Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN, is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent lives, including American citizens, the US has said even as it refused to comment on the outfit’s leader Hafiz Saeed. “I’m not going to respond to comments that may[Read More…]
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Pakistan shouldn’t talk about condition of women: Indian envoy in UN
Rejecting references by Pakistan on the condition of women in Kashmir, India said that innocent women have suffered for long due to persistent terror attacks by ‘proxies of Pakistan’. The statement was made by Counsellor Mayank Joshi in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, reports PTI. Joshi exercised India’s Right[Read More…]
Verbal attack! Digvijaya Singh calls PM Narendra Modi a warmonger
In a scathing attack, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “warmonger” for pushing India to a war like situation with Pakistan. “Warmonger Modi is slowly getting India in a War like situation with Pakistan. He sees this as the only option to win the[Read More…]
Pakistan govt should show us the path and let us loose on India, says Jaish chief Masood Azhar
Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Muhammad chief has called for jihadist and militant groups to be allowed to launch offensives against India. Published in Jaish weekly al-Qalam, it said, “If the government of Pakistan shows a little courage, “the problem of Kashmir, as well as the dispute over water, can be resolved[Read More…]
Sikh activists protest outside UN headquarters over Indo-Pak tension
The UN headquarters in New York was witness to several members of the Sikh community protesting outside the building, raising concerns over the escalating India-Pak tensions and its impact on the lives of the people in Punjab. The ‘Save Punjab Rally’, organised on Tuesday by rights group Sikhs for Justice[Read More…]
Will only share the credit, major share goes to PM: Parrikar on surgical strikes
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said credit for the surgical strikes that destroyed terrorist camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir must go to the Indian Army, adding that he would only share a part of it. Parrikar also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for green signaling the strikes. “Credit must[Read More…]
India’s decision to seal Pakistan border irrational: Chinese experts
Chinese experts have said the sealing of the border, announced by the Indian government last week is “irrational” and will set back bilateral ties. The move reflects India’s “Cold War mentality”, one expert said Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow from the official think-tank, Institute of International Relations of the Shanghai[Read More…]
Struggle of Kashmiris can’t be terrorism: Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif today said India will be “mistaken” if it equates the “freedom struggle” of Kashmiris with terrorism. Sharif added that Kashmiris were fighting for their right of self-determination and Pakistan would continue to support them. “No power in the world can stop us from supporting the freedom[Read More…]
Big blow! Lashkar-e-Taiba suffered maximum damage in surgical strikes
Terror outfit Lashker-e-Taiba or LeT suffered the maximum damage in the cross-Line of Control surgical strikes on terror launch pads carried out by the Indian army with assessment reports of radio intercepts indicating that around 20 of its terrorists were killed. The assessment reports available from Indian army field units[Read More…]
Surgical strikes: How Indian Army planned Operation Ginger in 2011
India and Pakistan staged two of the bloodiest cross-border surgical strikes in 2011 which saw at least 13 soldiers were killed, and six of them decapitated. Five of those heads were carried across the border as trophies — two to Pakistan and three to India. Official documents, video and photographic[Read More…]
Stern warning! India won’t count bullets if attacked: Rajnath Singh
India will retaliate and “not count the bullets” if attacked, home minister Rajnath Singh said after assessing security on border with Pakistan in the wake of surgical strikes. Singh, who visited BSF’s Munabao Border Outpost, assured the security personnel that the government will do everything to improve the border infrastructure,[Read More…]
New ISI chief? Pakistani media reports claim impending change
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is hunting a replacement for its chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar within the next few weeks, a media report said on Saturday. Akhtar was appointed the director general of ISI in September 2014 and took office in November 2014, when he replaced the retiring Lt Gen[Read More…]
Fawad Khan finally opens up about why he left India
After various rumours and ‘reports’ of statements made by actor Fawad Khan on Pakistani actors being banned by Bollywood, the Kapoor & sons star has finally spoken up on his official Facebook account. Fawad had flown back to Lahore few days back, as his wife Sadaf was expecting the couple’s[Read More…]
India to seal border with Pakistan by December 2018: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that the India-Pakistan border will be sealed completely by December 2018. Speaking to media after reviewing the security situation on border with ministers and officials of four States, Singh said India is planning to seal the entire border with Pakistan by December[Read More…]
Pakistan Prime Minister asks army to stop shielding terror
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has warned the powerful military not to shield banned militant groups after facing international isolation. He has also directed authorities to conclude the investigation in both the recent Pathankot terror attack probe and the 2008 Mumbai attack. As reported by a leading Pakistani daily Dawn,[Read More…]
Nawaz Sharif’s envoy says US no longer a world power
Mushahid Hussain Syed, special Kashmir envoy of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was quoted as saying, “The US is no longer a world power. It is a declining power. Forget about it.” He was speaking after the conclusion of an interaction at the Atlantic Council, one of the top American[Read More…]
UN top court dismisses Marshall Islands vs India-Pak-UK nuclear case
The UN’s highest court has, on Wednesday, ruled to dismiss the case brought by the Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race, reports AFP. The country of 55,000 was taking on the trio in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), arguing[Read More…]
Surgical strikes: Eyewitness accounts speak of secret burials, explosions across the LoC
An Indian Express report has cited eyewitness accounts of surgical strikes carried out by the army. Providing graphic accounts of the strikes, the report describes how bodies of those killed in clashes before dawn on September 29 were loaded onto trucks for secret burials. The accounts provided by them confirm[Read More…]
More than 100 terrorists ready across LoC: Intelligence Agencies
An assessment by the intelligence agencies has put forward disturbing news. It says that more than 100 terrorists are ready in more launchpads across the LoC to cross over into India and carry out attacks. The BSF too claimed that its men have been noticing movement of unmanned aerial vehicles[Read More…]
‘We didn’t ask them to join the army,’ says Om Puri about martyrs
With much being said about the India-Pak situation, Bollywood has been divided over its support for Pakistani actors and technicians. On one hand, Salman Khan believes in supporting the talent and on the other, singer Abhijeet is questioning everyone who is not in support of the ban. Om Puri appeared[Read More…]
A soldier’s open letter to India calling for a ban on Pakistani artists
As the entire country stands divided over whether to celebrate or condemn the call for a ban on Pakistani artists in India, a soldier has poured his heart out. Major Gaurav Arya, who wrote an open letter on social media supporting the ban of the actors says, “This conflict between India[Read More…]
Sushma Swaraj wins hearts; helps Pakistani youth delegation go home
Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj won hearts amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan. The Union Minister helped a team of 19 young women, who were part of a youth delegation from Pakistan, go back home safe and sound. The team had come to participate in the Global Youth Peace[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal praises PM Modi for surgical strikes
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who always finds one reason or the other to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ‘saluted’ PM’s‘decisiveness’ in ordering last Thursday’s surgical strikes on terrorist camps across the Line of Control in Pakistan. Kejriwal said that he may disagree with PM on various issues but he wants[Read More…]
Top of the world! India beat NZ to win series, oust Pak to become No. 1
India beat New Zealand on Monday by 178 runs in the second Test at Eden Gardens to clinch the series 2-0 under captain Virat Kohli. India have now dethroned Pakistan from the ICC Test Team rankings taking the No.1 spot. The victory in India’s 250th Test match at home comes[Read More…]
India, Pakistan NSAs agree to reduce tension along LoC, says Aziz
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart Nasir Janjua spoke on the phone as tension between the two countries runs high after the terror attack in Uri and the Indian Army’s surgical strikes across the Line of Control against terrorists waiting to sneak into India. According to Adviser[Read More…]