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Srinagar: The NIA has summoned moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the son of Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani for questioning in Delhi in a terror financing case, officials said on Saturday. According to a notice served on them, the Mirwaiz and Naseem Geelani have been asked to appear at the […]
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Says we will ensure their safety
Srinagar: A top Army officer Saturday appealed mothers in Kashmir to help the force bring back their sons who have joined militancy, assuring them of safety and security. General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lt Gen K J S Dhillon also appealed the parents to stop their children from joining militant […]
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New Delhi: Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir will visit India on Monday, days after his trip to Islamabad. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Jubeir will hold talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during his trip. The Saudi minister met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday in Islamabad, and […]
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Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed with British NSA Mark Sedwill the current situation between India and Pakistan and the efforts to reduce tensions between the two South Asian neighbours, the State Department has said. Pompeo and Sedwill reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the US-UK special relationship and cooperation in the face of […]
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Says Ram Janmabhoomi is an emotional issue
Mumbai: Ram Janmabhoomi is an emotional issue and cannot be resolved through mediation, the Shiv Sena said Saturday, asking the Centre to promulgate an ordinance and start the construction of Ram temple. When the country’s politicians, rulers and the Supreme Court have not been able to resolve the issue so far, what would the three […]
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NEW DELHI: India on Saturday said its non-military strike on JeM camp in Pakistan achieved its desired objective and demonstrated the country’s firm resolve to take decisive action against cross border terrorism. Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, at a media briefing, also said that an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison, piloted by Wing […]
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Says I suppose thief returned Rafale documents
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Attorney General K K Venugopal’s fresh remark on Rafale documents, senior Congress leader P Chidambram Saturday said that from “stolen documents” they became “photocopied documents” as the “thief” may have returned them. His jibe came a day after the attorney general said that the Rafale documents were not stolen […]
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Mangaluru: India carried out three cross border strikes in the last five years, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here Saturday, without disclosing which was the third. Singh spoke about the 2016 surgical strike after the Uri terror attack and the air strike after the Pulwama incident in which a CRPF convoy was attacked by […]
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New Delhi: The Jamaat-e-lslami Jammu and Kashmir, which was banned by the government recently, has established strong links with Pakistan’s ISI and has been maintaining regular contact with the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi for promoting secessionism in the state, officials said. The most important member of the JeI (J&K) in the Hurriyat Conference […]
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Jammu: A 60-year-old Pakistani national, who mistakenly ventured into Indian territory, was repatriated as a goodwill gesture, a BSF spokesman said Saturday. Mohammad Ashraf was apprehended soon after he intruded into this side from across the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. He was handed over to Pakistani Rangers at 3.40 pm, […]
