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BJP whipping up war hysteria: Imran Khan

BJP whipping up war hysteria: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday accused the BJP of “whipping up war hysteria”, saying its false claim of downing a Pakistani F-16 has “backfired”, days after a leading American magazine claimed that none of the US-manufactured fighter jets of the PAF were missing. Washington-based Foreign Policy magazine reported on Thursday that American […]

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Cong planning to dilute AFSPA: Modi

Cong planning to dilute AFSPA: Modi

Sundargarh/Sonepur (Odisha): Prime Minister NarendraModi said Saturday that past governments did not had the courage to cross the border and kill terrorists, and hit out at Congress saying while the “chowkidar” showed guts to hit militant safe havens inside Pakistan, the grand old party wants to dilute powers of the armed forces. He also accused […]

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Modi lying, says Chidambaram

Modi lying, says Chidambaram

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister NarendraModi was lying by commenting that the opposition party will remove immunity of the armed forces under AFSPA if voted to power. He asserted the Congress manifesto only states that there would be no immunity for armed forces only in cases of “enforced […]

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In Gujarat, Amit Shah says ‘entire Kashmir is ours’

Ahmedabad: BJP chief and the party’s Gandhinagar contestant Amit Shah Saturday held a road show here, where he made people chant a slogan that “entire Kashmir belongs to us”. His slogan-chanting comes in the wake of PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s criticism that Shah was “daydreaming” about abrogating Article […]

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Top Army commanders to go in a huddle at key conference on Monday

New Delhi: Top Army commanders will deliberate extensively on security challenges facing the country and ways to enhance its combat edge over potential adversaries at a week-long conference beginning Monday. Sources said the commanders will particularly review India’s security preparedness along the border with Pakistan in the wake of changing security scenario following India’s air […]

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Pakistan opens airspace for west-bound flights from India

New Delhi: Pakistan has opened one of its 11 air routes for west-bound flights from India and airlines such as Air India and Turkish Airlines have started using it, said a senior government official Saturday. “Pakistan has been opening its airspace in tranches. On Thursday, it opened one of the 11 routes for west-bound flights. […]

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Is Rahul supporting demand for separate PM in Kashmir, questions Shah

Is Rahul supporting demand for separate PM in Kashmir, questions Shah

Ahatguri (Assam): BJP president Amit Shah Friday challenged Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to make his stand clear on National Conference Omar Abdullah’s demand for a separate Prime Minister in Kashmir. Abdullah had recently made a statement that ”Kashmir must have a separate Prime Minister…..Can a country have two Prime Ministers. The Congress is silent on […]

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Haryana CM blames Congress for Kashmir problem

Hisar (Haryana): Haryana Chief Minister ManoharLalKhattar on Friday hit out at the Congress over its poll promise of reviewing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) and repealing the sedition law. The Haryana chief minister blamed the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the Kashmir problem. Calling the Congress’ poll manifesto a “Dhakoslapatra” (sham […]

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Congress committing a sin by seeking revocation of AFSPA: PM Modi

Dehradun: Prime Minister NarendraModi on Friday accused the Congress of hurting the morale of the armed forces by seeking a review of the AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a rally in Dehradun, Modi termed the Congress’ manifesto a “Dhakoslapatra” and alleged that the grand old party had plans to trample and suppress the “honest’ […]

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India’s shooting down of an F-16 plane claim fails confirmation from US

WASHINGTON: A US count of the F-16s with Pakistan has found that none of them are missing, contradicting India’s claim that one of its fighter jets shot down a Pakistani F-16 during an aerial dogfight on February 27, a leading American magazine reported Thursday. Two senior US defense officials with direct knowledge of the situation […]