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A day after Pulwama attack, J&K govt moves SC to transfer LeT terrorist from Jammu
A day after the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were martyred, the Jammu and Kashmir government Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking that Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Zahid Farooq be shifted from Jammu jail to Tihar in the national capital, saying he is "indoctrinating" Indian inmates. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M R Shah, agreed to examine the plea and issued notice to Centre and sought its response in four weeks. Farooq was arrested by security forces while trying to cross border security fence on May 19, 2016. The state government said that intelligence inputs received indicate that militants belonging to terror outfits like Jaish-e-Muhammad and LeT are indoctrinating the minds of other inmates lodged in the prison. It further said that it has been reliably learnt that the prisoner and other similarly situated individuals have considerable local support and it cannot be ruled out that they may be receiving information, resources as well as ...
Pulwama attack: PM warns Pak, says security forces given free hand to decide on timing, nature of response
In a strong warning to Pakistan over the Pulwama terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday declared those responsible will pay a "very heavy price" and said the security forces have been given a free hand to decide on the timing, place and nature of their response to the carnage that left 40 CRPF men dead. As the shock after the Thursday attack by a Jaish suicide bomber resonated across the country with families awaiting the bodies of their loved ones in coffins wrapped in tricolour, Modi said the "blood of the people is boiling", adding the terror outfits and those aiding and abetting them have made a "big mistake". An IAF transport aircraft brought the coffins to the national capital from Srinagar Friday night and they will be later taken to the homes of the victims. "A befitting reply will be given to the perpetrators of the heinous attack and their patrons," asserted Modi, a day after the bomber rammed his vehicle laden with explosives into a CRPF bus in a convoy in Jammu
Tripura govt announces Rs two lakh donation to all deceased
The Tripura government Friday announced a donation of Rs two lakh each to the family members of the slain CRPF jawans', who laid down their lives in the terror attack in Pulwama on Thursday. A total of 40 CRPF jawans were killed in the terrorist strike in Jammu and Kashmir. We express our sympathy to the bereaved family members of the martyr jawans, who laid down their lives at Pulwama district of Kashmir and condemn the incident. We hope and believe our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh will take right decision in this matter. The state government has decided to donate Rs two lakh to each of the bereaved families," chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb told reporters at the civil secretariat here. The amount would be provided to all the deceased jawans irrespective of the place they belong to. There is nobody from Tripura in the list of the soldiers who lost their lives. Regarding issuing alert in the state, Deb said that the Centre didn't ...
Trade with Pak secondary, tea exporters say after terror
Enraged by the killings of CRPF soldiers by a Pakistan based terror outfit in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, major tea exporters said they stood by the government and business has now become secondary. "We are not even thinking of trading with Pakistan now. We stand firmly behind the government and waiting for what the government is going to do", chairman of India Tea Exporters Association (ITEA) Angshuman Kanoria said. Gopal Poddar, one of the leading tea exporters to Pakistan, said, "We are not bothered about business now. Commerce is secondary now," he told PTI. Tea exports to Pakistan grew marginally in 2018 to 15.83 million kilograms from 14.73 million kilograms in 2017. Following the terror attack at Pulwama that left 40 CRPF personnel dead, India has withdrawn the most favoured nation (MFN) status to Pakistan.
Kejriwal to pay tributes to slain CRPF personnel at Palam airport
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will pay tributes to the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack at the Palam airport where their mortal remains were brought from Srinagar. "On my way to airport to pay respects to martyrs..." Kejriwal tweeted. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal extended full support to the central government and armed forces for taking appropriate action they deemed fit in response to the terror attack. At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in the attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
BJP OBC Morcha convention put off following Pulwama tragedy
The two-day BJP OBC Morcha national convention, which was to commence here on Friday with top party leaders in attendance, was put off after a condolence meeting over killing of 40 CRPF jawans in Pulwama Thursday. More than 5,000 delegates from across the country took part in the meet. After Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who was supposed to inaugurate the convention, cancelled his trip a decision was taken in the morning to defer the commencement of the Maha Adhiveshan till the afternoon and confine the discussions on organizational matters, avoiding political talk, the partys Bihar unit spokesman Nikhil Anand told PTI. Accordingly, about 5,500 delegates, including the partys national general secretary in charge for the state Bhupendra Yadav and OBC Morchas national president Dara Singh Chauhan and secretary Sudha Yadav gathered at the Bapu Sabhagar at 1430 hours, he said. All delegates observed a two-minute silence over the tragedy following which Yadav made a ...
Govt calls all-party meeting Saturday to brief about Pulwama attack
An all-party meeting will be held on Saturday to brief political parties on the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed, officials said. The meeting has been convened by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and invitations have been extended to all major political parties. The parties will be briefed about the attack in Pulwama and the steps being taken by the government so far, a home ministry official. The decision to convene the all-party meeting was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Earlier, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said the all-party meeting would be convened to brief political parties on the incident so that the nation speaks in one voice on the issue. The CCS was held to discuss the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama attack and the possible steps to be taken against the perpetrators of the gruesome act. Forty CRPF personnel were killed and five ...
Puducherry CM says no to Bedi's invite for meeting, continues
The dharna by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy against Lt Governor Kiran Bedi outside the Raj Nivas here entered the third day Friday with the former virtually rejecting her invitation for a meeting on February 21 over his demand seeking clearance of 39 government proposals. Besides Narayanasamy, his ministerial colleagues and MLAs of the ruling Congress and its ally DMK are staging the dharna accusing Bedi of adopting a "negative stand" towards the proposals, including a free rice scheme, awaiting her approval. "There is absolutely no need for any such meeting. We have placed before her all our proposals and she is quite aware of them," the chief minister told reporters. Narayanasamy, who has been accusing Bedi of bypassing the elected government, was responding to a question whether he would turn up for the meeting the Lt Governor had scheduled with him at Raj Nivas on February 21 to sort out the issues cited by him for undertaking the dharna. After making the offer for .
Total prohibition in Mizoram from April
The Zoramthanga government in Mizoram will impose total prohibition in the state from April this year, state Excise and Narcotics Minister K Beichhua said Friday. The Mizo National Front (MNF) government, which came to power in December 2018 after deseating the Congress, had promised total prohibition in its election manifesto like the other opposition parties in the face of stringent demands for it by the church, which has a big presence in the Christian majority state. The government has been drafting a prohibition law which is likely to introduced in the state assembly in March during the budget session, officials said. Prohibition had been force in the north eastern state since February 20, 1997 when the former chief minister Lal Thanhawla came to power heading a Congress government. The earlier MNF governments of Zoramthanga which was in power from December 1998 to December 2008 had abided by it. Thanhawla had, however, eased the stringent prohibition law by ...
Pulwama attack: India issues demarche to Pak; launches diplomatic offensive
In a major diplomatic offensive against Islamabad after the Pulwama terror attack, India held a briefing for envoys of 25 countries, including from P5 nations -- US, China, Russia, the UK and France -- during which it highlighted Pakistan's role in using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. Before the briefing, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale summoned Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood to his South Block office and issued a very strong demarche over the attack in which at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in Kashmir's Pulwama district. Pakistan must take "immediate and verifiable action" against the JeM and that it must immediately stop any groups or individuals associated with terrorism operating from its territories, Gokhale told the envoy. According to sources, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria has also been called to Delhi for consultations in the wake of the horrific attack. Hours after vowing to isolate Pakistan diplomatically in the wake
China, US to continue trade talks in Washington next week: Xi Jinping
Talks aimed at ending the trade war between China and the US made important progress this week, President Xi Jinping told top US trade negotiators on Friday, adding that efforts to resolve the issue would continue in Washington next week.
Maharashtra Muslims condemn Pakistan, terror groups for Pulwama terror strike
Thousands of Muslims on Friday hit the roads in south Mumbai's minority-dominated Bhendi Bazaar area, spontaneous shutdowns were observed in different parts of the city, and several groups and political parties protested against Thursday's Pulwama terror attack which left close to 50 CRPF troopers dead.
JeM revives its depleted cadre strength
The Pulwama attack is being seen as a revival of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) whose cadre strength had shrunk drastically in recent years.
Pulwama attack: Locals protest in Gorakhpur, demand action against Pak
Locals in different districts of Gorakhpur Friday staged demonstrations condemning the Pulwama terror attack that left 40 CRPF personnel dead and demanded action against Pakistan. The protesters raised slogans against Pakistan accusing it of sheltering the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) which carried out the audacious attack on Thursday in which a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into a CRPF bus in south Kashmir. Cutting across party lines, several politicians including former Union minister Kalraj Mishra joined the protesters. Mishra, a veteran leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), condemned the attack and said that India was ready to give befitting reply to Pakistan. "Pakistan is behind Jaish so Pulwama attack is an attack by Pakistan. We don't provoke anyone but if someone provokes us, we will not spare them," Mishra said. "Pakistan should be given a befitting reply... such that it remembers forever," he added. Opposition ...
Give "befitting" response to Pulwama terror attack: Chavan
Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan Friday said the Pulwama terror attack had shaken the country to the core and demanded a "bigger and befitting" response to the audacious strike that killed 40 CRPF jawans. Talking to reporters after paying tributes to the martyrs at the Mumbai Congress office, Chavan said his party stands firmly in support of security forces and government agencies, who he hoped, will take necessary action. The former chief minister said there is anger and sadness among each and every Indian over Thursday's dastardly attack claimed by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e- Mohammad. "A befitting and a bigger response from our side is expected," Chavan said. The Lok Sabha MP from Nanded said the Pulwama attack was the biggest terror strike on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir and had shaken the country to the core. "This requires strongest possible condemnation. The Congress party is not frightened. Our leaders have laid down their lives for ..
Pulwama attack cowardly, govt will give befitting reply to terrorists: Tiwari
Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari Friday termed the Pulwama terror attack cowardly and said the central government will give a "befitting reply" to the terrorists involved in the incident. "I am shocked. I can't understand how should I stop my anger and tears? I pay my heartfelt homage to the martyrs," he said. Observing that the "cowardly attack is very painful", he said his party expresses full sympathy with the family members of the brave jawans. "I fully believe that our government will give a befitting reply to the terrorists responsible for it and eliminate them," Tiwari said. A Jaish suicide bomber Thursday rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into a bus carrying CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district killing 40 jawans. The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack that took place about 20 km from Srinagar.
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Rahul to pay tributes to slain CRPF soldiers at Delhi airport
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will pay tributes to the CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack at the Palam airport where their mortal remains were brought from Srinagar. At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in the attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the attack. Earlier in the day, Gandhi described the assault as an attack on India's soul and said his party as well as the entire opposition was fully supportive of the government and the security forces. No amount of hatred or anger can do anything to the love and affection that India is built on, Gandhi said at a press conference.
PM likely to pay tributes to slain CRPF men at Palam airport
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to pay his last respects to the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack at the Palam technical area Friday evening, sources said. The bodies of the slain troopers reached Delhi's Palam air force area a few minutes ago. Modi is likely to reach the technical area shortly, sources said.
PM Modi inaugurates schemes worth Rs 20,000 crore in Jhansi and Chitrakoot Dham divisions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stone for schemes worth more than Rs 20,000 crore here on Friday and said the Bundelkhand region would soon be developed on the lines of Kutch in Gujarat. Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating various schemes, including the defence corridor and piped drinking water line, the prime minister said, "These projects will give a new dimension to the development of Bundelkhand region which would be done on the lines of Kutch in Gujarat." Recalling his earlier visits to the region, especially the ones before 2014 general elections, Modi said this time he had come to return the favour with full interest in the form of development for the votes his party got. Stressing that his government has been working wholeheartedly for development for the past four years, Modi said the Yogi Adityanath government in the state has also been working with the motto of education for children, jobs for youths, medicines for the old and irrigation for the ...