Tag: Siachen glacier

Kurnool, Feb 16 : Sepoy Mushtaq Ahmed, who was among the 10 soldiers killed in an avalanche on Siachen glacier, was on Tuesday laid to rest with full military honours in his native village in Andhra Pradesh. A pall of gloom descended on Parnapalle village in Bandi Atmakur mandal of Kurnool district as people bid tearful adieu to the soldier. Military, police and civil officials and politicians paid their last respects to Mushtaq, who was buried at a village graveyard. Andhra Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister K.E. Krishna Murthy and YSR Congress party...