This story is from November 21, 2019

Govt grants Rs 30 lakh to family of late Major

The family of Major Taher Hussain Khan, who was awarded a Sena Medal (gallantry) posthumously, has been granted Rs 30 lakh by the state government. Major Taher Hussain of Ghatkesar, who served in the 202 Army Aviation Squadron, died on February 10, 2015, in a helicopter crash while conducting rescue operations during Jammu and Kashmir floods. He was conferred the gallantry award posthumously on Independence Day in 2016.
Govt grants Rs 30 lakh to family of late Major
SECUNDERABAD: The family of Major Taher Hussain Khan, who was awarded a Sena Medal (gallantry) posthumously, has been granted Rs 30 lakh by the state government. Major Taher Hussain of Ghatkesar, who served in the 202 Army Aviation Squadron, died on February 10, 2015, in a helicopter crash while conducting rescue operations during Jammu and Kashmir floods.
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He was conferred the gallantry award posthumously on Independence Day in 2016.
Following the Sena Medal conferred on him, his widow Naseem Sultana was given a monetary grant of Rs 23,250 on recommendation of the collector of Medchal-Malkajgiri in November 2017. The government, in 2018, enhanced the cash award for Sena Medal to Rs 30 lakh. Following this, the collector wrote to the government on July 18, 2018, stating that Naseem Sultana should be given an enhanced cash award.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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