Air India has ferried around 5,000 army and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel to Srinagar in special night flights in recent weeks as boots on the ground are being strengthened in Jammu and Kashmir after the Pulwama attack.


AI flies 5,000 security personnel to J&K (IANS Exclusive)


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his deep shock and sadness at the "loss of scores of innocent lives" in the heinous terrorist attack at Muslim places of worship in New Zealand's Christchurch.


Shocked by Christchurch terror attack, Modi to NZ PM


A day after a portion of the footbridge outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) crashed killing six persons and injuring 32 others, the civic authorities on Friday ordered demolition of the remaining structure.


Day after crash, Mumbai's 'Kasab bridge' razed


More than 371,000 Syrians have been killed since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, a United Kingdom-based war monitor reported on Friday.


Over 371,000 Syrians killed in civil war: War monitor


The Bangladesh cricket team narrowly avoided being caught up in a shooting at a mosque in Christchurch in New Zealand on Friday, forcing the cancellation of a test match against hosts New Zealand.


Bangladesh cricketers flee from mosque shooting


Fear shrouded New Zealand's Christchurch city on Friday as survivors recounted horrifying details after 49 people were gunned down in deadly shootings at two mosques in the city centre.


Christchurch bloodbath: Witnesses prayed for end to horror


The Kashmir Valley, never immune to violence, on Friday came together to denounce the massacre of 49 people in two New Zealand mosques saying the brutality proved that there is no place terrorism cannot reach.


Kashmir condemns mosques bloodbath, prays for victims


At least 49 people were killed when gunmen said to be whites opened indiscriminate fire at two mosques in Christchurch city on Friday in what a shocked New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said was a terror attack.


49 killed in New Zealand mosques massacre (5th Lead)


At least 40 people were killed when gunmen said to be whites opened indiscriminate fire at two mosques in Christchurch city on Friday in what New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said was a terror attack.


40 killed in New Zealand mosques massacre (4th Lead)


The French government announced on Friday that it has decided to freeze the assets of Masood Azhar, the founder leader of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group, a media report said.


France freezes assets of JeM chief


At least 40 people were killed when gunmen said to be whites opened indiscriminate fire at two mosques in Christchurch city on Friday in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described as "one of New Zealand's darkest days".


40 die in New Zealand mosques massacre (Third Lead)


Four people were arrested on Friday after two gunmen opened fire at two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch city, with the police saying that there were "multiple fatalities".


4 held for New Zealand mosques shootings


At least two gunmen opened fire at two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch city on Friday, with the police saying that there were "multiple fatalities".


Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques


Details emerging from Pulwama mastermind Maulana Masood Azhar's interrogation report -- when he was in Indian captivity for five years -- reveal that like 26/11 perpetrator David Coleman Headley, he too roamed around India without any fear. On exiting IGI, like Headley, he too was driven to the Ashok Hotel slapbang in the middle of LBZ and the heart of India's diplomatic community (Headley had stayed at the Mumbai Taj and got GPS coordinates for all the locations for 26/11).


Jaish chief stayed in Ashok & Janpath hotels in Delhi in 1994 (IANS Special) (Reissuing)


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday issued fresh summons to senior separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, asking him to appear before the agency in New Delhi on March 18.


NIA serves fresh summons to Mirwaiz Umer Farooq



Jaish chief stayed in Ashok & Janpath hotels in Delhi in 1994 (IANS Special)


A National Conference block President was shot at and injured by unidentified gunmen on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.


NC leader shot at by gunmen in Anantnag


At least 3,000 children born into Islamic State (IS) families are being housed in camps in Syria, Unicef said on Thursday, with many younger than six years old and living in "extremely dire conditions".


3,000 IS kids living in 'extremely dire conditions'


Protesting against China blocking India's bid to have Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations (UN), the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Thursday called its members to boycott Chinese goods in the country.


Traders body calls for boycott of Chinese goods


The hearing in the Samjhauta Express link train blast case was adjourned twice on Thursday following a strike by lawyers in Panchkula.


Hearing in Samjhauta train blast case adjourned


National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that China's veto against JeM chief Masood Azhar being declared a global terrorist and not holding Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were "big failures" of the Modi government.

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