NSG dog Donny gets Army commendation for Red Fort blast role

Explosive detection K9 Donny of the National Security Guard has been awarded the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card on Independence Day 2026 for his role in operations after the Red Fort blast in New Delhi in November 2025. The NSG said Donny conclusively confirmed the presence of explosives while sanitising the VBIED blast site on November 10 and 11, and again on November 12 when he detected explosives in a vehicle suspected of being used to transport the blast materials in Faridabad. The force called him a "four-legged warrior".

On the eve of India’s 80th Independence Day, President Droupadi Murmu approved 89 Mention-in-Despatches for armed forces personnel. The list includes Army Dog Tyson of the Remount Veterinary Corps, 2 Para (Special Forces), under Operation Rakshak. India Today reports that Tyson was injured in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district in February, when he drew fire from terrorists in a hideout, exposing their position to the troops who then engaged them.