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Siachen braveheart Hanumanthappa passes away; India mourns

A billion prayers were behind him but Siachen hero Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad lost the battle for life on Thursday. 33-year-old Hanumanthappa passed away at 11:45 am at Indian Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in the national capital. His condition had worsened last night. The brave soldier had slipped into deeper coma and was on maximal life support since then. The shortage of oxygen to his brain and failure of […]