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Pulwama attack: NIA takes over probe from JK Police

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday took over the probe into the February 14 attack in Pulwama from the Jammu and Kashmir police, officials said. The agency has re-registered the case and formed a team to investigate the terror strike in which more than 40 CRPF personnel were killed, an NIA spokesperson […]

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Pak violates ceasefire along LoC

Jammu: The Pakistan army violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, prompting the Indian Army to retaliate, a defence spokesperson said here. “At about 1830 hours Wednesday, the Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by resorting to heavy shelling with mortars […]

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Give Imran a chance: Mehbooba on Pak seeking proof

Give Imran a chance: Mehbooba on Pak seeking proof

Jammu: A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan asked India to share “actionable intelligence” on the Pulwama terror attack, PDP chiefMehbooba Mufti said an “opportunity” should be given to him to see what he does. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, however, said Pakistan has not acted on the evidence given to it […]

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Senior IAS officer Farooq Shah resigns, likely to join politics

Jammu: Senior IAS officer Farooq Ahmad Shah has resigned from service officials said, amid reports that he is likely to join the National Conference ahead of the Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections. Shah, a 2004-batch IAS officer, who was presently posted as Secretary Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and flood control with additional charge of […]

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Attacking Kashmiri students, traders will have incalculable consequence: Karan Singh

New Delhi: Amid rising tension with Pakistan in the wake of Pulwama attack, Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh Wednesday cautioned that it seemed the country was moving towards “yet another conflagration” which could have “incalculable consequence”. Singh also rued that there has unfortunately been a “strong anti-Kashmiri backlash” around the country in the aftermath of […]

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For posting Kashmir ‘favorable’ post Kolkata girl gets rape threats

Kolkata: A teenaged girl from Kolkata was trolled and allegedly threatened with rape on Facebook for a post on the plight of Kashmiris in the wake of the Pulwama attack, she said Wednesday. In her February 15 post, the Class 12 girl condemned the deadly terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 40 CRPF […]

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Curfew relaxed in entire Jammu city

Jammu: Authorities Wednesday relaxed curfew in the entire Jammu city for the first time since its imposition on Friday last as the situation improved. However, prohibitory orders will remain in force to maintain law and order. District Magistrate, Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, initially ordered relaxation in the curfew in the entire city from 8 AM to […]

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Soldier, injured during encounter in Pulwama succumbs

Srinagar: A soldier, who was injured during an encounter last week at Pulwama in south Kashmir, has succumbed to injuries, a defence official said Wednesday. NaikSandeep Kumar, who was injured in an anti-militancy operation on February 12 in Pulwama, succumbed at 92 Base Hospital here on Tuesday, the official said. A local militant was killed […]

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Pulwama attack: Share actionable intelligence with us, we will act: Imran Khan

Pulwama attack: Share actionable intelligence with us, we will act: Imran Khan

Says Kashmir issue like Afghanistan will be solved through dialogue only

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday assured India that he would act against the perpetrators of the deadly Pulwama terror attack if it shares “actionable intelligence” with Islamabad, but warned New Delhi against launching any “revenge” retaliatory action. In a video message to the nation, five days after the Pulwama terror attack, Khan […]

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India rejects response

India rejects response

New Delhi: India rubbished Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comments on the ghastly Pulwama attack, saying disclaiming Pakistan’s link with terrorist attacks is an oft-repeated excuse by the “nerve centre” of terrorism. India’s seven-point hard hitting response came hours after Khan said he would act against the perpetrators of the Pulwama attack if India shares “actionable […]