Added on March 26, 2019
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Denies use of US-made F-16 jets
Islamabad: Pakistan’s military has said for the first time that JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft developed jointly with China were used in retaliation to India’s pre-emptive strikes on a JeM terror camp in Balakot as it once again denied that US-made F-16 jets were involved in the attack. Referring to the aerial dogfight with the Indian […]
Added on March 26, 2019
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of an ordinance which makes the practice of ‘triple talaq’ a punishable offence. A bench comprising Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta dismissed a plea of a Kerala-based outfit Samastha Kerala JamiathulUlema and said it will not like to interfere. “As […]
Added on March 26, 2019
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Lahore: At least seven people, including a man who assisted in solemnising the wedding of two teenage Hindu girls after their alleged abduction and forced conversions, have been detained in Pakistan, amid reports that the victims approached a court seeking protection. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Srinagar: A request would be sent to the US to seek details from a service provider of “virtual SIMs”, which were used by the JeM suicide bomber behind the Pulwama attack and his Pakistan and Kashmir-based handlers, officials said. Piecing together probe from the site of the terror strike, searches carried out by the Jammu […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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New Delhi: Security agencies have claimed to have identified 13 people, including Hizbul Mujahideen founder Syed Salahuddin, Hurriyat leaders and businessmen, who are allegedly providing funds to militants and stone pelters at the behest of Pakistan spy agency ISI, officials said Sunday. The Centre has started seizing properties belonging to terror financiers in a big […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Srinagar: Normal life was affected in Kashmir Sunday due to a strike called by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), an amalgam of separatist groups, to protest against the ban on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front led by Yasin Malik, officials said. Shops and business establishments remained closed while public transport was off the roads in […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Jammu: A soldier was killed Sunday when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by targeting forward posts and villages with heavy caliber weapons and rockets along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri districts, a defence spokesperson said. The Indian Army retaliated in strong measure, inflicting adequate damage and casualties to Pakistani troops, Jammu-based Public […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Jammu: A day after PDP decided against fielding any candidate from the twin LokSabha seats of Udhampur and Jammu, its senior leader and MLC FirdousTak Sunday requested the party high command to review its decision. “I will not talk about Jammu constituency but as far as Udhampur constituency is concerned, we have filed a review […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday released its ninth list of 10 candidates for the LokSabha elections, fielding former finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu. The list also includes name of Haji Farooq Mir who will be contesting from Baramulla in north Kashmir. Karti Chidambaram is facing trial in corruption […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, Information Minister FawadChaudhry said. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of […]
