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India Inc seeks stringent action against attack perpetrators
Captains of industry Friday joined fellow Indians in expressing solidarity in condemning the Pulwama terror attack and sought stringent action against the perpetrators. Sajjan Jindal, chief of the diversified JSW Group, demanded abolition of Article 370 which grants special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, by calling an emergency session of Parliament. "We have to now make sure that the world knows that they can't mess with us. India cannot be threatened! We move decisively when anyone attacks us in any way," Jindal wrote on the microblogging site Twitter. The USD 20-billion Mahindra group's chairman Anand Mahindra questioned how easily we tend to move on as a society, presuming that everything is normal, but an attack "shatters all illusions". "How easily we allow ourselves to believe that the world is normal and that the small irritants and small victories in our daily routines are all that matter. One blast takes many lives and shatters all illusions," he ...
LJD stands with govt: Sharad Yadav
Opposition leader Sharad Yadav Friday termed the Pulwama terror attack barbarous and said his Loktantrik Janata Dal stands with the government. A meeting of the party's office-bearers offered their support to the government at this hour and asserted that the country cannot be allowed to divide by terror forces, a statement said, a day after an explosives laden truck rammed into a CRPF convoy in Pulwama outside Srinagar, killing 40 soldiers. Earlier in the day, Congress president Rahul Gandhi described the Pulwama terror 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. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that those behind the attack will be given a befitting reply and security forces have been given a free hand to hit back.
Delhi govt cancels all official events, Kejriwal extends full support to Centre, armed forces
The Delhi government cancelled all its official programmes on Friday as a mark of respect towards the 40 CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama attack, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extending full support to the Centre and armed forces in taking whatever action they deemed fit. Terming the attack a "highly condemnable and cowardly" act, the AAP convener also paid homage to the personnel killed at a gathering at the party office on DDU Marg. "Delhi government and people of Delhi are fully with the Central government at this hour and we support whatever action the Central government and our armed forces deem fit," he said. In one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's three decades of militancy, a Jaish suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus in Pulwama district, killing around 40 personnel and leaving many critically wounded on Thursday. The Delhi chief minister said the entire country is in grief and there is "tremendous anger" among the ...
Israel is with India: PM Netanyahu assures PM Modi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday expressed solidarity with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, saying the Jewish nation stood behind India after the "henious" terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed at least 40 CRPF soldiers. In one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed and many injured on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district. Reacting to the terror attack, Netanyahu, who is expected to visit India in the coming weeks, said, "To my dear friend, Prime Minister of India @narendramodi, we stand with you, the security forces and the people of India following this heinous terrorist attack. "We send our condolences to the families of the victims," the Israeli prime minister said in a tweet.
'Punish perpetrators, even if it means carrying out surgical strikes': Slain CRPF jawan's daughter
"The perpetrators must be punished for killing my father, our jawans, even if it means carrying out surgical strikes across the border," demanded the daughter of CRPF Head Constable Maneswar Basumatari, who was martyred in Thursday's terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. Basumatari, the head constable CRPF 98 Battalion was among the 40 soldiers who were killed in the Pulwama attack. He is survived by his daughter, Didmaswari, wife, Sunmati, and son. "We want justice. Give a befitting reply to the cowards responsible for the Pulwama attack," said an inconsolable Didmaswari on Friday. Talking to reporters at the family's residence in Kalabari village in Assam's Baksa district, she also demanded that the government should look after the family now. Basumatari had recently visited home, said the slain head constable's wife with tears running down her face. She was unable to talk further. After the attack, there were rumours circulating on social media that three more soldiers from Assam had
Security of separatists to be reviewed: Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that the government has decided to review the security provided to separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the suicide bombing that killed 49 CRPF troopers.
U'khand governor condemns Pulwama terror attack
Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Friday condemned the Pulwama terror attack and termed it a dastardly and inhuman act. Expressing grief over the loss of lives of the CRPF personnel, she said the entire country stood with their families. The governor cancelled all her programmes scheduled for the day and held a condolence meeting at Raj Bhawan in which the entire governor house staff was present. "It was a cowardly and brutal act which must be condemned. The whole country salutes the valour of soldiers who were martyred in the terror attack and stands with their families in the hour of grief," Maurya said. She said the supreme sacrifice made by the jawans will not go in vain.
President greets KCR on birthday
President Ram Nath Kovind Friday conveyed his birthday greetings to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. Chandrashekar Rao's birthday falls on February 17. "Please accept my warm greetings and good wishes on your birthday on February 17, 2019. May the Almighty bless you with happiness, good health and many more years of dedicated service to the nation," the President said in a letter to KCR. In a separate release from the CMs office, KCR appealed to his TRS party cadre not celebrate his birthday following the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
Pulwama attack: Pak unleashing proxy war in J&K, says Hardeep Puri
Condemning the "cowardly" Pulwama terror attack in which at least 40 CRPF men died, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri Friday accused Pakistan of unleashing a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir. "We express our grief with the families of the CRPF jawans who were martyred following the dastardly and cowardice act of terror in Pulwama yesterday," Puri said here. Orchestrated by Pakistan based terror group Jaish e Mohammad (JeM), Thursday's attack in which a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into a CRPF bus in south Kashmir was one of the deadliest in the Valley. Addressing a press conference here, Puri said Pakistan was unleashing a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir and alleged that the country had not taken concrete steps to stop terror attacks on India. On the Kartarpur corridor issue, Puri said the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre was committed towards letting devotees to pay obeisance at the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan. However, he ...
Pulwama terror attack: Security of those hobnobing with Pakistan will be reviewed, says Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the security of those hobnobing with Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, and getting funds from there will be "reviewed", an apparent reference to the leaders of separatist Hurriyat Conference.Singh, who held a review meeting with top officials of the Army, paramilitary force and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the wake of yesterday's Pulwama terror attack, also said that from now on civilian movement will be halted whenever a big convoy of security forces makes a movement."I want to assure the people of the state that we will not let the machinations of those who want to promote terror from the other side of the border succeed," said the Home Minister while addressing the media."There are some elements that are with the ISI, such people are playing with the future of Jammu and Kashmir. There are some people who are taking money from Pakistan and ISI. I have said that security review of such persons should be done," he said.Singh did .
Agitated over deadly Pulwama terror attack, Youth Cong workers burn Pakistan's flag
Agitated over the debilitating terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, Youth Congress workers here on Friday burnt the flag of Pakistan, while protesting outside Pakistan High Commission located in the city state's Diplomatic Enclave. They also shouted slogans against Islamabad for patronising terror outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which has taken the responsibility for carrying out this year's deadliest terror attack in the Valley."Pakistan must be made to pay a heavy price for their deadly act. The Central government should step in and take strict action against all Pakistan-backed and based terrorist groups, which are killing our people and soldiers," said an agitating Youth Congress worker."The government of the day at the Centre must avenge the martyrdom of our nearly 40 CRPF jawans no matter what are the consequences. We need to ensure that incidents like this should never happen again," he said.Nearly 40 CRPF personnel were killed when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) ...
Manohar Parrikar pays condolence visit to ex-Goa deputy CM Francis D'Souza's family
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday paid a condolence visit to the kin of former Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza, who died on February 14.Parrikar reached the D'Souza official residence in Mapusa town on a wheelchair with a tube in the nose and a urinary sheath connected to him. All government offices and schools in the state have declared a holiday on Friday. A three-day state mourning has also been announced. D'Souza was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here after undergoing surgery for cancer at a hospital in the US.D'Souza, who had been ailing for some months now, was dropped from the State cabinet along with his colleague Pandurang Madkaikar on health ground. He was removed from the cabinet when he was being treated in the US.Francis D'Souza was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly in 1999 as Goa Rajiv Congress party candidate and was later shifted to BJP to get elected to the state legislative assembly in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017 from Mapusa ...
U.S.-China trade talks to resume in Washington next week
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Talks between China and the United States to resolve their bruising trade war will resume next week in Washington, with both sides saying this week's negotiations in Beijing made progress.
Sushil Chandra assumes charge as Election Commissioner
Newly-appointed Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra assumed office on Friday and joined the Commission with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa.
Deep State-II: The European angle to Rafale (IANS Investigation)
It is no surprise that Europe becomes a fiery battleground every time a big aerospace deal is floated -- as happened when the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition was announced by the Indian Air Force in 2007. The French company Dassault Aviation is to deliver 36 fully-loaded Rafale fighters to India. However, Airbus Industrie, which manufactures the Eurofighter, has pitched itself in the game and wants to have a share of the pie through the 'Make in India' programme.
We stand with you, Netanyahu tells Modi post Kashmir attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday expressed solidarity with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in the wake of the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 45 CRPF personnel.
Prominent PDP leader joins Congress
Prominent PDP gujjar leader Akhtar Kasana joined the Congress on Friday in Jammu, an official statement said. He joined the party in the presence of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president G A Mir. Kasana expressed full faith in the programmes and policies of the Congress and vowed to work for the party vigorously, the party statement said. The Congress is the only party which is capable enough to reach out to people to address their concerns, Kasana was quoted as saying in the statement.
Sonowal condemns Pulwama attack, reviews law and order in Assam
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday reviewed the law and order situation in the state after the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday.
Pulwama attack: JK Congress calls for 'appropriate and effective response'
The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress passed a resolution on Friday, calling for "an appropriate and effective response" to avenge the killings of 40 CRPF personnel in a terror attack in Pulwama. At a meeting here, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee adopted the resolution, saying "the party solidly stands in solidarity with the nation and calls for an appropriate and effective response to avenge the killings". The meeting was chaired by the party's state president G A Mir. The party shares the grief, anguish and anger of the nation over the dastardly and barbaric terror attack over a CRPF convoy in Awantipora in Pulwama on Thursday. The party appealed to the people to express their anger and anguish unitedly in a peaceful and non-violent manner and maintain communal harmony at all costs to defeat "nefarious designs of the enemy". As a mark of respect to the slain jawans, the meeting decided to defer all scheduled programmes of the party in the state for a week, ...
JK administration announces joint headquarters for Ladakh division
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday announced that the newly created administrative division of Ladakh would have its headquarters jointly in Leh and Kargil district. Last week, the administration had created a separate division for Ladakh, which was part of the Kashmir division till then. Hundreds of Kargil residents had taken out rallies, demanding an equal share in the division and rotational divisional headquarters. An official spokesperson said Governor Satyapal Malik made several decisions to meet the aspirations of the people in Kargil. "The newly created administrative and revenue division of Ladakh will have its headquarters jointly at Leh and Kargil," Malik said. The offices will be set up in Leh and Kargil and two additional divisional commissioners will be posted at both the places, the spokesperson said. He said the divisional commissioners and the IG will spend half their time in Kargil and half in Leh. As per the decision, a committee constituted under the ..