Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday held a meeting here to review the national security situation in the aftermath of Sunday's grenade attack in Amritsar that killed three persons.


Rajnath holds meet on Amritsar attack


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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh to anyone giving information regarding the two youths who carried out Sunday's grenade attack on a prayer meeting at the Nirankari Satsang Bhawan of Amritsar district.


Amritsar attack: CM announces Rs 50 lakh for information


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A youth abducted by the militants earlier on Sunday from Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district has been released, officials said.


Youth abducted by militants in J&K released


A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed on Sunday when militants opened fire at a CRPF camp in Pulwama district.


CRPF trooper killed in militant attack in Pulwama


In a major terrorist incident, three people were killed and 20 others injured when two motorcycle-borne masked youths threw a grenade at a Nirankari congregation in Rajasansi area in Punjab's Amritsar district on Sunday, police said.


Amritsar grenade attack kills three; DGP admits terror act (Third Lead)


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, assuring "strong action" against those responsible for a grenade attack at a religious gathering on Nirankaris in Amritsar which killed three people.


Amritsar attack: Rajnath assures strong action


Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured when two motorcycle-borne masked youths threw a grenade at a religious congregation in Rajasansi area in Punjab's Amritsar district on Sunday, police said.


Grenade attack kills three near Amritsar; terror angle not ruled out


At least three people were killed and 10 others injured when two motorcycle-borne masked youths threw a grenade at a religious congregation in Rajasansi area in Punjab's Amritsar district on Sunday, police said.


Three dead in grenade attack on religious meet in Amritsar


At least three people were killed and 10 others injured on Sunday when a grenade exploded after it was flung at a religious gathering in Punjab's Amritsar district, police said.


3 killed in grenade attack in Punjab


A top US military officer said that the Taliban "are not losing" in Afghanistan, and much more needs to be done to bring peace to the war-torn country.


Taliban not losing in Afghanistan: US military officer


Pune police on Saturday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


Pune police arrest Varavara Rao again


The Iranian Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that the country's security forces are ready for anti-terror operations on Pakistani territory.


Ready to fight terrorism on Pakistan soil: Iran


One of the three abducted civilians by gunmen in Shopian district was killed on Saturday while the other two were released, sources said.


One abducted civilian killed, two released in Shopian


Unidentified gunmen on Saturday abducted three civilians from Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.


3 civilians abducted in J&K


Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, India and Britain on Friday shared their assessment of terror threats across the world, including cross-border terrorism in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region during the 12th Meeting of India-UK Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism here.


India, Britain share assessment of global terror threats


A Pakistani government official of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been missing from the capital, officials said on Friday.


Pakistani government official goes missing


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allocated $135 million for communities near the Gaza Strip, which have been affected by the firing of rockets from the enclave, after Israeli residents criticized the acceptance of a ceasefire there, authorities said on Friday.


Netanyahu announces investment in areas near Gaza after criticism


The number of asylum seekers in Canada from India, a majority of them Sikhs, has soared by over 300 per cent in the past two years alone, with the Canadian government agencies acknowledging "renewed support for separatism in the Punjab region".


Sikh asylum cases see big spurt as Canada acknowledges revival of separatism (IANS Exclusive)


Five of 12 Iranian border guards kidnapped last month by an Iranian militant group were freed on Thursday in Pakistan, the chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday.


5 abducted Iranian border guards freed in Pakistan


The Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) urged the international community on Thursday to end the conflict in Yemen as the humanitarian agency planned a major scale-up of its food aid assistance for the war-torn nation.

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