Forces permitted to choose time and place for future action against terrorists: PM on Pulwama
Jhansi (UP) (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday asserted the security forces have been given permission to choose the timing, place and nature of their response to the Pulwama terror attack, which left 40 CRPF personnel dead on Thursday. Without naming Pakistan, he told a public meeting that the attack was an outcome of the neighbouring […]
Won’t forgive, will avenge Pulwama deaths: CRPF
New Delhi,(PTI) The CRPF on Friday said it won’t “forget and forgive” but will “avenge” the death of 40 of its personnel in one of the worst terror attacks on its troops in Jammu and Kashmir. The country’s largest paramilitary force put out a tweet from its official handle saying, “We will not forget, we will […]
BJP leader’s daughter ‘kidnapped’ at gunpoint in West Bengal
Labhpur (WB) (PTI) A local BJP leader’s daughter has been allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from her residence by a gang of miscreants in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a senior police officer said Friday. One suspect has been detained for questioning in connection with the incident, Superintendent of Police Shyam Singh said. Suprabhat Batyabyal, who switched to […]
Ensure safety of Kashmiris outside state, Omar Abdullah urges Home Minister
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to ensure safety of Kashmiri students studying outside in the aftermath of deadly Pulwama attack. In a series of tweets Omar Abdullah said that you can’t vent anger by attacking innocent people. Abdullah posted a series of tweets asking political leaders and […]
Pulwama attack: Jammu under curfew post violence
Jammu: Amid violent situation in parts of winter capital authorities have imposed curfew in the entire Jammu district to avoid ‘arson’. “Whereas, in view of prevailing law and order situation in Jammu district, there is every likelihood of breach of peace which may lead to acts of arson, targeting vehicles and causing loss of […]
SC to hear plea against 1993 central law on land acquisition near disputed site at Ayodhya
New Delhi, (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday decided to hear a fresh plea challenging the constitutional validity of the 1993 central law by which 67.703 acre land, including the disputed premises of Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, was acquired. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan tagged the matter with the main petition in which a […]
US asks Pakistan to immediately end ‘support’ and ‘safe haven’ to all terror groups
Washington, (PTI) In a stern message to Pakistan, the White House has asked Islamabad to “immediately end” its “support” to all terror groups and not to provide “safe haven” to them, as the US strongly condemned the deadly Pulwama terror attack. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama […]
Jammu: Amid violence in Gujjar Nagar, Omar Abdullah asks for ‘cooler heads’ to prevail
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said Kashmiris, Muslims in Jammu did not attack CRPF jawans yesterday, but ‘terrorists did’ while urging ‘coolers heads prevail’. Omar said that the reports of violence and arson in Jammu are deeply worrying. I” hope political leaders & civil society are able to ensure cooler heads […]
Advisor to J-K Guv, DGP visit Pulwama terror attack site
Srinagar, (PTI) Ahead of Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit, K Vijay Kumar, the advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Friday led a team of top police officials on a visit to Lethpora on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the site of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on security forces in the Valley that left 40 CRPF […]
Pulwama attack: UP govt announces Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia to families of 12 jawans
Lucknow,(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government Friday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 25 lakhs each to the families of the 12 CRPF jawans of the state killed in the terror attack in Pulwama, an official said. The government has also announced job to one member of each soldier’s family besides naming the link road in their native […]
