Battle Of Badgam

Tributes are pouring in on social media for Major Somnath Sharma, the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra. On this day in 1947, Major Somnath Sharma laid down his life while evicting Pakistani infiltrators and raiders from Jammu and Kashmir.

A top Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), wanted for the murder of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead on Wednesday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said, calling it "good news".

Tributes are pouring in on social media for Major Somnath Sharma, the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra. On this day in 1947, Major Somnath Sharma laid down his life while evicting Pakistani infiltrators and raiders from Jammu and Kashmir.

A top Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), wanted for the murder of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead on Wednesday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said, calling it "good news".