Pulwama attack LIVE: Pak calls back its envoy from India for consultations

Traders have called for nationwide trade bandh in retaliation to Pulwama terror attack. Meanwhile, forces have detained 23 men suspected of links to JeM. Get latest updates on Pulwama attack

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Authorities give relaxation in curfew between 2 pm to 5 pm at some locations in South Jammu

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Akhilesh Yadav attacks Modi govt over soldiers' deaths in Pulwama

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Narendra Modi government will not let sacrifice of jawans go in vain: BJP chief Amit Shah in Rajasthan

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Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal in Chandigarh: Navjot Singh Sidhu should be suspended from the Congress party for his comments on Pakistan. In fact, a case should be registered against those who make anti-national statements.

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the ongoing encounter in Pulwama, J&K: The morale of the security forces is high. They are being successful in neutralising the terrorists.

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Major Bisht was to come home on February 28 for his marriage.

A large number of politicians including Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, a host of BJP leaders and MLAs including Pradesh party president Ajay Bhatt,  legislators Vinod Chamoli, Ganesh Joshi and Munna Singh Chauhan  besides former CM and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat placed a wreath on the officer's coffin to pay their homage.

 

Uttarakhand DGP Anil Raturi and ADG Ashok Kumar were also among a host of senior police officials who turned up to pay their tribute to the Army man.

 

Chants of "Major Bisht Amar Rahein" rent the air as the coffin borne on the shoulders of Army men was lifted to proceed for Haridwar for the last rites with wailing relatives and friends following behind.

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Major Bisht's distraught mother wept inconsolably near the coffin as his father SS Bisht, a retired police officer, tried to comfort her even as he fought back his own tears.

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Indian community in UAE unites against Pulwama terror attack

The Indian community in the UAE gathered in large numbers at the embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate in Dubai to express sympathy and solidarity with the families of CRPF men killed in the terrorist strike in Pulwama on February 14.

 

They paid candlelight homage to the jawans martyred in Pulwama and vowed to remain united in the face of terror.

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People light candles to pay tribute to CRPF soldiers who lost their lives in Pulwama terror attack, at Connaught Place in New Delhi, Sunday, Feb 17, 2019. Photo: PTI

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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) members pay tribute to CRPF soldiers who lost their lives in Pulwama terror attack, at Connaught Place in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

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Two terrorists have been killed during encounter between terrorists and security forces, in Pinglan area of Pulwama district. Operation still in progress.

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Inayat Khan, DM Sheikhpura, Bihar: As an individual, I would like to adopt one of the families of the two martyrs (Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha from Patna & Ratan Kumar Thakur from Bhagalpur)

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Inayat Khan, DM Sheikhpura, Bihar: Orders issued to open account to raise funds for families of 2 martyrs (Constable SK Sinha from Patna&RK Thakur from Bhagalpur). Whatever amount will be collected by 10 Mar, will be divided&given to the two families.

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The nation joins us in saluting the bravehearts of CRPF who made supreme sacrifice and attained martyrdom in the Pulwama terror attack. Voluntary contribution to the families of martyrs can be made at https://t.co/jcSL7avhac portal @BharatKeVeer pic.twitter.com/OcR0Ym4TTX

— Srinagar Sector CRPF

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Covering of Imran pictures in India regrettable: Pakistan Cricket Board

The Pakistan Cricket Board has said it will take up with the BCCI the "regrettable" removal of pictures of its former players at a couple of venues in India, owing to the Pulwama terror attack, during an ICC meeting next month.

 

In a statement issued late Sunday night, the PCB's Managing Director Wasim Khan said the PCB Wasim Khan said sports has always played a key role in defusing political tensions. The ICC meeting is scheduled to be held in Dubai but the dates are not yet out.

 

"...we have always believed and emphasised that sports and politics should be kept separate. History tells us that sports, particularly cricket, have always played a key role in building bridges between people and countries," Khan said.

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Kashmiri doctor claims he was asked to leave city, West Bengal govt comes to his rescue

A Kashmiri doctor, who has been living in Kolkata for 22 years, has claimed that he has been asked to leave the city or face "dire consequences" following the Pulwama terror strike. 

 

The doctor, however, has decided to stay put after the West Bengal government came to his rescue.

 

The doctor, who did not wish to be named, said he was heckled but he had not paid much heed to the threats he had received initially. However, his concern grew when some men gathered outside his residence and threatened to harm his daughter unless he "returned to Pakistan".

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Pulwama encounter: The deceased personnel have been identified as Major V S Dhoundiyal from Dehradun, Havaldar Sheo Ram from Jhunjhunu, Sepoy Ajay Kumar from Meerut and Sepoy Hari Singh from Rewari. They belonged to 55 Rashtriya Rifles. Read on...

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According to India Today, Pulwama attack masterminds Ghazi and Kamran were killed in an encounter today.

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During the bandh traders would observe a day-long fast.

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Top officials arrive at Home Ministry for a high level meeting. 

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Drive against terrorism must not be halted this time: LJP to govt

In a letter written to Modi, LJP parliamentary board chairman Chirag Paswan pleaded that the drive against terrorism "must not be halted this time, until a single terrorist was alive".

 

Pakistan has sponsored many cowardly acts so far, but the latest incident has left the nation, especially the youth, enraged," Paswan said in the letter.

 

"I saw pictures of many of the martyred CRPF jawans in papers and experienced the pain of the bereaved family members. Our party's national executive meeting proposed in Ranchi was, in view of the tragedy, converted into a condolence meeting and the party programme cancelled thereafter, the LJP leader wrote in the letter.

 

The dastardly attack had caused much anguish among the LJP workers who were angry with the terrorist organisations and their bosses, he said.

 

"I hereby convey to you a sentiment shared by party workers and the entire nation that expeditious action be taken to root out Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and this time, such an operation must not be halted until a single terrorist is alive," Paswan, whose father -- Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan -- is the founding president of the LJP, added.

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A photo of Alphons standing next to the coffin of a CRPF soldier who was killed in the Pulwama terror attack had gone viral, with many condemning the minister for choosing to click a selfie at the funeral of a jawan.

 

Wayanad-based Vasantha Kumar was among the 40 CRPF personnel who were killed in Awantipora in an attack orchestrated by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).