Heavy fighting took place as US-backed forces attacked the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in Syria amid a final push to clear the terror group from the war-torn country.


US-backed forces attack last IS stronghold in Syria


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Family of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) commander Mudasir Khan has identified his body as one of the two militants killed in Tral encounter, police said on Tuesday as it awaited forensic reports.


JeM commander Mudasir killed in Tral


Two unidentified militants were killed on Sunday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Two militants killed in gunfight in J&K's Pulwama


It's not even three months of this year and the body count of soldiers has been steadily rising in Jammu and Kashmir to make it one one of the most violent periods in recent times.


Over 55 security men already dead in J&K, 95 died in 2018 (Lead, Correcting headline)


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pulwama terror attack,, pointing to National Security Adviser Ajit Dovals role in the 1999 release of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) head Masood Azhar.


Tell Pulwama victim families who released Masood Azhar: Rahul


Two more Islamic State (IS) brides from the UK, held with their children in Syrian detention camps, have been stripped of their British citizenship, the media reported on Sunday.


UK strips 2 more IS brides' citizenship


Amidst the ongoing repercussions of the punitive air strike made by the Indian Air Force to take out the training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) at Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, the address of India's External Affairs Minister - Sushma Swaraj - at the Foreign Ministers conference of OIC at Abu Dhabi on March 1 was an event of extraordinary significance for the geopolitics of South Asia, the future of India-Pakistan relations and the so-called Islamic world itself.


India in the Islamic world (Column: Spy's Eye)


It's not even three months of this year and body count of soldiers has been steadily rising in Jammu and Kashmir to make it one one of the most violent periods in recent times.


Over 55 security men already dead in J&K, 95 died in 2019


In today's times we all have to sing for our supper, says Bachchan, as he completes 50 years of acting, in an exclusive interview with IANS.


Originality is a dichotomous terminology: Amitabh (IANS Exclusive)


Making a shocking prediction, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Saturday claimed that another "Pulwama-like attack" would come within a couple of months" at the height of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.


Expect another Pulwama-like attack during polls, predicts Raj Thackeray


India has carried out a total of three air strikes outside the country's borders during the past five years, said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday.


India carried out 3 air strikes outside borders in 5 years: Rajnath


The National Investigation Agency has summoned Jammu and Kashmir's separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and son of Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Naseem Geelani, for questioning in its ongoing probe into the terror funding case.


Terror funding: NIA summons Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Nassem Geelani for questioning


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday blamed the BJP for setting free Masood Azhar, chief of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, in 1999.


Rahul blames BJP for JeM chief Azhar's release


Legendary actor Victor Banerjee has not taken kindly to Congress politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's pacifist attitude to terrorism exported from Pakistan.


Victor  Banerjee Slams Navjot Singh Sidhu


A top Army officer in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday assured safety to militants willing to give up arms and return to normal life.


Safety assured to militants willing to give up arms


India on Saturday said if Pakistan claims to be a "naya Pakistan with nayi soch", it should show "naya action" against terrorist groups and their infrastructure on its soil and end cross-border terrorism in support of its claims.


New Pakistan with 'nayi soch' should show new action: India


Pakistan has decided to upgrade a group of banned outfits, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), to the "high risk" category and start monitoring and re-examining their activities to comply with the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).


Pakistan to upgrade group of banned outfits to 'high risk'


The newborn son of Shamima Begum, a British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away in 2015 to become an Islamic State (IS) jihadi bride, has died due to poor health in Syria, the Kurdish Red Crescent told CNN.


British IS bride's baby son dead


An army soldier was abducted by militants on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district.


Army soldier abducted by militants in J&K


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the opposition parties' demand for proof of the Balakot air strike was making Pakistan "happy".


Demands for air strike proof making Pakistan 'happy': Modi


The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday said that the family members of 40 of its personnel killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama suicide bombing have been paid over Rs 1 crore and would also be provided ex-gratia amount announced by the respective native states to which they belong.

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