LUCKNOW, Jan. 25 -- Eighteen Uttar Pradesh police personnel have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry (GM) on the eve of Republic Day 2026, senior officials said on Sunday. With 18 recipients, Uttar Pradesh has ranked third in the country, after Jammu and Kashmir with 33 awards and Maharashtra with 31, in this year's gallantry honours.

The President's Gallantry Medal is among the highest peacetime decorations conferred on police personnel for acts of exceptional courage, often involving grave personal risk.

The awardees include personnel from various ranks, ranging from constables to senior officers. Among them are two additional superintendents of police (ASP), Vinod Kumar Singh and Rakesh, and two deputy superintend...