Could not punish adversaries appropriately: IAF on Balakot
Says it could have inflicted heavy damage on Pak if it had 'tech asymmetry'
New Delhi: If the Indian Air Force possessed high levels of “technological asymmetry”, then it would have been able to inflict heavy damage on Pakistan during its unsuccessful aerial raid on February 27, according to an IAF report. The report analysed various aspects of IAF’s air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist training camp in […]
2.9 million Children in India miss first dose of measles vaccine: UNICEF
New Delhi: India has 2.9 million children who have missed out on the first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017 despite over 80 per cent of immunisation coverage, the UNICEF said on Thursday. India, with its large annual birth cohort of 25 million, is followed by Pakistan and Indonesia – 1.2 million each, […]
Pak’s agenda of dividing India being fulfilled by BJP: Kejriwal
New Delhi: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal Thursday said the BJP is fulfilling Pakistan’s agenda of dividing India and asserted that his party would do everything to stop the Modi-Shah duo from coming back to power. Addressing the media after releasing his party’s manifesto here, the Delhi chief minister said AAP will support any “secular mahagathbandhan” […]
Tired of listening to PM beat his own trumpet on Pak: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said he was tired of listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi “beat his own trumpet” on “what he did” to Pakistan and asserted that people also want to hear him speak about issues such as demonetisation and hate speeches. He also wondered whether the prime minister […]
Cong tacitly approved Kashmir’s secession from India, says Amit Shah
Begusarai (Bihar): BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Congress of being soft on terror and of tacitly approving Kashmir’s secession from India. Shah also lambasted the Congress for coming up with promises of scrapping the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and abolition of sedition law in its poll manifesto and declared that such […]
Paramilitary troopers to get more mine-protected vehicles in JK
New Delhi: The government will soon procure mine-protected vehicles for the movement of paramilitary troops in the Naxalism-hit areas and Jammu and Kashmir and remotely operated vehicles to help anti-terror commando force NSG in encounter sites, officials said Tuesday. Expenditure sanction for Rs 613.96 crore has been issued to paramilitary forces such as CRPF and […]
Former ISI chief Durrani approaches court
Appeals against Pak Army's decision forfeiting his pension, other benefits
Islamabad: Pakistani spy agency ISI’s ex-chief Lt Gen (retd.) Asad Durrani has appealed to the high court here against Pakistan Army’s decision of forfeiting his pension and other benefits after he was found guilty of violating the military code of conduct for co-authoring a controversial book with India’s former intelligence head. Durrani, who headed the […]
