an immediate change. Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra, and others have reacted.
An army goodwill school in the Kashmir Valley was on Thursday named after Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the country's highest peacetime military award.
The highly-decorated soldier had already received the Sena Medal twice for his gallantry against terrorists.
New Delhi: Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh posthumously awarded the nation's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashoka Chakra, at the Republic Day parade today.Both of them laid down their lives while fighting
New Delhi: India's highest peacetime gallantry award Ashoka Chakra will be conferred on Major Mukund Varadarajan posthumously, the defence ministry has said.The officer from the 44th battalion of Rashtriya Rifles laid down his life in
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