New Delhi: A day after 45 CRPF troopers were killed in a gruesome terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the terrorists have committed their “biggest mistake” and those responsible have to pay. “We have given complete freedom to the security forces of[Read More…]
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Vladimir Putin strongly condemns Pakistan-backed terror attack in J&K
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly condemned Thursday’s terror attack by the Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of at least 45 CRPF personnel and said that the perpetrators behind the act should be “duly punished”. In a message to Prime Minister Narendra[Read More…]
Kohli deletes ill-timed Tweet after netizens slam cricketer amid mourns over Pulwama attack
The nation was shaken to the core on Thursday evening by the terrorist activity in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir in which as many as 45 CRPF jawans martyred while numerous others were left injured. Amidst such times of chaos and upheavals, one must show as much support to[Read More…]
Pulwama Terror Attack: India withdraws Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan, vows to corner Islamabad
A day after the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14, India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation (MNF) status accorded to Pakistan. The Cabinet Committee on Security met Friday morning to discuss the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the[Read More…]
Pakistan no longer ‘Most Favoured Nation’: India
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday announced that the “Most Favoured Nation” status which was granted to Pakistan stands withdrawn, in the wake of the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir a day ago when a CRPF convoy in Pulwama was rammed into by an explosives-packed SUV[Read More…]
Protest shutdown against terror attack affects life in Jammu
Jammu: Life here in Jammu and Kashmir was adversely affected on Friday due to a protest shutdown called against the terror strike in the valley in which 45 CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide attack. The shutdown has been called by the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),[Read More…]
Himachal’s CRPF constable martyred in terror attack in Pulwama
Shimla: Constable Tilak Raj of Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district was one of those martyred in the cowardly attack on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government said on Friday. At least 45 soldiers were killed and 38 injured in Thursday’s terror attack on a Central[Read More…]
Huge cache of arms and ammunition seized in J&K’s Kathua district
Jammu, The Army averted a major terror attack with the recovery of a huge cache of arms and ammunition during an operation in Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday, an official said. “At early hours, based on inputs from military intelligence, a joint operation by the Army Brigade[Read More…]
US warns of terror attack risk in Barcelona
Washington, The US State Department has asked its citizens to exercise caution on Las Ramblas avenue in Barcelona due to the presumed risk of a terrorist attack “with little or no warning” during the Christmas season. The State Department issued the warning on its Travel Twitter account on Sunday, Efe[Read More…]
India condemns terror attack in Afghanistan
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned “most strongly” the terror attack earlier in the day in Kandahar, Afghanistan, that claimed the lives of three top provincial officials. “Deeply shocked and saddened by the dastardly terrorist attack in Kandahar,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) tweeted quoting Modi. “India[Read More…]
Pakistan will pay for Jammu terror attack: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday warned Pakistan that it will pay a price for the terror attack on an army camp in Jammu that left five soldiers and a civilian died in a two-day gunfight. “Pakistan will have to pay for this misadventure,” Sitharaman told reporters. Intelligence inputs show[Read More…]
Nine killed in terror attack, Army chief in Jammu
Jammu: The death toll in a terror attack on an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir was put at nine on Sunday as Army chief General Bipin Rawat arrived here to review the anti-terrorist operation at the site. Reviewing earlier casualty figures, Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Devendra Anand said three terrorists[Read More…]
Barcelona terror attack: Kills 13; ISIS claims responsibility
As many as 13 people were killed on Thursday after a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona’s most popular street. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group. Police said they had arrested two suspects after the assault, the latest in a wave of vehicle rampages[Read More…]
Amarnath attack aftermath: Sangh wants Valley under president’s rule
In an unfortunate incident, 7 Amarnath pilgrim lost their lives due to an alleged terror attack. Condemning the act and slamming the Kashmir state government, a growing section within the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), including some of its affiliates such as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), believes that the BJP’s power-sharing[Read More…]
Kabul: Suicide bomber hits crowded Shia mosque; four killed
In the latest militant bout to shake the Afghan capital during the holy month of Ramadan, a suicide bomber hit a crowded Shia mosque in Kabul late Thursday, officials said. The bomber blew himself up in the kitchen of Al-Zahra mosque as police prohibited him from entering the prayer hall.[Read More…]
Pakistan: Five ISIS terrorists held with explosives
According to officials, five ISIS terrorists have been arrested on Sunday in Pakistan, planning a major terror attack. A huge cache of explosives has also been recovered from them in Punjab province. The militants were planning to attack sensitive installations in Sialkot district which is about 180 km from Lahore.[Read More…]
ISI planning major attack in India, warns Intelligence Bureau
According to Intelligence Bureau (IB), Pakistan’s spy agency Inter Services Intelligence is planning a major terror attack in India, as four terrorists have already infiltrated into the country from the Punjab border. As per IB’s inputs, it has been warned that the planned ISI attack may take place in the[Read More…]
Graffiti of hatred on Islamist Centre after London attacks
Following the recent attacks in London, the vandals expressed their aggression by doing graffiti on an Islamic centre in South London. Words like “Terrorise your own country” and “Go away” were spray-painted on the wall. The building in South London was spray-painted from the site of the attack, which is[Read More…]
Terror attack in London: Islamic State claims responsibility; 7 killed
The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the London attacks that left seven people dead. A “detachment of fighters from Islamic state carried out London attacks yesterday” the Aamaq news agency said, on Monday. The Saturday’s attack saw three men in a van plough into pedestrians on London Bridge before[Read More…]
Explosion near embassies in Kabul: 40 feared killed
A massive explosion rocked the German embassy in Kabul during the morning rush hour on Wednesday. At least 40 people are feared killed or injured after a car-bomb exploded. As the Indian, and US embassies are also near to the location of the explosion in the Afghan capital’s diplomatic enclave,[Read More…]
Afghanistan: 5 policemen killed in Taliban attack
Turkey nightclub attack: 2 Indians among 39 dead
Union minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday tweeted that two Indians have died in the terror attack at a nightclub in Istanbul in which total 39 people have died while 65 others were injured. While one of them, she said, was Abis Rizvi, the son of former lawmaker Akhtar Hasan Rizvi,[Read More…]
Quetta attack: Police training academy in Pakistan targeted by terrorists, more than 60 policemen dead
A Police Training Centre was attacked by militants in Quetta, Pakistan late on Monday night. More than 60 cadets besides three militants have died and 118 people are injured, making it one of the deadliest strikes in the country this year. The Balochistan Police College which is 20 km from the[Read More…]