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Protest erupts in Nepal after Pulwama attack
Hundreds of people on Saturday held protest in Nepal over the killing of 40 Indian security personnel by Pakistan based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama last week.The protests were held in Nepal's Parsa (Birgunj), Majottari (Jaleshwor, Bhubaneshwor), Rupandehi and other adjoining districts.It is believed that the protest was held in order to express solidarity with the Indian Government and against the heinous crime.Not only that, the staff members working in the Indian Mission in Nepal has also contributed one day salary for the fallen soldiers of the Pulwama attack."We have decided to contribute our one day salary for the family members of the deceased soldiers who were deliberately targeted for doing their job well. Around a hundred people are currently working in the Indian Embassy. We all have contributed the amount because we thoroughly believe that terrorism cannot be justified in any way and we are with our Indian friends," said one of the ..
RSS has now changed its stand from Ram temple to Kashmir: Sena
Latching onto a news report, the Shiv Sena Saturday said the RSS' "new stand" to temporarily put the Ram Mandir issue on the back-burner and give "priority" to Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack fits the current narrative in the country. The Sena said the Sangh's changed approach in a way suits the country given the proposed mega alliance of Congress and other parties could never provide stability and bring peace in the country. However, claiming that no damage was inflicted on Pakistan in the last five years, a Sena editorial in "Saamana" questionned the need to repeat the "slogan" to elect a "stable government and a strong prime minister", which was raised ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Sena also underlined the need to have a stable government in the country to prevent recurrence of Pulwama-like incidents. At least 40 troopers of the CRPF were killed in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in a worst terror attack in the Valley on February 14. In the edit, the ..
Oppn walks out of Nagaland Assembly during Question Hour
The opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) Saturday walked out of of the Nagaland Assembly during the Question Hour alleging that the ruling PDA government was not following the laid down rules and procedure of the House. The Leader of Opposition, T R Zeliang expressed unhappiness over Minister of Urban Development Metsubo Jamir replying to a starred question and supplementary of Rural Development (RD) Department. However, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, who is also the Minister in-charge of RD, informed the House that he has authorised some of his cabinet ministers to reply to some of the questions. "Any minister can reply to any questions," Rio also the Leader of the House said and insisted that it has been the general practice of the Assembly in the past. But Zeliang alleged that such measure is a breach of privilege. He also demanded that the Leader of the House should state the rules under which such precedence was set and walked out the House with the opposition ...
BJP govt functioning in an "autocratic" manner: Akhilesh in Allahabad
Days after being prevented by the Uttar Pradesh government from flying to the city on grounds of law and order, SP president Akhilesh Yadav Saturday said here that the BJP government was functioning in an "autocratic" manner. The former chief minister is in Allahabad to visit the family of CRPF personnel Mahesh Yadav, who was killed in the Pulwama attack, and Samajwadi Party youth wing members injured in clashes with police during a protest against their chief being stopped from visiting the city on February 12. Speaking to PTI, the SP leader also asked students to become "booth soldiers" and give a befitting reply to the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. "Now it's your (students) responsibility to give a befitting reply to the BJP government, which is functioning in an autocratic manner. You all become 'booth soldiers' and ensure BJP's defeat," Yadav said. When asked about him being denied permission to visit Allahabad on February 12, he said, "They didn't have a reason to stop me. They ...
Trump: India, Pakistan facing 'very dangerous situation'
US President Donald Trump has said that there is a "very dangerous situation" between India and Pakistan following the Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF troopers and indicated that Washington was trying defuse the heightening tensions between the two neighbours.
Venezuela completely closes border with Colombia
The Venezuelan government has completely closed its border with Colombia in the face of alleged threats to its sovereignty from the neighbouring country, from where the opposition plans to bring in international humanitarian aid into Caracas.
150 people, most from Jamaat-e-Islami, detained in JK
Nearly 150 people, mainly from the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, were detained during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday as tension gripped the Valley ahead of a hearing by the Supreme Court on Article 35A of the Constitution. Though police termed the detentions as routine saying that leaders and potential stone pelters have been picked up in the past, officials privy to the developments said this is the first major crackdown on the Jamaat-e-Islamia. The hearing on Article 35A, which provides special rights and privileges to natives of Jammu and Kashmir, is likely to take place in the apex court on Monday. The outfit in the past has been touted to be the political wing of the Hizbul Mujahdeen, but the organisation has always maintained that it is a social and religious group. Palpable tension was in the air and people were seen grouping at streets even as security had been tightened. As many as 100 additional companies of the ...
Trump's border wall months away: Pentagon
The Pentagon has said that even if everything goes according to plan, it will likely be months before construction on President Donald Trump's sought-after border wall can even start.
Gunfire heard in cities as Nigerians finally go to the polls
Gunfire opened Nigeria's delayed election day on Saturday as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a second term in Africa's most populous nation. Police said the blasts in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, shortly before polls opened were for "security purposes" in a show of force to deter the Boko Haram extremists that plague the region. Gunfire also was heard in parts of Port Harcourt in the restive south, where the military presence was said to be heavier than in past elections. Buhari, among the country's first voters, said he will be congratulating himself at the end of the election, jovially brushing aside reporters' questions about whether he would accept a loss to top challenger Atiku Abubakar in a race some observers see as too close to call. The president, voting in his northern hometown of Daura, jokingly checked the name on his wife's ballot. Buhari called the voting process smooth, but in other parts of the country some officials reported concerns with a delayed opening of .
Jaitley mocks Congress for signing up surgical strike hero DS Hooda
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday took a jibe at the Congress party over inducting Lt General (Retd) D S Hooda who oversaw the 2016 surgical strikes, to chalk out its national security manifesto ahead of the Lok Sabha polls was a "belated and grudging recognition and acceptance" of the operation.Jaitley in his blog said that it was "intriguing" that the Congress which ruled the country for almost half a century needs to be educated on the issues pertaining to security."I am sure the Head of the Advisory Panel would tell the party leaders that the surgical strikes were no routine step which had been taken several times in the past, but a significant first for India. I have no doubt that Hooda would give very valuable advice to the grand old party," he wrote in a blog on Friday."The appointment of General Hooda is significant. It is a belated and grudging recognition and acceptance of the surgical strikes of 2016 with which the General was intrinsically associated," he added.The
Chidambaram takes jibe at Modi over Centre's interference in functioning of govt bodies
Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over NDA-led BJP government's alleged interference in the functioning of government departments and its agencies.Taking to Twitter, senior Congress leader said the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has debunked the Congress for requesting Lt General (Rtd) DS Hooda to advise on national security."Mr Jaitley has debunked the Congress for requesting General Hooda to advise on national security. He should have added BJP needs no advice because it has Mr Modi," Chidambaram said in a series of tweets..
Congress blames BJP for mining ban
Goa's Congress unit on Saturday accused the ruling BJP-led governments both in the coastal state and at the Centre, of not being serious about restarting mining operations, while also accusing ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of derailing the sector.
Mehbooba, Sajjad Lone question Jamaat-e-Islami raids
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Peoples Conference (PC) chief Sajjad Lone on Saturday questioned the wisdom behind the detention of dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami cadres.
US Indian community holds anti-terror protests at Pakistani, Chinese consulates
Members of the Indian community have held protests outside the Pakistani consulates in New York and Chicago to condemn the February 14 Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief among 12 detained in J&K
In a tough move authorities have detained dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami cadres in the Kashmir Valley, including its top leadership during a mass crackdown, police sources said.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief among dozens detained in J&K
In a tough move authorities have detained dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami cadres in the Kashmir Valley, including its top leadership during a mass crackdown, police sources said.
Demand for separate Bhil Pradesh queers the pitch in Rajasthan
The political landscape in Rajasthan is witnessing a gradual change with the emergence of a new entrant - the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) that is now strongly pitching for a separate Bhil Pradesh by carving out the tribal-dominated areas of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Crackdown on separatists an arbitrary move: Mehbooba Mufti
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday called the crackdown on separatists in Kashmir an "arbitrary move" which will only "precipitate matters in Jammu and Kashmir". "In the past 24 hours, Hurriyat leaders & workers of Jamaat organisation have been arrested. Fail to understand such an arbitrary move which will only precipitate matters in J&K. Under what legal grounds are their arrests justified? You can imprison a person but not his ideas," tweeted the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir..
Congress roping ex-Army commander shows absence of own ideas in party: Swamy
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said Congress roping in Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda for 'vision paper' on the country's security is a "testimony of absence of own ideas in the party"."It only shows the intellectual bankruptcy of the Congress. It has ruled the country for the longest time (yet) doesn't have any ideas of its own. The Congress is only engaged in criticising the government rather than giving any solution to the country," Swamy told ANI."Now that the Congress workers have started asking questions from the leadership, hence the commander of surgical strikes is being approached for advice," he added.Several opposition political parties including the Congress had demanded proof of surgical strikes from the Modi government. However, the Congress has now bestowed the responsibility of preparing the vision document on national security on former Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Hooda under whose planning and execution surgical strikes on terror launch pads on Pakistan occupied
J-K: Separatist leader Yasin Malik detained in Srinagar
Kashmiri separatist and JKLF chief Yasin Malik was detained by the police late on Friday night.The cops apprehended him from his Maisuma residence here. He reportedly has been taken to the Kothibagh Police Station.Malik's detention comes ahead of a crucial hearing on Article 35-A in Supreme Court which is likely to take place on Monday (February 25). The article, incorporated into the Indian Constitution in 1954, grants special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir.In the aftermath of Pulwma terror attack which claimed lives of 40 CRPF soldiers on February 14, earlier this week, Jammu and Kashmir government withdrew security cover of several separatists including Malik, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Shabir Shah and Saleem Geelani.