Major Purushottam, who was posted as a Public Relations Officer (Defence) along with five of his comrades, fought the militants who had launched the attack on his office on November 3, 1999. He and his colleagues were killed while trying to save the journalists who were present in the PRO's office at the time of the attack.
Earlier, the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had inaugurated the India-Mexico friendship garden in Mexican Parliament Complex. Mexico City: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday unveiled a statue of Swami Vivekananda in Mexico and said his teachings to humanity transcend geographical barriers and time. “Honoured to unveil a...
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