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.


Families of troopers killed in Pulwama terror strike given over Rs 1 crore: CRPF


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The death toll in an attack against a Shia gathering in Kabul rose to 11 on Friday while 95 people were wounded, Afghan authorities said.


Death toll in attack on Shia gathering in Kabul reaches 11


The Union Home Ministry on Friday issued an advisory to all States and Union Territories asking them to reinforce the existing arrangements to ensure safety and security of persons belonging to Jammu and Kashmir who residing in their respective jurisdictions.


Reinforce safety of J&K residents: Centre


Amid border tensions with Pakistan, Army chief General Bipin Rawat has asked his troops to be prepared for "all eventualities" in close coordination with the Air Force.


Army chief asks troops to be prepared for 'all eventualities'


Militants operating out of Pakistan and Afghanistan "continue to threaten Afghan stability as well as stoke tensions between Pakistan and India", a top US commander has said.


Cross-border terrorism threatens India-Pakistan peace, Afghan stability: US General


The US has again asked Pakistan to take "sustained, irreversible action" against terrorist groups that are operating from its soil, deny them "safe haven" and block their entry to funds, according to a top State Department official.


Take 'sustained, irreversible action' against terror outfits, US tells Pakistan


India has called for a "UN-led consensus on zero tolerance on terrorism", while condemning Pakistan's use of cross-border insurgency as an instrument of state policy.


India calls for UN-led consensus on zero tolerance on terrorism


Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed has been barred from leading prayers at Lahore's Jamia Masjid Qadsia as part of the Pakistan government's crackdown on terror groups, the media reported on Friday.


Hafiz Saeed barred from leading prayers in Lahore


The death toll in the Jammu bus stand grenade attack increased to two on Friday, police said.


Toll in Jammu grenade attack increases to 2


Indian Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez on Thursday discussed terrorism and a range of bilateral issues.


India, Paraguay discuss global terrorism, bilateral issues


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday talked to J&K governor Satyapal Malik over phone and took stock of situation in the state where one person was killed and 30 injured after a grenade explosion at Jammu bus stand.


Rajnath discusses J&K situation with governor after grenade blast


Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was detained under the harsh Public Safety Act (PSA) on Thursday and shifted to a jail outside the Valley.


Yasin Malik detained under PSA, shifted to Jammu jail


Pakistan on Thursday said that law enforcement agencies took 121 people into preventive detention and seized 182 madrasas as part of its continuing crackdown on terror groups.


121 detained, 182 madrasas seized in Pakistan crackdown


At least five people were killed and three injured in a car bomb attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militant group in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, the police said.


5 killed in Somalia car bombing


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday condemned the grenade attack in Jammu that killed one man and said a united India will defeat terrorism.


India will defeat terrorism: Kejriwal


At least three people were killed and another 22 were injured on Thursday after several rockets were fired at a gathering, reportedly attended by thousands of members of the Shia Muslim Hazara minority community, in the Afghan capital.


3 dead in attack on Shia gathering in Kabul


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that India's "great achievement" of having struck at "the root of terrorism" should not be discounted by raising "insignificant" issues such as how many terrorists were killed in the February 26 air strikes on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp in Balakot, Pakistan.


India's achievement of striking at terror roots shouldn't be discounted: Jaitley


A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Thursday reached Jammu's main bus stand where a grenade attack left one man dead and left 30 others injured.


NIA team visits Jammu grenade blast site


Police said it has recovered five landmines weighing 30 kg, planted by Maoists, in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Thursday.


Landmines weighing 30 kgs recovered in Jharkhand


Several explosions were heard on Thursday near a large political gathering of the Shia minority Hazara community in the Afghan capital, the media reported.


Explosions near Kabul political gathering


A Maoist has been killed in an encounter with the Kerala Police's Thunderbolt unit, a senior officer said.

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