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Ensure security of Kashmir students, residents: Centre asks states

New Delhi: The Centre Saturday asked all states to ensure safety and security of the students and people from Jammu and Kashmir living in their areas in the wake of threats to them in some parts of the country, officials said. The advisory came hours after Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured an all party meeting […]

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Pak synonym for terrorism, says PM Modi

‘Security forces given free hand to punish Pulwama attack perpetrators’

Yavatmal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday slammed Pakistan over the Pulwama terror strike that claimed the lives of 49 CRPF personnel, and urged people to have patience and faith in the security forces who have been given a free hand to punish the perpetrators of the attack. At a public function in Pandharkawada in Yavatmal […]

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Curfew continues in Jammu for second day

Jammu: The curfew in Jammu continued for the second day and the Army’s presence was stepped up on Saturday, a day after violent protests rocked the city over a suicide attack that killed 49 CRPF jawans in Kashmir. Nine more Army columns were deployed in the city, bringing the total to 18 columns, and the […]

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All Party Meet: Political leadership assures full support to security forces

New Delhi: Political parties Saturday put up a united face as they underlined India’s determination to fight terrorism following the Pulwama terror attack and expressed their solidarity with security forces in defending the country’s unity and integrity. An all-party meeting, called by the government and attended by senior leaders of all major parties, passed a […]

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Union HM reviews security, says hunt down militants in Kashmir

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday reviewed the security situation in the country, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, two days after the killing of 49 CRPF jawans in an audacious terror attack in Pulwama, officials said. The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor AjitDoval among others. During the meeting, top security officials briefed […]

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Meet didn’t include call for calm: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Saturday expressed disappointment over a resolution passed in an all-party meeting in Delhi for not including in it an appeal to maintain calm in the wake of violence in Jammu and tension in other states over the Pulwama terror attack. An all-party meeting, called by the government and attended […]

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Govt contemplates to withdraw security of separatist leaders

New Delhi: Security of Kashmiri separatists having suspected links with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI will be withdrawn after an assessment by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, a top official said. The security review of all such individuals with suspected links with the ISI will be carried out following a suggestion given by the central government, […]

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Army officer killed, soldier injured in IED blast along LoC

Jammu: An Army officer was killed and a soldier suffered injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The IED was apparently planted by “enemy forces within Indian territory” in Nowshera sector and set off when an Army […]

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India, Pakistan in UN court for death row ‘spy’ case

The Hague: India will ask the UN’s top court Monday to order Pakistan to take an alleged Indian spy off death row, in a case that could stoke fresh tensions after a deadly attack in Kashmir. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav was arrested in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan in March 2016 on charges of […]

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FATF to be given dossier to blacklist Pak for terror links

New Delhi: A dossier, nailing the culpability of Pakistan in the attack in Pulwama, will be given to the FATF, an international terror financing watchdog, to expose the neighbouring country’s links with terrorism and seeking its blacklisting, officials said Saturday. Security agencies are preparing the dossier with the evidence gathered so far related to the […]